The story of this coupe begins with that of a sedan: A four-door 1953 Ford with a 101-hp 215-cu.in. Mileage Maker OHV six-cylinder and Fordomatic automatic transmission. Like this coupe, that sedan was green—probably Seafoam Green. Seafoam was one of four green shades offered by Ford for the 1953 model year; the others were Timberline Green Poly, Fern Mist Green, and Cascade Green—the latter of which replaced Fern Mist for the spring selling season.
That Seafoam Green, six-cylinder, automatic sedan was just an average used car in the spring of 1960 when Michael Cescon of Mint Hill, North Carolina, was about to graduate from high school. His parents spotted the car and for reasons now lost to time, selected it to be their son’s first.
“It was a surprise,” Michael recalls today. “I don’t know
