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Ford Country Squire

Ford Country Squire
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1982 Ford LTD Country Squire
Overview
Manufacturer Ford
Also called Ford LTD Country Squire
Model years 1950-1991
Body and chassis
Class Full-size station wagon
Body style 2-door station wagon
4-door station wagon
Chronology
Predecessor 1948 Ford station wagon
Successor None (Ford Club Wagon, Ford Aerostar, Ford Explorer, all indirect)
First generation
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1950 Ford Country Squire
Overview
Production 1950–1951
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door station wagon
Platform 1949 Ford
Related Ford Custom Deluxe
Powertrain
Engine
Dimensions
Wheelbase 114 in (2,896 mm)
Second generation
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1954 Ford Country Squire
Overview
Also called Ford Country Sedan
Production 1952–1954
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door station wagon
Platform 1952 Ford
Related Ford Crestline
Mercury Eight wagon
Powertrain
Engine
Dimensions
Wheelbase 115 in (2,921 mm)
Third generation
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1957 Ford Country Squire
Overview
Production 1955–1959
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door station wagon
Related Ford Fairlane
Edsel Bermuda
Edsel Villager
Dimensions
Wheelbase 1955-1956: 115.5 inches
1957-1958: 116 inches
1959: 118 inches
Fourth generation
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1960 Ford Country Squire
Overview
Model years 1960–1964
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door station wagon
Related Ford Galaxie
Ford Country Sedan
Mercury Commuter
Mercury Colony Park
Mercury Meteor
Mercury Monterey
Lincoln Continental
Fifth generation
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1967 Ford Country Squire
Overview
Also called Ford Country Sedan
Production 1965–1968
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door station wagon
Related Ford Galaxie
Mercury Colony Park
Powertrain
Transmission 3-speed Borg-Warner T150 manual
4-speed Borg-Warner T85 overdrive manual
3-speed Cruise-o-Matic (C4) automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 119.0 in (3,020 mm)
Length 210.0 in (5,330 mm)
Width 77.4 in (1,970 mm)
Height 56.7 in (1,440 mm)
Curb weight 4,277 lb (1,940 kg)
Sixth generation
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1973 Ford LTD Country Squire
Overview
Model years 1969–1978
Assembly Hazelwood, Missouri (St. Louis Assembly Plant)
Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles Assembly)
Hapeville, Georgia (Atlanta Assembly)
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door station wagon
Related Mercury Colony Park
Ford LTD
Ford Galaxie
Ford Custom
Powertrain
Engine 302 cu in (4.9 L) Windsor V8
351 cu in (5.8 L) Windsor V8
390 cu in (6.4 L) FE V8
429 cu in (7.0 L) 385 V8
400 cu in (6.6 L) Cleveland V8
460 cu in (7.5 L) 385 V8
351 cu in (5.8 L) 351M/351 Cleveland V8
Transmission 3-speed manual
3-speed FMX automatic
3-speed Ford C6 automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 121.0 in (3,073 mm)
Length 225.7 in (5,733 mm) (1973-1978)
Seventh generation
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1988-1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Country Squire
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Cargo area with rear seats folded (1982 model shown; other models are similar)
Overview
Production 1979–December 1990
217,152 produced
Assembly St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Body and chassis
Body style 4-door station wagon
Platform Ford Panther platform
Related Ford LTD
Ford LTD Crown Victoria
Lincoln Continental
Lincoln Town Car
Mercury Colony Park
Mercury Grand Marquis
Mercury Marquis
Powertrain
Engine 4.9 L (302 cu in) 5.0 Windsor V8
5.8 L (351 cu in) 351 Windsor V8
Transmission 4-speed AOD automatic (1980–1990)
Dimensions
Wheelbase 114.3 in (2,903 mm)
Length
1979–1987

215.7 in (5,479 mm)

1988–1990
216 in (5,486 mm)
Width 79.3 in (2,014 mm)
Height 56.5 in (1,435 mm)

The Ford Country Squire is a line of full-size station wagons that was assembled and marketed by Ford Motor Company from the 1950 to 1991 model years in North America for its namesake Ford division. Throughout its entire production run, the Country Squire was the premium station wagon model of the division, sold only in the full-size car range. In use for 41 years, it was the third longest-used car nameplate used by Ford in North America (behind only the Thunderbird and Mustang).

Although all Country Squires feature woodgrain body trim, only the first-generation 1950-1951 versions are true "Woodies". To reduce the production cost, for 1952, Ford replaced wood trim with an all-steel body; ever since, exterior body trim has consisted of simulated woodgrain (with varying degrees of coverage on the body). The genuine wood body panels were manufactured at the Ford Iron Mountain Plant in the Michigan Upper Peninsula from lumber owned by Ford Motor Company.

As part of the full-size Ford model line, the Ford Country Squire would be paired with several Ford models over its production run. During its first two generations, the Country Squire was based upon the Ford Custom Deluxe (and the Ford Crestline that replaced it). From 1955 to 1968, station wagons were a separate model line from Ford sedans, though the Country Squire shared its interior trim with the Fairlane (and the Ford Galaxie that replaced it). For 1969, as station wagons were consolidated with Ford sedans, the Country Squire became part of the Ford LTD model line. As the LTD became the Ford LTD Crown Victoria in 1983, the LTD Country Squire remained a full-size station wagon through the 1991 model year.

During its production run, the Ford Country Squire was joined by two other equivalent woodgrained station wagons in other Ford divisions: In 1958, the Edsel division sold the Edsel Bermuda (which became the rarest Edsel); from 1957 to 1991, Lincoln-Mercury sold the Mercury Colony Park, sharing the bodyshell of the Country Squire from 1961 onwards. During the 1970s and early 1980s, other variations of the Squire name would be used on other Ford woodgrained station wagons, including the Pinto, Fairmont, Gran Torino, LTD II, Escort, and mid-size LTD (the last to use the Squire name).


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