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10/09/2025 11:16 pm
'49 Mercury or Oldsmobile?
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John Bono
North Jersey
11/09/2025 1:50 am
I love them both but the styling of the '49 Mercury has always been a favorite; it gets the nod by a very slim margin....almost a tie.
11/09/2025 4:29 am
The Olds is nice but the Mercury is fantastic and stayed that way through 50 and 51.
11/09/2025 6:04 am
The Olds is coming into the fifties decade carrying some left-over styling cues - specifically the ponton rear fenders. Where the Merc shines is its modern sculpted design. Truth is, I love both of them. I might change my mind in a minute or two but right now my vote is Merc!
11/09/2025 7:05 am
I’m with Tony on this one. It certainly is a close call.
11/09/2025 7:17 am
MERCURY as fast as I could type it!
I'm an Oldsmobile guy, but for '49, Oldsmobile styling was outdated. The Mercury this year was all new and it looked it. It's an iconic style that is still alluring today.
And aside from Mercury's James Dean connection, let's not forget that even Batman/Bruce Wayne drove one in the late Forties Movie Serials. LOL, Bruce Wayne would drive it with top down and when a call came for Batman, he put the top up, changed in to Batman, and it was his Batmobile. Cheesy I know, but hey it was 1949 and things were less questionable then.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
11/09/2025 7:48 am
And I like the Oldsmobile, although both are nice.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
11/09/2025 10:00 am
@georgeschire Hey George; I agree it might have been a bit "cheesy" but changing into your super hero get up in a Mercury beats the heck out of a public phone booth!
11/09/2025 10:59 am
Good point on the phone booth change Jack. However, being a fan of Superman comics as a kid, I do remember that it was always told that Clark Kent would duck in to a phone booth and then "Change at eye-blurring super-speed" so as to not be seen by the human eye. Just saying... 
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
Jack Dodds and John Kuvakas reacted
11/09/2025 3:56 pm
@georgeschire I have to wonder how Clarke Kent could afford to abandon a complete set of clothes each time he had to heed the call for service....especially on a reporter's salary.
John Kuvakas reacted
11/09/2025 6:17 pm
@jack-dodds, there were rumors that Superman had a dark side. When people realized that his superpowers, combined with his ability to burn through anything with his eyes, when used on banks, private vaults, and well-to-do homes, led to tremendous wealth being stashed in the Fortress of Solitude...well...let's just say Clark didn't have many financial problems.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
Tony Perrone reacted
11/09/2025 9:11 pm
@georgeschire I have to wonder how Clarke Kent could afford to abandon a complete set of clothes each time he had to heed the call for service....especially on a reporter's salary.
He NEVER abandoned his clothes with each change to Superman. His suit, shirt, tie, socks and shoes were "super-compressed" and stuffed in to a pocket in the backside of his cape. All of this was revealed in the comic books, but never made it to the TV show.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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