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1950 Mercury Eight station wagon 1951 Mercury Eight coupe 1951 Mercury Eight with suicide doors. For 1949, Mercury introduced its first postwar model line. The first Mercury of the combined Lincoln-Mercury Division, the Mercury Eight now shared its body with the Lincoln (instead of the Ford).
1949 1968 4 Sold in Canada, rebadged Ford F series: Monterey: 1952 1974 7 ... Mercury Antser (1980) Mercury Astron (1966) Mercury Bahamian (1953)
Cadillac Coupe de Ville (1949–1993) Chevrolet Bel Air (1949-1954) Chevrolet Deluxe ... Mercury Eight (1949-1951) Nash Ambassador (1949-1951) Oldsmobile 88 (1949-1953)
These were variations of the Mercury Eight (later the Monterey), Montclair and Park Lane models, respectively. The Monarch line provided Canadian Ford dealerships a product to sell above its Ford-badged models, in the medium-price field. Ford of Canada also built the Meteor range for its Lincoln-Mercury dealers to sell below its Mercury-badged ...
Using a Ford body, chassis, and V8 drivetrain with a Mercury grille (and brand-specific trim), Meteor gave Lincoln-Mercury a lower-price vehicle, effectively giving Ford Canada a brand to compete against Pontiac and Dodge. For 1949 to 1951, Meteor-brand vehicles shared their model names with Ford vehicles, including a Custom Deluxe Victoria coupe.
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 ...
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During the engine's first decade of production, when overhead-valve engines were used by only a small minority of makes, it was usually known simply as the Ford V‑8, and the first car model in which it was installed, the Model 18, was (and still is) often called simply the "Ford V-8" after its new engine.