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Topic starter
05/02/2021 10:23 pm
Since I was old enough to say the word "car", the '49 Mercury has always been in my Top Ten favorite body styles.
I have an uncle who used to race cars and when I was around 7 and 8 years old, he was racing a '49 Mercury.
It will always be a favorite!
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
05/02/2021 10:30 pm
One of those cars that qualifies as "iconic".
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
Charles Rockett and Charles Rockett reacted
06/02/2021 2:08 am
I agree George, the 49 Mercury is definitely iconic and that metallic green really suits it.
06/02/2021 11:44 am
I can remember as a kid really liking the Mercury sedan with its suicide doors.
George Schire and George Schire reacted
06/02/2021 12:51 pm
In 1956, as a sixteen year old kid, I bought a 1950 Mercury coupe with overdrive. Every nickel I made went into that car from my job at a local drug store, cutting lawns and polishing cars. After many modifications, I ended selling the car when I joined the Navy something I regret to this day.
Topic starter
06/02/2021 1:01 pm
@bob-jackman, it's the stories of the cars we owned and loved that keep us young. 
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
Charles Rockett and Charles Rockett reacted
06/02/2021 1:17 pm
As well as oozing style - and respectability - it oozed bad-ass gravitas too.