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Optionally available was a dual 4-barrel carburetor setup that provided 260 hp (190 kW) starting in 1956. [1] All Mercury's for 1955 offered a canted hood over the headlights previously introduced on the Mercury XM-800 concept car from 1954. The 1955 four-door sedan was US$2,400 ($27,297 in 2023 dollars [3]) and sold 70,392. [1]
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The Mercury Medalist displaced the Custom as the base model for 1956, [2] with both series discontinued for 1957 as Mercury was being repositioned as a luxury line above Edsel for 1958. [ 2 ] For the first year, 83,475 4-door sedans were manufactured with a listed price of US$2,040 ($23,406 in 2023 dollars [ 3 ] ), followed by 25,812 2-door ...
For 1939, the Mercury was launched at a starting price of US$916 ($20,064 in 2023 dollars [10]); over 65,800 vehicles were sold in the inaugural model year. [11] In response to the popularity of the model line, Ford revised its branding structure after 1940; De Luxe Ford was discontinued as a sub-marque (returning to its previous use as a Ford trim line), and all Lincolns became derived from ...
The Mercury Montclair is a series of full-size sedans that were manufactured and marketed over five generations by the Mercury division of Ford.The nameplate was used by the division twice, from the 1955 to the 1960 model years and from the 1964 to the 1968 model years.
Power-assisted brakes had been invented in 1903, but did not become generally available as an option until the 1950s. [54] Self-adjusting brakes initially were offered on the 1957 Mercury and 1958 Edsel, and other manufacturers soon followed suit. [55] Buick offered power brakes as standard equipment on several of its vehicles by the 1954 model ...
The 1954 F-100 was the last year for the flathead engine in the U.S. Models in Canada, including the Mercury M-Series, continued to use the flathead. 1954–55 saw the introduction of the new 239 CID overhead valve Y-block V8, dubbed "Power King."
The Mercury Y-Block was 256 cu in (4,194 cc) and produced 161 bhp (120 kW), [3] again a similar displacement to the 255 cu in (4.2 L) Mercury Flathead V8 it replaced, but with 29% more power than the older engine's 125 bhp (93 kW). [4] The original Lincoln V8 was also known as a Y-Block. Lincoln introduced their engine in 1952, but it was a ...