1957 Mercury Convertible Cruiser - Commercial

Mercury Convertible Cruiser commercial

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Mercury
• 1957
• V8
• Convertible
• Cruiser
• Commercial

[auaiao9]

That's one long car.

[canine2]

Don't get me wrong...I love ALL old cars, but it's weird how the '58 Edsel caught such heat for being strange looking, when the late '50's were LOADED with other freakish looking vehicles, like this Merc. Other styling oddities were the : '57 Nash Rambler, '59 Impala, '61 Plymouth Belvedere, '58 Buick, '61 DeSoto, early Plymouth Valiant, '57 Lincoln Premier, '58 Lincoln, and, frankly, most Cadillacs. All were as weird as the Edsel, AND JUST AS LOVABLE!! They're all great!

[SweetJaneofGoth]

My grandpap says: That's Jack Reith head of Mercury Division and he didn't know a damn thing about cars. He says somethings never change - the people running Ford still don't know a damn thing about cars.

[Benzfever]

What a f&^%$ boring way to present a car.

[Daboggeyman2]

In 1957 the Mercury had models that featured a single head light design and the dual head light design because of laws in a few state that outlawed cars with dual head lights

[cubantoro]

..."It has the same straightness of lines, the feeling of bigness and mass without bulk." Boy! They should have filmed this car using Cinemascope. They should have parked a '58 Oldsmobile next to it to make the Mercury look less bulky.

[EdVidz]

57-58 was a HUGE styling era, enormously competitive, I remember it well. The old lady down at the book/magazine store used to suggest that I buy a few of the magazines after reading them. Hint hint.

Anyway, you've got quite a good knowledge of this stuff and I appreciate the info.

[scottericlee]

@EdVidz Nope. It's a '57. The '58 has shorter headlight bezels and the fin inserts are different. Besides, the '57 was the only one to pace the Indy. It is VERY well documented. Seeing as there is only one "Official Pace Car".

Dig it: conceptcarz[dot]com/view/photo­/127467,11885,0,0/photo.aspx

[HOLYWOODANGEL]

wow

[EdVidz]

This looks like a 1958 since it has dual headlights, the 1957 had single headlights - as did the Fords.

[bs5990]

@peterdaniel66 Uh take a look at Jaguar grilles of the past 15 years, then say that same quote. I own a 58 Edsel, and I love it. asshole.

@canine2 , thanks for your support of the defunct Edsel Division.