My dad's old '56 Victoria was the same way. It looked like it had a chopped top out of the factory.

That’s awesome. If the Y block gives up the ghost there may very well be a FE going in its place.

@@FullSizeFord i hate y blocks all most as much as flathead. Im 61 and think the FE is the best engine ford ever made ! 352 up to a 428 . Even the 360 , just change the cam , heads if you can . Stroke is a 352 , bore just a little bigger .but starting around 300 hp is always good .

Ronald, do you have any pics of your very cool '55?

@@user-iy7yb1sh8g yes but need an email to send them to

Welcome from down under!

Thank you very much!

Cool story! Was your ‘63 a boxtop or fastback?

@@FullSizeFord I never thought about that part as I haven't heard them called either. Typical two door hardtop with all of the chrome strips and across the back seat as well. Had that "V" style in the back seat and chrome inside on the rear pillars with the lights on this area. Hours and hours of polishing all of it. I would use nearly a whole can of turtle wax on the chrome alone. I have spent as long as a whole day on just the grill. I forgot to mention the reason I fell in love with them as my friends dad had the fifty four mercury two door hardtop that had a green glass in front of that chrome strip on the top and then metal on the back half of the roof. I used to put nearly five hundred miles a week driving that car with its original 254 overhead valve engine. The tip of the day is the cam bearings in the Y block engines will spin and then not oil the rockers for the valves. We used a long drill bit and re drilled the bearing oil holes out to get oil going back up to the rockers for the valves. Learned later to just stake those bearings when installed so they could not spin in their location and have oil coming to the top. People overthink how those engines were damaged from a small fragment of metal that was drilled in that bearing on either side of the heads. Takes a very long drill bit but we were quite motivated and made things work for us.

@@FullSizeFord I would have to call it the fast back as it did taper back a long ways. If that engine fails, I think do to the fact its a long ways from a sema car, a two eighty nine engine or three o two would be a better all around engine for long durability

@@morgansword the fastback was introduced mid year ‘63 and shares the roof with the ‘64 two door hardtop. The early ‘63 Boxtops shared the formal roof with the ‘62 2 door hardtop.

@@FullSizeFord Okay, I thought you were referring to the fifty five an six cars. I am talking the sixty three was definitely a fastback

@@JohnSmith-cf4gn yes it does!

Interesting.

@@DougFregia I do not, check out @OlysGarage channel, he as a lot of 55-56 stuff. Thanks for watching!

@@FullSizeFord thanks, I'll check it out

Thank you!

Unfortunately have to put a Washington plate on it to drive it.

@@FullSizeFord can you send me the previous Oregon plate that was on the car? My name is Andrey, I live in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, a country where there is currently a war.

Trying to keep it original as possible but good to know!