1949 Mercury Brochure 2 of 31

Here's one time that the "all new" description was pretty close to the
truth. The engine was a carry over but pretty well everything else was
new. Suddenly Mercury leaped straight from the thirties into the fifties.
This is a lovely brochure, Jeff. Thanks for sharing.

max

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And I don't know why, but this car turned out to be a popular car for
turning into street rods and extreme modifying. You still see a lot of the
modified ones around today. Jeff


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> Here's one time that the "all new" description was pretty close to the
> truth. The engine was a carry over but pretty well everything else was
> new. Suddenly Mercury leaped straight from the thirties into the fifties.
> This is a lovely brochure, Jeff. Thanks for sharing.
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> max
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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:16:18 -0600, "Jeff G" >
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>And I don't know why, but this car turned out to be a popular car for
>turning into street rods and extreme modifying. You still see a lot of the
>modified ones around today. Jeff
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I don't claim to know either but my Uncle had one and it's partly
because people just liked them to begin with I think. The fact that
they made over 300,000 of them didn't hurt either. It translates to a
whole lot of used cars somewhere down the line. <cheap!>

According to this the tail might have even wagged the dog a little.
After all who's to say what influences a guy that designs automobiles
for a living?
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=521

The actual brochures and manuals are always a special treat, thanks
for these.

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>"MagisterMax" > wrote in message
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>> Here's one time that the "all new" description was pretty close to the
>> truth. The engine was a carry over but pretty well everything else was
>> new. Suddenly Mercury leaped straight from the thirties into the fifties.
>> This is a lovely brochure, Jeff. Thanks for sharing.
>>
>> max