Talk:Meteor (automobile)

Other body versions

Many years ago, my father owned a 1956 Meteor Sedan Delivery, built at the Ford of Canada plant in Windsor, Ontario. (There was also a U.S. version, marketed as the Courier.) The body was essentially the same as the all-steel, 2-door Ranch Wagon (station wagon), except for the lack of windows aft of the split-back front bench seat, and the area aft of the seat was a flat plywood platform. Where the rear seat would have been, just ahead of the rear axle, there was a storage box; the floor had two panels, hinged at the left and right wall, allowing easy access thereto. It had a single large rear door with a full-width glass window, hinged at the left side. Accessible from the rear door, there was another hinged section in the floor, providing access to spare tire and jack storage, similar to the sedan and station wagon versions. The engine was a carbureted straight six-cylinder, but I don't remember the specific type. It had a three-speed manual transmission, with shifter on the steering column. It was rather plain, lacking an in-dash radio. Windshield wipers were operated by a vacuum motor, driven by engine vacuum, so they would typically stall when the throttle was wide open when accelerating or going uphill, an unpleasant thing during heavy rain. It had no seat belts, although Ford offered them as an option for the first time in the 1956 model year. The side windows featured vents in lieu of air conditioning; I think the term that was used then to describe them was "Windsor vent". I may be able to find a clean print of it in the family photo albums to scan and include here in the future. —Quicksilver^{T @} 18:53, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Proposal to rename page to Meteor (automobile)

As the Meteor was not sold or badged as a "Ford Meteor", I propose to rename this page from "Ford Meteor (Canada)" to "Meteor (automobile)". GTHO (talk) 23:19, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Rename done. GTHO (talk) 10:33, 21 October 2012 (UTC)