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Topic starter
02/09/2025 11:16 pm
'50 Ford or Mercury?
Be sure to make your selection.
Of course, please “Reply” to share your comments.
If selection is greater than 2 rank them.
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John Bono
North Jersey
03/09/2025 2:37 am
I have always been a huge fan of the '50 Ford design; it gets the nod. I prefer the grille/parking lights of the '49 Mercury but this one is very nice looking as well.
03/09/2025 4:48 am
This a hard one. I like both. Plain and simple
03/09/2025 5:49 am
In the day, definitely Ford. Today, if I were cruising in the shoebox, You might not notice me. But in that Merc, especially top flopped back - Oh Yeah Babe; I'm stylin' and profilin'!!
Good one today, again, Thanks John!
03/09/2025 6:26 am
Easy for me, Mercury. When I was sixteen I bought a six year old Mercury coupe and customized it. I loved that car but sold it when I went into the service. The 49,50 and 51 Mercuries will always be the greatest IMO. The Ford is nice but up against the Mercury it doesn't stand a chance.
03/09/2025 8:33 am
Quite different looking though from the same company. I do like both but like the Ford most.
03/09/2025 9:11 am
A toss up for me. Went with a tie. Two of my favorites from 1950.
03/09/2025 10:04 am
MERCURY! I liked the '49 just a tad better, but the '50 was still the Cat's Pajama's for me and they still garner my full attention when I see one today.
With regard to the "Shoebox" Ford as some called them, I never cared for the way they were wide in the front fender/hood area and then narrow in the rear. That's always looked odd to me.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
03/09/2025 10:40 am
Mercury please. The grill on the Ford & they looked too narrow for my taste. The '51 double bullet grill is acceptable to me though car still looks too narrow.
The '49 - '51 Mercury's are very nice but I still would have bought a Hudson in those years.
Topic starter
04/09/2025 11:17 pm
Loving the clean and uncluttered lines of the Ford. I don't care for the Mercury grille. The Mercury has too much going on...like it's trying too hard.
Gents, thanks for your responses!
John Bono
North Jersey
Tony Perrone reacted
06/09/2025 8:26 am
A choice between squarish and round, isn't it? Always have liked the round, smooth look of the Mercs! Sculpture versus shoebox. I prefer sculpture.
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