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Topic starter
03/05/2024 4:58 pm
'57 Dodge 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
03/05/2024 5:34 pm
I'm not really a fan of either but I'm choosing the Dodge because I do not like the Mercury's windshield design amongst a few other things.
Steve
03/05/2024 6:35 pm
Beautiful automobiles and classic American Fifties cars.
03/05/2024 6:52 pm
I surprised myself and went with the Mercury. Pinnacle gorp!
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
03/05/2024 7:03 pm
I like both. I picked the Mercury because I have always liked its outlandish style.
03/05/2024 9:19 pm
I like the Dodge more than the Merc. 👀👍
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
03/05/2024 9:49 pm
Back in the day I would have chosen the Mercury with the two headlights but the quad lights look crowded and I did not really care for the outrageous bumpers.
The Dodge back in the day I hated the styling especially the ridiculous fins but in '59 a good friend's mother bought a new '59 Dodge;
Looked just like this one, only interior was blue. Was a 383 with 345 hp 3 speed push button, the fastest car I had ever rode in [back then]. I LOVED it and grew to like the fins. Never drove it but it also handled better than anything I rode in back then.
VOTE DODGE!
03/05/2024 9:58 pm
Easy one! The MERCURY! Not even a contest on this one for me.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
03/05/2024 10:21 pm
Walter Chrysler is going to roll over in his grave when he finds out that Moe Parr voted for the Mercury today...the 4th consecutive day of voting against the Mopar 😫
Dodge is the only one of the '57 Chryco lineup that I don't care for, plus the Mercury is shown in what I consider its best color combo.
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
03/05/2024 10:33 pm
In spite of its QC problems I went with the attractive albeit rather outlandish Dodge, with its wild fins. This era of Mercury did nothing for me at all.
04/05/2024 5:48 am
Count me, today, among the Dodge Boys. I was spoiled by the looks of the beauty of the '55 & '56 Mercury. I was so let down by the '57's look and especially the over-the-top styling cues, that I have never recovered.
Topic starter
05/05/2024 3:13 pm
I like the Dodge but I'm a longtime fan of the '57 Mercury so it gets my vote.
John Bono
North Jersey
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