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1957 Mercury Monterey
Jun 14, 2023 23:55:46 #
One of my favorite cars of all time, though I never drove one. In 1957 I thought the wrap-around taillights were epic. This was seen several years ago at an RV park in Tucson. We are no longer RVers, so we won't be going back there again.
Jun 15, 2023 06:16:55 #
I'm there with you. They were (are) gorgeous. I was 8 when they were introduced and they were so far ahead, in design, of the '56 Mercury. The '57 Turnpike Cruiser was even more over the top with the opening and closing rear window and the continental kit and the tons of chrome... This one, in particular, is a beauty. Straight as an arrow. Nice catch Terry.
Jun 15, 2023 07:07:34 #
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Jun 15, 2023 07:32:37 #
terryMc wrote:
One of my favorite cars of all time, though I never drove one. In 1957 I thought the wrap-around taillights were epic. This was seen several years ago at an RV park in Tucson. We are no longer RVers, so we won't be going back there again.
I was always a Chevy guy growing up but there 2 Mercury models that I ranked very high against there competition of the time. One was the 1954 and the other was the 1957. The'54 was by far the best looking of any of them that year. The '57 was strikingly different from its competition that year and I liked it a lot.
Tom
Jun 15, 2023 07:46:24 #
terryMc wrote:
One of my favorite cars of all time, though I never drove one. In 1957 I thought the wrap-around taillights were epic. This was seen several years ago at an RV park in Tucson. We are no longer RVers, so we won't be going back there again.
When I was young, about 8, my dad had a '58 Mercury Monterey.
Jun 15, 2023 08:02:27 #
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Jun 15, 2023 08:07:57 #
Ava'sPapa wrote:
I'm there with you. They were (are) gorgeous. I was 8 when they were introduced and they were so far ahead, in design, of the '56 Mercury. The '57 Turnpike Cruiser was even more over the top with the opening and closing rear window and the continental kit and the tons of chrome... This one, in particular, is a beauty. Straight as an arrow. Nice catch Terry.
I was 14 in '57, and all I could think about was getting my own car. There were so many I wanted, but no money for any of them...
Jun 15, 2023 08:09:57 #
terryMc wrote:
I was 14 in '57, and all I could think about was getting my own car. There were so many I wanted, but no money for any of them...
That's the reason I had scrapbooks of car ads from the newspapers and tons of model cars
.Jun 15, 2023 08:34:38 #
Ava'sPapa wrote:
That's the reason I had scrapbooks of car ads from the newspapers and tons of model cars .
.I started cutting cars out of magazines when I was 4 or 5 years old. I kept them in a drawer in the living room and I would take them out and spread them all over the floor and "drive" them around. I could name any car and its year and model better than the adults back then. Today, I don't get all the '40s right anymore and modern cars all look like they were designed by the same computer algorithm, but I'm still pretty good with the '50s.
Jun 15, 2023 09:16:34 #
terryMc wrote:
I started cutting cars out of magazines when I was... (show quote)
Sounds like we're brother's from another mother.
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Jun 15, 2023 09:23:52 #
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Loc: Pueblo, Colorado
My wife's brother had the Turnpike Cruiser and the Monterey both 57's. he passed away, my wife bought both from the estate.
Jun 15, 2023 09:32:26 #
Ava'sPapa wrote:
Sounds like we're brother's from another mother.
Jun 15, 2023 09:35:02 #
dougbev3 wrote:
My wife's brother had the Turnpike Cruiser
Where "Cruiser skirts" came from...
Jun 15, 2023 10:24:46 #
My first car was a ‘64 Mercury Monterey. Still had some of that classic styling and the coolest reverse sloped rear power window. Passed it on to my Grandfather when his car got totaled and I ended up with a ‘65 Mercury.
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