First Look & First Crank: 1953 Monarch Wakes Up After 50+ Years!

I went shopping for another flathead Ford V8. Trouble is, it came with a complete 1953 Monarch 4-door sedan. Let's take a look at this rare Canadian model car to see what we have to work with and then see of we can get it to run for the first time in years. From the late 1940s through the early 1960s, Ford of Canada had sister brands to the mainstream Ford and Mercury product lines. Canada's low population density meant that many towns could not support both a Ford dealership and a Mercury/Lincoln dealership. To allow smaller towns to have access to the full product line-up, Mercury dealerships sold lower-end Meteor cars and Mercury branded pickups. Ford dealerships sold the basic model Fords and a step-up model Monarch. My car is a 1953 Monarch Sedan. I make a small commissions from qualifying purchases made through the following links: Remote start button: https://amzn.to/4os0m16 Tue Fuel 2-stroke Pre-mix: https://amzn.to/48tErln Spark Tester: https://amzn.to/43qgnfJ Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:14 Overview 1:08 Grill and Front End 1:53 Body 3:40 Driver's Side Interior 5:15 Back Seat 6:15 What's in The Trunk? 8:15 Passenger Side Interior 8:46 What's In The Glovebox 12:20 Under The Hood 15:26 Bath Time 17:30 Unloaded 18:14 Will It Run? 28:10 Conclusions 29:30 Outro

Added 17 Aug 2026