Nnmercury pickup truck history books

It first went on sale in january 2005 for the 2006 model year. This is a truly canadian truck as it was made and sold in canadas centennial year. Produced from 1946 to 1968, the mercury m series was sold primarily in canada, as a rebadged version of the ford f series. Find 1900 to 1950 ford trucks for sale on oodle classifieds. Aug 15, 2009 ford was trying to expand the mercury name in the canadian market and a pickup allowed mercury dealers to have a greater product line. I love and respect canada, and canadians, but it was too good of a rhyme to pass up. Advertising proclaimed that mercury trucks were the smartest truck line ever built, but the mercury badge would disappear from fords ubiquitous truck line after 1957, leaving behind attractive and charming machines like this quiterare 1950 m47 halfton pickup from the jim lynch collection.

Worldwide vintage autos is pleased to present this 1949 mercury m47 history the mer. The last mercury truck was 1972, had a few of em myself. They are also into oldies but goodies trucks that have been magnificently preserved for long years. Brightly restored in the 1990s, it did its share of shows and trophycollecting, and then hit the road. M2 machines works very hard to produce some of the most detailed, innovative and ground breaking diecast cars and trucks in the world. Why ford has to bring back the ranger the motley fool. The mark lt is essentially a rebadged luxurytrimmed version of the popular ford f150 truck. Unfollow 1950 mercury truck to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. In a similar fashion, the ford econoline van and pickup truck was sold as a mercury from 1961 to 1967. The mark lt was built at fords river rouge plant in dearborn, michigan, and at the ford cuautitlan plant in cuautitlan, mexico. I prefer mercury trucks over ford trucks mostly because of their rarity, but also because our truck was a merc. I have a 1950 merc pickup with a flathead v8 and i was wondering if you. This car is physically located in wilmot, ns, canada this is a restored. My new project its also one my dream cars, a 1948 ford pickup truck, hope i can make justice to beauty that is a 48 ford pickup.

Mercury pickup diecast cars, trucks and vans for sale ebay. The lincoln mark lt is a luxury pickup truck that was sold by lincoln. In the us, ford was such a dominant line of vehicles and most mercury dealers were matched with the lincoln line of vehicles that a pickup was a distraction. Also canadian were maple leaf trucks gmc and fargo. Jun 25, 2009 flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Hemmings find of the day 1947 mercury pickup hemmings. Want a pickup truck while looking to go longer between stops at the pump. When production of ford vehicles started after wwii. The mark lt is a successor to the failed 2002only lincoln blackwood, lincolns only other pickup truck, which was a rearwheel drive vehicle. The back of the truck tractor has a large chunk of concrete cast into the back of the truck frame for increased weight and more traction. These trucks were really just ford f100s with the designation changed to m100. This patinarich 1968 mercury m250 pickup is from north of the yankee border in canada and its still wearing its manitoba plates. I suspect the old nonsealed beam type of headlamps are from a 1935 or 1936 chevrolet pickup or truck. The hood letters and cowl emblems were recycled from previous years designs.

Mercury m250 pickup for sale ford other pickups m 250 or. Mercury m100 pick up truck built in canada in 1955, looks and drives great, a sure head turner in orange paint. I was going to graft the 12 ton bedframe to eliminate the 34 ton rear axle and heavy duty springs. From 19481950 the canadian model postfixes where different and represented the maximum gross vehicle weight with the zeroes dropped off. Ford 289 engine not runningwith 3 spd manual trans. It was made into a trailer and you can see it hooked to the pickup in the pictures. Hemmings find of the day 1947 mercury pickup hemmings daily.

But, it took a lot of backlash when it decided to kill the ranger in. Incidentally, while the new monarch name plate appeared in 1946, the meteor debuted in 1949. The meteor, monarch cars and mercury trucks first appeared in april, 1946 because of ford of canadas postwar marketing strategy. This 1980 plymouth arrow pickup is described as a oneowner, always garaged survivor with only 21k miles from new.

Hemmings find of the day 1947 mercury pickup mike mcnessor on aug 24th, 2015 at 9. A few fellas have asked about a video on the one and only mercury, so heres a nice little get ta no ya merc. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone. Fords mseries pickups posted by mark williams february 1, 2012 from 1946 to 1968, ford offered the mercury mseries pickup trucks that literally the fseries lineup of the day.

Aug 09, 2010 the mercury mseries pickup truck was produced between 1946 and 1968 by ford motor company, primarily for canada. Find 1900 to 1950 trucks for sale on oodle classifieds. Jul 01, 2017 a 1952 mercury m series pickup truck on display at the pei street rod associations 39th show n shine held at the old brudenell park, brudenell, pei. We have a selection of 19481952 ford and mercury truck cabs with doors from western canada for sale. The mercury m series is a series of pickup trucks that was marketed by the mercury division of ford motor company. Fords first allnew postwar vehicle was a truck and not a car. I question the load rating on this truck, as i had a 49 diamond t 201 1 ton pickup, and the suspension was a lot beefier than this. The names barrettjackson, and all associated graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are trademarks, registered trademarks or trade dress of the barrettjackson auction company, llc or its affiliates. Join millions of people using oodle to find unique used cars for sale, certified preowned car listings, and new car classifieds.

Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Why ford has to bring back the ranger ford relies on the truck segment for majority of its profits and it does very well. Packed with pictures of almost every pickup ever made, this colossal book tracks the development of the pickup from the frame up. Iam looking for pictures of the ford and mercury dash board instructment cluster for a 1959 f100 or m100 pick up to determine what truck i am buying. Truck is rusty but has some good parts for this very rare mercury pickup. A total of only 4817 mercury trucks of all sizes and configurations were sold in 1946, making any mercury truck that year a rare beast. Merc trucks were built so lincoln mercury dealers in canada would have a truck to sell. Right after world war ii, when ford motor company of canada setup the fordmonarch and mercury lincoln dealership networks, a new truck line was established. The camper shell and automatic transmission arent ideal, but these mitsubishimade trucks are so rare in any condition that we think this minty relic deserves more attention.

Nov 01, 2010 check out this 1963 mercury m100 with a 292ci v8 engine, contitech air bags, wheelsmith wheels and diamond back classic radials, only on, the official website of truckin magazine. Canadian truck buyers had a choice of either the ford nameplate or the mercury nameplates on trucks built in canada. Truck is sold as a project or for parts very very rare. This handsome 1946 mercury m3 pickup is ample proof of fords strategy at work.

This would make the truck into a 12 ton as many of the parts from a 1953 1955 ford pickup are the same as with the canadian mercury pickups. There are a couple chips in the paint very small and does not affect the running of the vehicle. Please help me out here on the positive identification of any of these components if you can. With the 1967 and 1968 mercurys representing the winding down of a twentytwo year run, the ford stylists and bean counters got creative.