Crazy bout my "Bullnose" MERCURY

Hi Folks, here's some update pics of my "Mercury" Tailgate under construction, and an older Pic of my hood with the "Mercury" Letters in place to see how it looks!<nabble_img src="gate02.jpg" border="0"/<nabble_img src="gate01.jpg" border="0"/>

That's cool!  I assume that Flaresides were sold in Canada as Mercurys?  I see on Wikipedia that production ended in '68, but it doesn't tell if they were Stylesides, Flaresides, or both.

love the process. great job. looking forward to seeing this one.

Flareside Jeff wrote

Hi Folks, here's some update pics of my "Mercury" Tailgate under construction, and an older Pic of my hood with the "Mercury" Letters in place to see how it looks!

Ha! That's a great idea Jeff, very creative. That will get people asking questions at car shows and wherever else you stop and get people looking the truck over like they do! Can't wait to see the finished product. I like special touches like this that are unique, but still look factory-ish.

My current project truck is a 1952 Mercury M1 that I bought last year. It's currently getting a drivetrain "makeover", albeit a slow one...

Gary Lewis wrote

That's cool!  I assume that Flaresides were sold in Canada as Mercurys?  I see on Wikipedia that production ended in '68, but it doesn't tell if they were Stylesides, Flaresides, or both.

Gary, I knew the last year was 1968 for the Mercury trucks, but I can't remember the first year...it was around 1946. It's an interesting story, but because Canada was so sparsely populated back in those days, many towns and regions were not big enough or populated to have both Ford and Mercury dealership. To get better coverage, Ford Canada offered Mercury pickups so that all of the towns that didn't have Ford dealerships could still buy pickup trucks locally. They were of course just Ford trucks with Mercury badging, but they had their own unique features. One thing was...if I'm remembering correctly, that Mercury pickups only came with V8's. It you wanted an inline 6, you'd have to buy a Ford....at least for part of that time. As far as I know, the Merc's came in both Styleside and Flareside, and even one tons and medium duty series.

Basically the same thing as Chevrolet and GMC, except it was Ford and Mercury in Canada...at least for a couple decades, back before we adopted the metric system, haha. (I was going to insert a USA joke here, but I won't pick on you guys!!).

In any case, this is a cool project that Jeff has going. Can't wait to see the end result.

Cory - I didn't realize that you couldn't get a six in the Mercurys.  Interesting.

As for GMC vs Chevrolet, in the early 70's an acquaintance at work was a GMC guy and he was planning to buy a new one.  But things had changed since he'd last purchased, which was when the drivetrain was different, along with some other things.  We tried to tell him that the only difference was quad headlights on the Jimmy and two headlights on the Chevy, but he bought the Jimmy anyway.

When it came in there were GMC badges on one side and Chevrolet badges on the other.  

Rembrant wrote

Flareside Jeff wrote

Hi Folks, here's some update pics of my "Mercury" Tailgate under construction, and an older Pic of my hood with the "Mercury" Letters in place to see how it looks!

Ha! That's a great idea Jeff, very creative. That will get people asking questions at car shows and wherever else you stop and get people looking the truck over like they do! Can't wait to see the finished product. I like special touches like this that are unique, but still look factory-ish.

In any case, this is a cool project that Jeff has going. Can't wait to see the end result.

That is vary cool kind of like the rear dual tank on my 81 flare side using all factory parts so it looks factory.
Same with my metal ribbed bed floor. looks factory.

That tail gate panel where did you get that from or dont we want to know
Dave ----

Gary Lewis wrote

Cory - I didn't realize that you couldn't get a six in the Mercurys.  Interesting.

I had to go check to make sure I wasn't fibbing Gary...lol. It wasn't for the entire run of Mercury trucks. Apparently just for the first 11 of the 22 years. Quote below:

"But, although Mercury’s trucks were essentially F-Series, they did have some unique features. For one, until 1957, Mercury trucks were exclusively V8-powered; in the F-Series, it was an option. The M Series also had different grilles and bumpers with more chrome and more interior trim options."

This is a really neat idea! I’ve always thought it was too bad that there were no Mercury badged Bullnose so it is cool to see someone make one!🙂

Where did the letters and tailgate panel come from? Any ideas for the M100/M150 fender badges? Any Mercury passenger cars with a compatible horn pad?

Very nice project, post pictures when it’s done!

Ford F834 wrote

Where did the letters and tailgate panel come from? Any ideas for the M100/M150 fender badges? Any Mercury passenger cars with a compatible horn pad?

Ha! You beat me to it! I was laying in bed this morning and thought, what is he going to do about the M150 badges??..

Hey Guys, Thanks for all your comments! So Ford of Canada built Mercury trucks from 1946 to 1968.
The Mercs were only available with a V8 until 1957, when the 6cyl became available. The "Mercury"
letters for my hood, and the side fender "Mercury 100" emblems that I am using are from a 1968 Mercury.
I found the tailgate "Mercury" section at a flea market about 10 years ago.  Ford of Canada offered a Mercury truck model to correspond with pretty much every Ford truck model that they offered, and yes, back in the day, many rural communities did not have both Ford dealerships and Mercury dealerships, so the Truck line was offered so that Trucks were available to anyone.
I have Always wanted a Mercury Pickup, and my Favourite Trucks are the Bullnose Fords, so I decided to combine my two favourites, and build my Dream Truck!!!!

And here's what the fender emblems look like...

That's AWESOME!  

It is really going to cause a lot of head-scratching at meets.  

I like it!