Pro Vintage 1956 Ford Victoria  

For the 1931, the Ford Motor Company introduced an all-new body style, a two-door sedan with extra wide doors and a unique rear "bustle" known as the "Victoria," The body style continued through the 1934 model year. 

In 1955 Ford Motor Company renewed the Victoria nameplate for it's premium hardtop coupe in the Ford Fairlane model range. Ford had last used the Victoria nameplate in 1932, but after disappointing sales the Victoria was dropped at the end of 1956 model year.   

The Victoria name returned to the Ford lineup in 1982 through 2011 as the top of the Ford LTD range, but these were four-door sedans.

Wes Allison’s Wild Wes Paintworks and Hot Rod Factory debuted their Pro Vintage 1956 Ford Victoria at the 2018 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas. This beauty rides on a custom Wild Wes Signature Series frame fitted with Detroit X Gen 595 front suspension and Summit racing 9-inch rear end suspended with a Wild Wes Signature Series triangulated 4-link rear suspension.

The 305-cubic inch Ford Y-Block is fitted with Holley Sniper fuel injection and twin Vintage Torquestorm superchargers connected to a Cyclone F2 Automatic overdrive transmission.

The body is painted with custom-mixed Axalta paint – Mandarin Twist Pearl over Victorian White Pearl - over Schott Magnitude wheels fitted with Mickey Thompson tires.

The gorgeous interior with stitched by Jeff Elwood.

All photos by the author.

George Poteet’s 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan

 

This 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan owned by George Poteet, the well-known hot rodder from Memphis Tennessee  was a featured part of the Ford exhibit at the 2017 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show in Las Vegas.

 

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The real-steel car was built by Alan Johnson of Gadsen Alabama and is a multiple award winning car, as it was one of the “Great Eight” finalists for the Ridler Award at the Detroit Autorama, was named the Goodguys Street Rod of the Year and won the Ford award for outstanding achievement of design at the SEMA show.

 

Photo courtesy of SEMA

 

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Johnson’s Hot Rod Shop chopped the top 3-inches in front and 2-inches in the rear and leaned the A-pillars back eight degrees. At the rear the crew raised the rear wheel openings three inches, and re-arched them and rotated them forward to outline the rear wheels which are Coker Tire Firestone dirt track tires around Real Rodders magnesium Indy wheels. The completed body was covered in a glistening custom black mix PPG paint.

  

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The powerplant is a 339-cubic inch Ford Y-Block V-8 engine with FAST WFI electronic fuel injection built by Keith and Jeff Dorton with Johnson’s custom machined valve covers and beehive oil filter. The engine’s 400 horsepower is fed through a Tremec TKO 600 five-speed manual transmission to the Winters Performance V-8 quick change rear end.  The interior floorboards were assembled from more than 275 pieces of laser-cut high-density aircraft-quality plywood with leather wrapped 1932 Ford seats.