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Standard equipment was similar to 1949, and included: plastic steering wheel with medallion including full horn ring, cigarette lighter, electric clock, oversize locking glove compartment, twin horns, two sun visors, arm rests on each front door, dual windshield wipers, foot control for headlights with beam indicator on instrument panel, two ashtrays in rear compartment, friction-lock, ventilating windows in front, dimming control for instrument lights, special luggage compartment light, twin tail and stop lights, and spare wheel and tire in the luggage compartment.
In the equipment area, improvements were made to the carburetor, parking brake, and steering. The design of the trunk chrome was altered, as was the tip on the side spear. The signal lights were chrome-encased in a fashion similar to that used on the 1948 Cadillac. Production for the 1950 Mercury totaled an astounding 293,658 units, Mercury's second best sales year.įor 1950, the letters of the word Mercury were imbedded in chrome on the front of the hood, and "Eight" no longer appeared on the grille. Mercurys won two NASCAR Grand National races this year, and Mercury was the official pace car at the 1950 Indianapolis 500. It featured a padded canvas or vinyl top and custom leather interior. To compete with GM and Chrysler two-door hardtops, Mercury introduced the "Monterey Coupe". This includes barn finds for sale, muscle cars for sale, vans for sale, station wagons for sale, trucks for sale and other affordable old cars for sale.The one-millionth Mercury was a 1950 four-door sedan, and Mercurys were no longer called "Mercury Eight"-just "Mercury". We utilize imagery from those ads in a fair use fashion. On occasion we post classic cars for sale from Craigslist, Facebook and other online marketplaces. If you have any questions about the content we publish, including our car videos and car history pictures and text and the use of them, please don’t hesitate to contact us using the below email address. We encourage you to share our page and connect with us on Facebook or sign up for our automotive history newsletter at the top of this page. Our goal is to enlighten our readers by producing and publishing automotive content on a wide range of topics, including famous cars, important automotive inventors and engineers and other historic automobile related events, places and people. This Day in Automotive History is a transportation history, car history and general automotive history website dedicated to providing informative and entertaining content. Drive History Every Day – Cord 810/812 Design – $21.99 Thomas assembly line, marking the last Mercury car ever built. Then, on this day in 2011, at approximately 8 am, a 2011 Mercury Grand Marquis, rolled off the St. On that fateful late spring day, Ford broke the news that Mercury would be discontinued. End of the Line for Mercury Carsįast forward to Jwhen Mercury owned just 1 percent of the new car market in the United States.
Though it outsold Edsel 2 to 1, it would take all of 19 to sell the same amount of cars as 1957. As the decade progressed, the 1958 recession and the introduction of the Edsel would take a toll on Mercury sales. The next year the 1,000,000th Mercury rolled off the assembly line. With a starting price of $916, equal to about $16,800 today, consumers were able to get a lot of car for decent money.Ī popular redesign for 1949 kicked off a solid decade for Mercury. For the 1939 model year, nearly 66,000 Mercurys left sales lots. Its main competitors would be General Motors’ Oldsmobile and Buick, as well as Chrysler. Mercury was championed by Henry Ford’s son, Edsel.
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