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Fornax Disaster
Apr 11, 2005

If you need me I'll be in Holodeck Four.
This is in my collection of old ads -

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Fornax Disaster
Apr 11, 2005

If you need me I'll be in Holodeck Four.
I thought it looked like your rear wheel openings looked different from other pictures of these trucks I have seen. They look larger and rounder, maybe this was done to allow larger rear tires? Or maybe the design changed during the model run, I’m not super familiar with these.

Fornax Disaster
Apr 11, 2005

If you need me I'll be in Holodeck Four.
I saw the van version on the weekend. I think those are 05 Mustang wheels. The rear wheel openings have been enlarged on this one too, but not as well done as yours. Not shown is the big dent on the other side where the previous owner backed an RV into it.

Fornax Disaster
Apr 11, 2005

If you need me I'll be in Holodeck Four.

wallaka posted:

I'd imagine it was a Canada-only deal so that Mercury dealers up there could have another truck option.

Yes, there was a full Mercury truck line here in the fifties and sixties. There was even stuff like cabovers and school bus chassis.

http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/Canada/Mercury/1951%20Mercury%20Truck%20Pamphlet/dirindex.html

Edit: found a brochure with the Mercury Econoline truck.

http://oldcarbrochures.org/September%202020/1961%20Mercury%20Light%20Duty%20Trucks%20%28Cdn%29/index.html

Fornax Disaster fucked around with this message at 05:39 on Mar 6, 2023

Fornax Disaster
Apr 11, 2005

If you need me I'll be in Holodeck Four.
If you mean the vans they are Thames vans imported from England. Maybe some Canadian Mercury dealers were selling those instead of Econoline vans at some point, I don’t know.

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