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Selected generation models, including overseas specifications
Vehicle details
Production of the 1949 Ford range began in 1948, bringing an entirely new passenger-car design after World War II. The Custom four-door sedan has smooth body sides, separate front and rear doors and a conventional trunk. Developed under Henry Ford II with styling by George Walker, it represents Ford’s transition back to postwar passenger-car production. The 1949 US V8 specification pairs a 239.4-cubic-inch L-head engine with a three-speed manual transmission. Its frame construction combines independent front coil-spring suspension, rear semi-elliptic leaf springs and hydraulic drum brakes. Fresh bodywork and a roomy cabin established a new direction beyond Ford’s prewar cars.
- Production years
- 1948–
- Illustrated model year
- 1949
- Body
- Sedan
- Powertrain
- Petrol
4-door 239.4 cu in V8 Manual · 1949 US
- Powertrain
- Petrol
- Displacement
- 239.4 cu in
- Engine
- L-head V8
- Maximum power
- 100 bhp @ 3600 rpm
- Length
- 196.8 in
- Width
- 71.70 in
- Height
- 64.7 in
- Wheelbase
- 114 in
- Transmission
- 3-speed manual