Tag: Mercury

  • All for Naut?  Nautica, that is…

    All for Naut? Nautica, that is…

    Co-branded cars sometimes make sense, but it’s clear that the buying public never really “got” the Mercury Villager Nautica special edition.  These were around for a few years and with a couple color schemes, all involving blue and white with a yellow stripe (of course!).  We here at Oddimotive HQ really like white wheels, which…

  • Fox Mercury with Four-Speed and Needs

    Fox Mercury with Four-Speed and Needs

    Fans of the Ford Fox body – best known for underpinning Mustangs for way too long – may recall that it was sometimes called the Fairmont/Zephyr platform.  The Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr were thoroughly boring and mediocre mid-sized offerings in the late 70s.  They’re so generic that they have sleeper potential now.  Today’s feature…

  • Almost an SVO: Mercury Capri RS Turbo

    Almost an SVO: Mercury Capri RS Turbo

    Yeah, okay, it wasn’t too close to an SVO when stock – the SVO had a lot of handling upgrades, four-wheel discs, etc.  This is a mildly upgraded Capri, however, and shares a version of the 2.3-liter, turbocharged four cylinder, sans intercooler. Nice Capris don’t come along too often, and the turbos are particularly rare.…

  • Quickie: ’50 Merc Ice Chest

    Quickie: ’50 Merc Ice Chest

    This one speaks for itself.  And it’s damn cool! Click for Craigslist ad Orange County, CA, USA $2,800

  • Mercury Cougar Wagon – Yes, Really!

    Mercury Cougar Wagon – Yes, Really!

    Most people know the Mercury Cougar as a version of the Ford Mustang (1967-1973) or the Ford Thunderbird (1974-1997), although youngsters may only remember the hatchback Cougar, based on the Mondeo platform. What many forget is that the 1977 through 1979 model year Cougar offered a full lineup with two-door, four-door sedan and wagon all…

  • Surgically Altered, Topless Cougar

    Surgically Altered, Topless Cougar

    The seller of this car claims this is on of 96 factory convertibles, but Mercury/Ford never produced a convertible Cougar or T-Bird on this platform.  In all likelihood, this is a Car Craft conversion, given the year and the location.  Regardless, conversions like this were around back in the day and weren’t cheap.  This made…

  • Real Mavericks Buy Mercury Comets

    Real Mavericks Buy Mercury Comets

    The Mercury Comet was a twin to derivative of the Ford Maverick, which was Ford’s compact back in the day.  This car is 27.8% more luxurious than a Maverick of the same year. The seller claims this is a 63K original mile car, and the appearance certainly supports the claim.   This example features Ford’…

  • Weirdest Barris Kustom?

    Weirdest Barris Kustom?

    Well, okay, George Barris’ shop made a lot of crazy movie, TV and celebrity cars; so this may not be the craziest all-around, but it’s remarkably odd given its late-90s build and apparent non-celebrity usage. Under all this is a 1998 Cougar, and a low-mile car at that.  Compared to some of the fascia-job T-Bird…

  • Mercury S55 with Provenance

    Mercury S55 with Provenance

    This is an uber-rare Mercury S55 427 – an awesome find in its own right.  Based on the seller’s claims and documentation, however, this car is even more significant.  This one was driven by Parnelli Jones as a practice vehicle for the Pike’s Peak Hill Climb. The car is claimed to be an unrestored survivor,…

  • Limited Edition Mercury Zephyr

    Limited Edition Mercury Zephyr

    Because any old Mercury Zephyr is just too common, we present the Zephyr Z7.  From a performance standpoint, one must assume this is better than a BMW Z3 or Z4 and almost as good as a Z8. Most Zephyrs were amazingly boring four-doors, but this version is instead a strange two-door.  Okay, it’s fairly stylish…