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FE Power Forums => Non-FE Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Heo on November 04, 2023, 07:49:39 PM
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First time i see one, love the rearend.
Now i want a 61 starliner with this rear
looks like it will bolt on
(https://i.postimg.cc/NMMp0zNw/118e60b21dcd6bd79b8a429a4e3add09.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Unlike most years of Meteors, the 61, which is also the last year of the original Meteor models, which ran from 1949 thru 61, used unique tail lights. Most other years, including my own 59 Meteor Niagara , used the same tailights as a Ford of the same year. Even so, on the 61 Meteor station Wagons, those used the regular Ford taillights. The unique Canadian Meteors were dropped for 62 and 63, when the new Mercury Meteor was made, based on the new for 62 Fairlane chassis, that was sold in the USA as well as Canada, but when Mercury dropped the intermediate Meteors at the end of 63, Ford of Canada brought back the Meteor name for the Canadian market, but unlike the 49-61 Meteors, which were based on Ford, the 2nd generation Canadian Meteors were based on Mercury models, although the first few years , had Ford roofs and dashboards on Mercury bodies. I can check my Meteor book, that shows production numbers for each year of Meteor, by body style, as well as total per year, but based on my personal observations, 61 Meteors are rarely seen anymore, so finding a set of these taillights may be rather difficult, but I will keep my eyes open, and let you know if I stumble across any. A collector in my town, does have a 60 Meteor "Starliner", which is a pretty rare item. The 61 Meteors also have different taillights than a Ford, the 60s use 2 (low trim level), or 3 (higher trim level)small round taillights, rather than the single large 1/2 round Ford taillights.
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That is nice. I always liked the Canadian and Australian twists to cars
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Nice. Never saw the rear of a Meteor. I'll guess not many 61's were made or perhaps few still exist, given tough conditions in Canada.
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Thats nice of you Rory but you dont need go out looking for a rearend.
I have no starliner and to much unfinnised projects so it is just a vision
that never going to happen. A 61 starliner with Buick Skylark Wires,
Whitepinstripe tires, that rearend, Thunderbirdesque interior,
much crome under the hood.....If i was 40 years younger maybe ::)
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Had a 56 Meteor Crown Vic way back when. Bought it from a Canadian friend that I worked with. I loved that grille it came with and I had 64 Fairlane tailights in it that gave it a "tunneled " look. Loved that car. Had to sell it in '68 when I got drafted. It's one of the cars I'd like to get back.
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The 61 Meteor hardtops were all "Victoria" boxtops, only the 60 got the Starliner roof. I had a 61 wagon and nobody i'd met knew of any other 61's around. Small production runs, all sold in the "rust belt" and minimal rust protection since they were made at a plant that made so many different platforms they don't have dip tanks.