Went to a local car show today. Bet you've never seen one of these in the flesh.

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Power pack



Guess the car

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'55 Mercury Montclair http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Montclair





Shiney leather

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From the movie Christmas Vacation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lampoon's_Christmas_Vacation





Sleeper Lincoln

[Michvalk]

Crazy bout them Mercurys

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Crazy bout them Mercurys

Yours for about $25,000 

[Hoser]

Canadian Merc?    hoser

[ricoman]

Canadian Merc?    hoser

don't think so
a 55 or 54, my guess

[f6rider]

nice thread thanks

[KW]

Man. .  GREAT looking 61 Bonneville!!!!  Too bad they changed the shifter and most likely the transmission. . .  All Bonneville models were standard equipped with Hydra-Matic (through 1964.) You could special order a mannual tranny, but there would have been a short, flat counsel between the seats and the shifter wouldn't have came up so high. The white shift knob appears correct though. Probally a 389 in her. .  the 421 didn't come out until 62. The wheels (I'm assuming those are 8 lugs) & trim are all correct. I don't know what possesed the owner to put in those aftermarlket gauages under the dash, but to each their own. And, those bucket seats could only be had on the convertables in 61.  Still a GREAT car!! Thanks for posting (yeah. . . I love Bonnevilles. I've owned 4 and currently have one put up for the winter in the garage.)

[Hoser]

Canadian Merc?    hoser

don't think so
a 55 or 54, my guess

Yeah, I think the Canadian mercs were meteors, come to think of it, real similar, though.  Hoser

[ricoman]

Canadian Merc?    hoser

don't think so
a 55 or 54, my guess

Yeah, I think the Canadian mercs were meteors, come to think of it, real similar, though.  Hoser

you know when you remember things like that you start to show your age!