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FordMainline

1952–1956 United States passenger car 5 production years
Production1952–1956
Recorded originUnited States
Classpassenger car
Background

The Ford Mainline is an automobile which was produced by Ford in the United States in the models years 1952 to 1956. It was introduced as the base trim level of the 1952 Ford range below the Customline and Crestline models. The Mainline retained its position in the redesigned 1955 Ford range but was discontinued for the 1957 model year when the Ford Custom became the new base model.

Text adapted from “Ford Mainline” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1952–1956

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia infobox ↗5 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1953–1956

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗4 years