1953 Ford Ranch Wagon

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1953-ford-ranch-wagon/

I like the looks of this one, I usually don't like customized ones too much, but this isn't crazy.

 

I can’t get behind the black bumpers

 

Neither can I, although I really like the straight 6 and 3 on the tree.

 

I do too, what do they mean by replacement? Does that mean they were offered with the 223 but this isn’t the original?

 

I am against body color bumpers the majority of the time, but I don't mind them on this particular car.
However, I find it very distracting that the carriage bolts used to attach the bumpers are chrome and not body color as well.

 

Hard to say but the 52 Mainline that I had as a teen was equipped with the 239 flathead 8 and 3 on the tree.