1957 Mercury Other on 2040-cars
Portola, California, United States
1957 MERCURY COLONY PARK WAGON. THIS IS A VERY RARE WAGON WITH ONLY A HANDFUL ON THE ROAD TODAY. THIS WAS THE TOP
OF THE LINE WAGON FOR MERCURY. THIS EXAMPLE IS LOADED WITH OPTIONS. FACTORY OPTIONAL 368 TURN PIKE CRUISER ENGINE,
PUSH BUTTON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER STEERING, BRAKES, WINDOWS, SEAT, REAR WINDOW, ROOF RACK, DUAL TURN PIKE
CRUISER MIRRORS, TOWN AND COUNTRY RADIO, PADDED DASH AND DUAL HEADLIGHTS.
THIS IS A CALIFORNIA CAR WITH NO RUST OR REPAIRED PANELS. ALL FLOOR PANELS ARE ORIGINAL TO THE CAR AND IN PERFECT
SHAPE. PAINT IS 5 YEARS OLD AND STILL SHOWS WELL. REAR QUARTER WINDOWS RECEIVED NEW WEATHERSTRIPPING AND SEALING.
MOST ALL CHROME WAS REDONE AT THE SAME TIME.
THE INTERIOR WAS REDONE TO ORIGINAL. ALL MATERIALS AND THE NEW DOOR PANELS CAME FROM SMS. ALL FLOORS WERE REPAINTED
AND THE NEW CARPET WAS BOUND ON THE EDGES FRONT AND REAR AS ORIGINAL. THE ORIGINAL DASH PADS ARE THE BEST ORIGINALS
I'VE EVER SEEN.
THE ENGINE WAS REDONE BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND RUNS LIKE NEW. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION GONE THROUGH ABOUT 5 YEARS
AGO. ALL FUNCTIONS OF THE PUSH BUTTON WORK CORRECTLY. ALL SUSPENSION, BRAKES WERE DONE AT THAT SAME TIME,
I HAVE MANY N.O.S. ITEMS NOT YET INSTALLED. I HAVE NEW GOLD TRIM FOR BOTH SIDES, NEW TAILGATE LOCK UNIT FOR THE
POWER WINDOW, AN N.O.S. CLOCK ALONG WITH MANY SPARE PARTS.
I'M SURE IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS WAGON YOU REALIZE JUST HOW RARE IT IS, NOT TO MENTION THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY
IN RESTORING AND FINDING ALL THE BEST PARTS. THIS WAGON TOOK BEST OF CLASS AND BEST OF SHOW AT OUR LOCAL MUSTANG
SHOW FIRST TIME OUT. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW ONE?
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Curtain officially comes down on Mercury as dealers remove signage
Mon, 03 Jan 2011The process of shutting down the Mercury is complete. Ford officially made the decision to close its mid-level brand in June of 2010. In the months that followed, Ford offered its dealers money to stop selling the cars, with production shutting down in September. The last Mercury, a Mariner, rolled off the assembly line in the beginning of October and former spokesperson Jill Wagner said her good-byes to both the car and her job. Now the last piece of the brand has come down as dealers are removing any and all Mercury signage from their lots.
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Junkyard Gem: 1996 Nissan Quest XE with 338,549 miles
Sun, Jul 9 2023When I hit the junkyard, I always look for vehicles with impressive final figures showing on their odometers. I find so many Hondas and Toyotas with better than 300,000 miles that I don't consider them especially noteworthy (the exception being super-low-spec cheap models, such as a Tercel or Civic VX), and it goes without saying that the bar is quite high for Mercedes-Benzes as well. It has been surprisingly difficult to find discarded Nissans that made it past the 300k mark; today's Junkyard Gem is just the fourth I've documented. The highest-mile junked Nissan I'd found prior to today's minivan is a 1994 Maxima with 364,238 miles, followed by a 1987 Maxima with 341,176 miles and a 1986 200SX with 309,222 miles. Keep in mind that Nissan didn't go to six-digit odometers on most of its US-market cars until the early 1980s, and then went to tough-to-read-in-the-junkyard electronic odometers in the early 2000s; this means the pool of potential high-mile Nissans is limited to about the 1983-2000 range of model years. Ford has just as much right to claim credit to this van's impressive mile total as does Nissan, since the Quest was a collaboration between Ford and Nissan that also produced the Mercury Villager; this van was built by Ford at the Ohio Assembly plant. The Quest/Villager platform was derived from the Maxima's, and the engine is pure Nissan: a 3.0-liter VG30 V6 rated at 151 horsepower. The only transmission available in the first-generation (1993-1999) Quest/Villager was a four-speed automatic. This one appears to have been sold new at Landrum Nissan in Pueblo. The rear glass has been painted flat black, possibly to keep prying eyes from seeing valuable cargo. The rear seats are long gone, so this van probably hauled cargo for much of its long life. The front interior seems to be in good shape. Why is this van here? There's body damage on the left rear and right front, suggesting a crash that may have bent the suspension past the worth-fixing threshold. Perhaps the crinkled metal just made this van too unsightly, or maybe some powertrain problem was the culprit. This content is hosted by a third party. To view it, please update your privacy preferences. Manage Settings. It's time to expect more from a minivan. This content is hosted by a third party. To view it, please update your privacy preferences. Manage Settings. It's all fun and games until the toddler takes the wheel.
The 1965 Ford Mustang could have looked a lot different
Fri, May 8 2020The 1965 Ford Mustang is unquestionably an automotive design icon, and nearly every generation of Mustang has some connection to that original car. Because it's such a universally-known vehicle, we were amazed to see all the different designs that were being considered. Head of Ford's archives Ted Ryan recently shared photos of design proposals for the original Mustang on Twitter that he and Jamie Myler found, and we reached out to them to find out more. As Ryan initially noted, the photos were taken on August 19, 1962, and they are proposals for the Ford Mustang. Apparently Ford had committed to doing a Falcon-based youth-oriented car at this point, and it did have plans to launch the car in 1964 for the 1965 model year. But after having little success with early design proposals, the company asked all of its design studios — the Advanced Studio, Lincoln-Mercury Studio and Ford Studio — to submit proposals. With only about two years before the planned launch, Ford was understandably short on time, and it's believed that the studios only had a month to create and present these designs. Lincoln-Mercury design proposal View 8 Photos The majority of the designs, a total of five, came from the Advanced Studio, and part of this was because they already had a couple of concept designs in reserve it could present. Two other models representing three design possibilities came from Lincoln-Mercury, and just one model with two options came from Ford. The Advanced Studio proposals are shown in the gallery at the very top of this article, and the Lincoln-Mercury and Ford proposals are in the gallery directly above this paragraph. The Advanced Studio's most radical design is the one that was clearly related to the Mustang I concept that would be shown later that year with huge wraparound rear glass, turbine-inspired bumpers and enormous side scoops. The other proposals from the studio were more conservative, featuring simple lines, grilles reminiscent of the Falcon, and one even borrowing the jet-thruster-style taillights made famous on the Thunderbird. Lincoln-Mercury had some impressively bold designs, particularly its fastback that had buttresses to extend the shape all the way to the tail. This car had two different side trim possibilities. The other Lincoln-Mercury design was toned down a bit, but had two interesting possibilities for side detailing, as well as some crisp, low-profile tail fins.