Customs A Tiara for a '55 Ford (Or - Okay, Rocky and 54DelRey, you asked for it...)

So I was walking around the Fremont Swap Meet this morning and ran into a few good long-time friends and fellow HAMBers. "Hey, did you see there's some roof trim and parts for a '56 Crown Victoria at..." "No - where is it?" Well, the next thing I know I'm schlepping around a piece of stainless steel as big as a small car bumper, with no real reason for it. You see, I have a '55 Ford 2-door hardtop - the one with a tall roof, not a low, sleek roof like a Crown or a '56 Ford hardtop. "So," Rocky says to me, "will it fit your roof?" "Well, let me take it home and I'll put up a picture for you to see." Well, it fits, but I'm not too crazy about the look of it, unless I cut out the front half of the roof and find a plexiglass insert a'la '54-'55 Sun Valley/Skyliner or trim it back to fit above the drip rail. I know people have built cars around one part - maybe I should find the rest of a Crown to put it on?

 

Yeah, the roofline is a touch different on the '55 hardtops, compared to the Crown Victoria, the '55 Crown shares the '56 hardtop roofline.

 

I thought it might look cool but it's really outta place on the 55. Nothing ventured.....................

 

Patience but a little nip and tuck, a little bit of hammering, bit of welding and spit and polish and your golden.

 

Paint the whole car and back half of roof a pretty shade of red and paint the front part of roof black. Might look okay.

 

I love the look of the 55 Ford hardtop and they are hard to find in my area, for every 1 hardtop I see 10 Crown's. The 55 top is a one year only and makes such a good base for a mild custom, always thought the crown was tacky with the big bump of trim on the top. I also might have a soft spot for the hardtop as my grandfathers first car a 55 hardtop.

 

Plexiglass tops are listed for sale in the Crown Victoria Owners Association ( you don’t need a CV) monthly publication FOMOCO Times. Lots of other parts too... I like your thinking.

 

I would come closer to deleting that piece of trim on a car that had one rather than adding one.
Looks like a womens hair band.
Sorry just my .02

 

If you look closer at the photo from the passenger rear you'll be able to see my CVA member decal - Continuous member #1275 since 1987, and should have joined when I got the car in '81!

 

Nothing to be sorry about. Had to slap it on there just to see what it'd look like.

 

Do you think it would fit my Caprice? Never mind. At one time didn`t @54delray have a 54 Merc plexi -glass insert.

 

Pretty sure they were optional on the Caprices.

 

Maybe scrounge up a set of the B pillar stainless and see what that looks like?

 

The B-pillar stainless would require lengthening to hit the belt line to the tune of around a couple of inches give or take. And with the potential blind spot it'd create, I think it'd add insult to injury.

 

Your roof's flatter. I don't think it'd be very flattering.

 

Interesting. But it already started with a B-pillar.

 

Here you go. Move the trim ahead a hair and roll down the window. Should look better.

 

To quote Groucho Marx..."Close, but no cigar".

 

A good example of "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should".