Aero Warriors- or Winged Warriors as the Mopar aero cars are sometimes called- were created with one thing in mind, and that was to win big on the NASCAR circuit. The aerodynamic warriors included four vehicles, beginning with the… more»
Mercury
Dec 17, 2021 • For Sale • 4 Comments
More Photos Please! 1970 Mercury Cougar
The owner of this 1970 Mercury Cougar is a tease. He offers just enough photos of this classic to entice us but not enough to give us a clear overall view of its condition. What we see looks promising,… more»
Dec 14, 2021 • For Sale • 19 Comments
Backyard Find: 1967 Mercury Cougar XR-7
The Mercury Cougar would turn out to be the most successful product launch in the history of the company. It was positioned as an upscale version of the Mustang to go after Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac. The XR-7 was… more»
Dec 8, 2021 • For Sale • 8 Comments
Muscle Car Drop-Top? 1966 Mercury Park Lane
The Park Lane was the flagship car in Mercury’s full-size lineup during most of the 1960s. This 1966 Park Lane convertible is a running project, with a unique engine/transmission combination. It has a 428 V8 and a 4-speed which… more»
Dec 7, 2021 • For Sale • 23 Comments
Elegant Longroof: 1965 Mercury Colony Park
This nine-passenger 1965 Mercury Colony Park oozes quiet elegance, something that may be missing from today’s SUVs. I don’t mean to keep harping on SUVs but they basically replaced station wagons so they’re an easy target. This beautiful, luxury… more»
Dec 6, 2021 • For Sale • 10 Comments
Beautiful Drop Top: 1941 Mercury Eight Convertible
The Mercury Eight was introduced for the 1939 model year, slotted between the Ford Custom and Lincoln lines as a mid-priced option to compete with Buick, Oldsmobile, Plymouth, and the like. It was offered in a range of body… more»
Dec 6, 2021 • Stories • 52 Comments
30 Acres of Rusty Gold in Georgia!
Old Car City USA in White, Georgia professes to be the world’s largest known classic car junkyard. Across more than thirty acres, mostly wilderness, thousands of largely American-made cars have come to their final resting place here over the… more»
Dec 3, 2021 • For Sale • 8 Comments
V8 Driver! 1947 Mercury Eight Coupe
Before complaining about the clear-coated patina on this Merc’, note the soap bubbles; this shine is purely from water! The 1947 Mercury Sedan Coupe in Sneads Ferry, North Carolina features an original-looking flathead V8, and it runs and drives!… more»
Nov 30, 2021 • For Sale • 9 Comments
Storage Shed Find: 1965 Mercury Comet 202
Though the Comet had been a FOMOCO product since 1960, it didn’t get badged as a Mercury until 1962. That’s because the car was intended to be an Edsel and the early demise of that marque left the Comet… more»
Nov 28, 2021 • For Sale • 33 Comments
The Hirohata Merc: 1951 Mercury Custom
If you were ever interested in Hot Rods or Custom cars, chances are you have seen this car. You might not have known its name or history but the legacy of this car lives on in thousands of custom… more»
Nov 26, 2021 • For Sale • 15 Comments
Rare 2-Door Wagon: 1957 Mercury Voyager
Similar to the Rambler Cross Country, the Voyager was a line of pillarless hardtop station wagons offered by Mercury for 1957-58. They came with either two or four doors, but the 2-door was less practical and found fewer buyers… more»
Nov 22, 2021 • For Sale • 25 Comments
Rare Option: 1970 Mercury Cougar XR7
When you start to trawl through the options list offered by a manufacturer for a particular model, you begin to realize how easy it can be to create a genuinely unique vehicle. Take the current Fiat 500 as a… more»
Nov 22, 2021 • For Sale • 18 Comments
Stored Ten Years: 1979 Mercury Bobcat
The Mercury Bobcat three-door Runabout, as this one would have been classified, was an interesting little car. Mercury didn’t go to a lot of effort to differentiate them from a Ford Pinto but they were a little upscale. This… more»
Nov 20, 2021 • For Sale • 28 Comments
Wild Colors: 1975 Mercury Bobcat Survivor
Mercury was a latecomer to the subcompact market in the 1970s. Perhaps because they already had two smaller cars, the Comet (a Maverick clone) and the sporty, imported Capri. Or maybe because the market changed quickly once gasoline prices… more»
Nov 19, 2021 • For Sale • 36 Comments
Nicest One Left? 1979 Mercury Monarch
That may be a rhetorical question, wondering whether this is the nicest 1979 Mercury Monarch left. I can’t imagine that there’s a nicer one anywhere. There may be a better-equipped one or one with a bigger engine or something… more»
Nov 13, 2021 • For Sale • 17 Comments
Nicest One Left? 1992 Mercury Capri 2+2
Ford Australia conceived and built the Mercury Capri at its manufacturing plant located in Broadmeadows, Victoria. The company’s primary focus was on the car being a major export model, with the United States being its target market. Sadly, it… more»
