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In 1962 and 63, the Meteor became a mid size car on the Fairlane platform. (We had a 1962 Meteor Custom sedan from 1967 to 1972 and aside from being underpowered with a 170 cubic inch 6 cylinder, it was a decent car). Apparently however, it was a poor seller and was discontinued after 1963. 

Once the mid size Meteor was dropped,  the name was restored to the full size Canadian body for 1964. As far as I know though, the two door models were available only with the breezeway rear windshield - there was no Meteor fast back in 64, nor was there a Country Squire equivalent wagon. With those exceptions, the styling and model lineup, for the most part, mirrored the 64 Mercury on the outside, with the interior being lifted from the comparable Canadian Ford models.  

I have seen a number of 64 Meteor convertibles and sedans, but not since the early 70s have I seen a 64 Meteor wagon. The one I did see was at that time a well used car parked near a skating rink, but since then I have never seen one at a car show, or even for sale anywhere. This leads me to believe that not many survived.

Just curious to know if anyone on this site has ever come across one of these 64 Meteor wagons? 

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I can't say I ever have seen one - i like 64 Meteors ( one of my cousins had a black convertible back in the late 60s ) so i would have noticed

I see there are no on line versions of the sales brochure ( that i can find anyway)



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I went to the ford of canada website and it does say the following

 

Because the re-introduction of Meteor was such a quick decision, there was no time to tool up for it. Therefore, the 1964 Meteor looked identical to the 1964 Mercury. The Meteor name badges and Ford interior were the only visible differences from Mercury. Under the hood, however, the base engine was Ford's 223 cid 138 hp six, but Mercury's base V-8, 352 cid 220 hp, was optional.

 

2- and 4-door sedans, and 6- and 9-passenger station wagons were offered in base and Custom series. Price of the base 4-door sedan was $2861. That placed it $690 under the lowest priced Mercury sedan, and the price as the Ford Custom 500 2-door sedan. The Meteor sedan under priced Pontiac's lowest priced full-size 4- door sedan by $46.



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Here's the link to the Ford.ca site:  https://www.ford.ca/about-ford/heritage/post-war-fords/meteor-phase-2/

There's a brochure for sale online that has a poor quality view of the wagon page:  https://www.nabecj.top/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=952683

I don't recall ever seeing one of the wagons in person, which I probably would have remembered as the '64 Meteors have always been on my radar.



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