For 1966, Chrysler reintroduced wood trim for the.As the LTD became a full model line for the 1968 model year, the Country Squire became its station wagon counterpart, with Ford adding "LTD" badging to the hood.To comply with the implementation of safety regulations in the United States, many running changes were made during this generation, effectively standardizing the equipment introduced by the Lifeguard option package. For 1966, Ford standardized front and rear seat belts, a padded dashboard and sun visors, a deep-dish steering wheel, reinforced door latches, and emergency flashers.For the sixth generation, the Country Squire (alongside Ford full-size cars and F-Series trucks) received a new standard engine, with a 240 cubic-inch "Big Six" inline-6 (producing 150 hp) replacing the 223 cubic-inch "Mileage Maker" six.While maintaining powertrain commonality with the Ford Galaxie, on an official basis, Ford did not offer the Country Squire with any version of the 428 V8 producing over 345 hp, nor any 427 V8.For the sixth-generation Country Squire, the 3-speed column-shifted manual made its return, along with the 4-speed overdrive manual.For the sixth generation, the Country Squire again shared its doors with four-door Ford sedans. As with its LTD counterpart, the 390 and 429 V8 engines were options. While sharing much of its body (though not its wheelbase) with the newly introduced.In contrast to the Country Sedan, two-tone paint was not offered for the Country Squire; while fewer paint choices were available, all were color-keyed to the wood exterior trim.Over its production, the second generation saw several minor revisions. On both tailgate designs, the tailgate used a torsion bar spring to counterbalance its hinge.Coinciding with the liftgate redesign for 1961, the front and rear fascias were redesigned, marking the return of (small) tailfins and large round taillamps, in line with the,1964 Ford Country Squire (wood trim repainted),For the 1965 model year, the full-size Ford model line underwent a complete redesign with an all-new chassis. Previously exclusive to Ford and Mercury from 1954 to 1965, counterpart station wagons entered production during the end of the 1960s. Developed as a competitor for the Chevrolet Nomad, the Parklane combined the body of the two-door Ford Ranch Wagon with the Ford Fairlane sedan.. For the 1957 model year, the Parklane was succeeded by the Ford Del Rio; similar in concept to the Parklane, the Del Rio was added to the Ranch Wagon model line.For 1958, the … Purchased primarily for utilitarian use, the market segment of two-door station wagons saw little demand for high-feature vehicles (which appealed to families).While more widely recognized than the Parklane (in part from its concept-car derived design), the Chevrolet Nomad was outsold by the Parklane by nearly two-to-one: 15,186 Parklanes were produced in comparison to 7,886 1956 Nomads.John Gunnell, Standard catalog of American Cars 1946-1975, Revised 4th Edition, page 396,"Directory Index: Ford/1956 Ford/1956_Ford_Wagons_Brochure",https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ford_Parklane&oldid=978174221,Motor vehicles manufactured in the United States,Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License,223 CID "Mileage Maker" 1bbl. In a functional change, Ford upgraded to a,Carried over from the previous generation, the standard engine of the third-generation Country Squire was the 223 cubic-inch ",For 1957, the Ford model line underwent its first complete redesign for the first time since 1952. Functionally, the role of the family towing vehicle in the Ford product line was split between the Aerostar (and the larger Ford Club Wagon) as well as the then-new Ford Explorer (as buyers began to shift towards SUVs).†non-woodgrain LTD Crown Victoria and Country Squire wagons counted as one total starting in 1983.With certain versions of the Country Squire, an AM/FM-Cassette stereo with a combined and fully integrated Citizens' Band (CB) two-way radio, and replacement dual-purpose automatic antenna (with only one visible difference; the aerial mast was a larger diameter, and black-band at approximately half-way up).