Always liked this style Ford, with the smaller cab. It rolls and steers freely. The updated 1967 and 1968 examples seem quite scare but are still around. . There's just so much to go over on this one that we don't have the room for it all. Seeing an opportunity, he says he decided to just make it run, swap the suspension, and throw it on the road as is.
In a similar fashion, the van and pickup truck was sold as a Mercury from 1961 to 1967. And my wife is gone for the week. The bench seat has the correct bolstering for individual comfort. You'll love the way people will approach this pickup thinking it's a spectacularly-presented Ford F-100, and then you'll watch their delight as they see the Mercury badges. Roadkill Customs has become the de facto resource for low budget, back yard builders and do-it-yourself hot rodders.
Again, I am trying to handle this for my parents, who are not wanting to wait a year or longer to get top price but also want to get a good fair price. The engine bay continues this award-worthy arrangement. By the mid-1960s Mercury achieved sustained commercial success and in 1967 it introduced the Mercury Cougar, a restyled version of the Ford Mustang with an emphasis on comfort and equipment. I am interested in reacquiring it. As a point of history, Ford was in business in Windsor, Ontario by 1904, a year after the Ford Motor Co.
Produced from 1946 to 1968, the Mercury M series was sold primarily in Canada, as a version of the. The Ontario Truck Plant sent some of its product to the Northeast United States. This setup was not unique to Ford. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I should pay these guys a visit. Very importantly all four of the very rare Mercury hubcaps are present, as well as a fifth on the spare.
It is a very good candidate for a full restoration. It has bags of character, and I have no doubt that it would attract plenty of attention wherever it went. They include the tubular A-arm front end, full adjustable coilovers, and four-wheel disc brakes. This 1950 Mercury M-68 Pickup is in Gladstone, Manitoba, Canada, about an hour and forty-five minutes west of Winnipeg. The news under the hood is not great, and it really is a case of getting what you see, and no more. The lot and information presented at auction on the auction block supersedes any previous descriptions or information.
Go along I-15 which terminates at Sweetgrass, but continues into Canada along Hi-4. But this custom is also a true driver's machine. This is Canada and not Vegas so there will be rust. Unrestored 1949 Mercury M47 half ton Overview Manufacturer Production 1946—1968 Body and chassis Full-size , Front engine, Chronology Successor The Mercury M series is a series of that was marketed by the division of. And it continues to look so fresh because there's only 450 miles on this build.
It only has 64,860 original miles on it. He narrowed the 20s to 8½ and rebuilt them with a more conventional 4. Rather than let the contemporary Old Air Products Hurricane climate-control system spoil the vintage look, Lyle formed a box around it and adorned it with a pressed panel from a 1948 to 1950 Mercury pickup radio-delete plate. As the years went they became more and more similar to their Ford siblings. The cab is well equipped with fuel, oil, temperature and battery gauges, heater and radio, and the cargo bed features new wood and polished loading strips. Well for the early trucks the Fords are most common but by the 50s and mid 60s the Mercury trucks seem to make up just less than half of the remaining examples. After its discontinuation, the next Mercury light truck would be the 1993 minivan.
I hope this goes to a good home where it will get the relaxed retirement it has earned. My wife is responsible for a good part of my collection. It had a 223 straight 6 motor and a factory 4 speed floor shifter transmission. The drivers door has a small dent but that is it. As opposed to seller dealing with months of bullshit. Of course, you're going to want to do more than just listen to the rumble of the dual exhaust; follow its path in the undercarriage photos. The free-flow across the border brought the phase-out of the Mercury trucks by March 23, 1968.
It has to be seen. Also very unusually and very fortunately a dump bed set up has not been fitted to this truck so the bed sits at the correct factory height which is rarely seen on One Ton pickups of this era. According to my sources the six cyl. The looks in this truck, this would be a fun truck to , there is no question about it. How would you fix up this Mercury truck? I love the look of these old pickups, and this Mercury appears to be a project pickup with potential. At the time, few rural communities offered both the Ford and Lincoln-Mercury dealership networks, miniminizing model overlap and allowing for greater coverage for potential truck buyers.
As far as the dash plastic molding in 48-50, only the Mercury had a kind of gray marble look, where Ford was tan in color. Ford trucks got all-new sheet metal for 1948. In hindsight i wish i had kept it as i think it was pretty rare. The interior is complete, with the exception of the glove box door. The smooth blue fender walls and firewall funnel all your attention to the highly polished total presentation. If someone could help with the approx value or could direct me to where I could get an evaluation.