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Show Alpine Motor To Show New Fords Today Ford will introduce an entirely entire-ly new line the high-styled Fair-lane Fair-lane series as the leader of its four lines of 1955 passenger ears to be shown in 6 100 dealers' showrooms show-rooms across the nation today. (Nov. 12). Alpine Motor Co., American Am-erican Fork, will be showing: along with the others, Gene Harvey, manager, said. Modern styling inspired by Ford's new Thunderbird personal car distinguishes the new Fords. Retaining definite characteristics which have won Ford style leadership, leader-ship, the 1955 Fords also have a wrap-around windshield and a new, lower silhouette. The Crown Victoria, a new model, is the first Ford sedan under five feet in overall over-all height. Ford, which offered the first V-8 engine in the low price field in 1932 and has built 14 million V-8s since, introduces for the first time three new engines: A high compression Y block V-8 engine of 272 cubic inch displacement displace-ment and 8.5 to 1 compression ratio. ra-tio. A powerful Y-block V-8 engine of 272 cubic inch displacement and a 7.6 to 1 compression ratio. An improved 6 cylinder I-block engine of 223 cubic inch displacement displace-ment and a 7.5 to 1 compression ratio. Dual exhausts, which provide extra ex-tra power, are standard on all Fairlane V-8 and station wagon models. Ford's new high compression engine en-gine available only with Fordo-matic Fordo-matic transmission in the Fairlane series, has a four-barrel carburetor carbur-etor with automatic choke and special intake manifold; special intake manifold; special vacuum controlled distributor; high compression com-pression cylinder heads and high capacity radiator. Ford's popular V-8 and 6 cylinder engines ane available with any of the 16 Ford models for 1955. New upholstery fabrics, many developed especially for the 1955 Ford, are available in a broad selection sel-ection of colors and patterns. Thirty-five textile mills were contacted in the development of special wo- i ven plastics, decorator fabrics and vinyls created exclusively for the new Fords. They are matched with 13 exterior colors in single tones and also in a variety of new and unusual two-tone treatment on the Fairlane series. |