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Topic starter
18/03/2025 6:10 am
'55 Mercury or Pontiac?
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John Bono
North Jersey
18/03/2025 7:05 am
Montclair for me Monsignor!!
18/03/2025 7:26 am
Good looking Merc😎👍. I’ve always liked that Pontiac but have to vote Merc. ☕️
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
18/03/2025 7:51 am
They're both in attractive color combos but no contest for me this morning. The Mercury 👍
18/03/2025 7:52 am
I am with the rest of the crew this morning. Mercury for me!
18/03/2025 8:12 am
Mercury. I'm not a fan of Pontiac until 1957.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
18/03/2025 8:19 am
The Mercury with factory A/C is rare. I like both but favor the Pontiac because I took my drivers license test in my dad's 55 StarChief convertible which also had factory A/C.
Topic starter
18/03/2025 8:23 am
A convertible with factory A/C now that's cool on different levels...The Mercury with factory A/C is rare. I like both but favor the Pontiac because I took my drivers license test in my dad's 55 StarChief convertible which also had factory A/C.
John Bono
North Jersey
18/03/2025 8:36 am
That Merc's A/C unit, as you know, is trunk mounted.The Mercury with factory A/C is rare. I like both but favor the Pontiac because I took my drivers license test in my dad's 55 StarChief convertible which also had factory A/C.
Air vents in rear fenders hint at the option:
Rear trunk view:
Inside view:
The color combo is cool with Tuxedo Black over Yukon Yellow.
18/03/2025 9:17 am
Mercury, can't beat the '54 - '56. Pontiac wait to '57.
18/03/2025 11:57 am
18/03/2025 12:44 pm
18/03/2025 1:36 pm
Both are fantastic automobiles from the industries "big year" in 1955 ! I have scale replicas of the '55 Pontiac and '56 Mercury and my family had brand-new real 1:1 1955 Pontiacs and Chevrolets.
18/03/2025 2:12 pm
John, if I may sir; two observations. One minor/personal and one apropos to the thread.
The off-topic, but very interesting, mention of uncharacteristic A/C equipped convertibles got me to thinking. Living over 99% of my life in the American South, every convertible that I have owned, that was made in America, had A/C. The earliest, no where near this '55 Merc, was a '72 Corvette. Older English sports cars, going back to 1967, were not so equipped.
More germane to the subject, I find it interesting that both the cars you and I have posted are yellow '55 Montclair's, both with air. BUT, are obviously different ones. Yours, connected to Daniel Schmitt and the one I posted, to Adventure Classic Cars. Mine has the dreaded Conny Kit and appears to have a darker paint. Interesting, I thought!
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