1954 Ford Crestline Skyliner

By: Lori Gard

Not many people need to get a tow home after they buy a top?of -the-line, luxury car, but that’s just what happened to Murray Edmunds of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He found and bought his 1954 Ford Crestline Skyliner in Toronto, Ontario in 1985, and had to get a friend to tow it half way across the country.

The frame off restoration was completed during the winter of 87-88. Everything was either rebuilt or replaced with factory original equipment. The total restoration was carried out by Murray, except the interior..

The story of Ford’s classic 1954 Crestline Skyliner begins in 1949, even though it would not be for another five years that the Crestline Skyliner would roll off the assembly line. The 1949 Ford was a total break from previous styling when it was introduced on June 8, 1948. Everything was new and received an enthusiastic reception.

By the time 1953 and 1954 rolled around, Ford went with some minor cosmetic changes and increasingly larger engines. Three model lines were offered during these years, and these were the Mainline, Customline, and Crestline. Of these three, the Crestline Skyliner, a 2-door hardtop with a green tinted Plexiglas roof over the front seat, was Ford’s luxury line car in 1954.

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