You know that old song, crazy bout
a Mercury. Well I'm not sure what the Ford's guys where thinking
back in 1946, maybe they were preoccupied with the war and all
understandly, but the front end of the Ford's from those years
just didn't have the looks that the 40's or 49's had. However the
Mercury people given the same basic design
came up with quite a winning combination. This in fact is one
of the few times where there is any noticeable difference between
the U.S made Ford's and the Canadian made Mercury trucks. The
panels from these years are very rare, most of them were made
for the army or used as ambulances. That is one of the reasons
we don't see many.
Here is Greg's description of the panel before it went through
the new paint transformation.
" I've owned it since July 96 and have been collecting
parts for it across Canada from Vancouver to Nova Scotia. The
grille was found in Steinbeck Manitoba, tail lights, Cape Breton
Nova Scotia. The engine is a 5 litre 1985 Mustang witha C-6 automatic
from 1988 Ford 1/2 ton. A 9" Ford rear end 2:75 gears from
a 67 Ford and a 1986 Ford Ranger front clip.
The Mercury truck started it's production in 1946 in Windsor
Ontario and stayed with this design until 1947. There were only
270-280 built in 1947 and the 1/2 ton panel is very rare.
In the winter of 2001-2002 the panel will be going in to the
bodyshop for paint and I will finish off the interior."
Greg did manage to finish it off. I caught up to him last July
at the National Truck-In in Harrison Michigan, over 1000 miles
from his home in Nova Scotia. Just waiting on an update from
him of his progress. Greg is planning on attending the 2005 National
Truck-In with his good buddy Baxter. It is quite a site to see
the 2 of them going the road. |
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