(Pics) 1949 Mercury

Nice model well photographed Mike.

Looks like a great model-fantastic photos.

Nicely pictured but I think the '49 Merc coupe looks much better with fender skirts!

Good one!  And thanks for your excellent pictures, Mike.   Now here's an oldie with fender skirts (and other additions) for Moe.

I have a black stock one which I call the James Dean Mercury from Rebel Without a Cause.

John's reference to "Rebel Without A Cause" sent me to a good source:

https://www.hotcars.com/heres-what-happened-to-james-deans-1949-mercury-from-rebel-without-a-cause/

and a good picture:

The movie car still exists as it was then at the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada.

Thanks for the reminder, John.  And for those of us who haven't seen the movie within the last ten years or so, it's still a good one!

Here's one that hasn't been down from its display shelf recently:

A couple of early Teknos.

@mg-harv Looks like humble beginnings for Mercury models. What year were these released?

The Universal Hobbies was the best model of a '49 Mercury I found and one I sacrificed to make my '49 Mercury station wagon.

@parisi50 Curtis - The source I had said they were made from 1951 to the late 1950s. BTW, I believe Sergio Goldvarg is planning a Mercury woody, not sure of year but probably '49-'51.