1950 Mercury Lead-Sled. This od car has lots of custom touches: chopped top, frenched taillights, frenched dual power antennas, 57 Chevy headlights, custom skirts, all metal.
In 1956, Mercury’s top-of-the-line series was the full-sized Montclair, featuring a sleek two-door hardtop coupe powered by a 312-inch “Y-block” V8 engine, boasting 258 horsepower and a three-speed automatic transmission. Described as “long and low” in factory brochures, the Montclair impressed with its urban and highway performance, reaching sub-10-second sprints ...
50 Mercury Monterey Cobra. Mercury’s big-body coupe was meant as a statement of luxury when it was introduced in 1950. However, Sly Stone saw it as the perfect vehicle for a member of the LAPD’s Zombie Squad.
1954 Mercury Sun Valley. This old car was the beneficiary of one of the more memorable advertising campaigns of the 1950s. “The heart of a city at night gleams with its own stars of neon and marquee.
The Mercury brand was a relatively young player in the automotive industry, having been around for only a decade, when it introduced the new Eight in 1949. This model marked the brand’s first post-World War II design departure, featuring even more pronounced curves, a rounded rear end that concealed its ...
It might seem difficult to imagine now that sport-utility vehicles dominate nearly every sales category, but there was a time when big four-door sedans where seen as the apex of American motoring, with Ford, GM, and Chrysler all building variants of this popular template. By the time the 1990s rolled ...