Mercury Bobcat?

"cbell04" (cbell04) 04/02/2017 at 20:10 • Filed to: None

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Rebadged Pinto. I did not know about this. Not super impressed but honestly had no idea it existed. $1800 still cp for me but sure someone will want it.

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WilliamsSW > cbell04 04/02/2017 at 20:16

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Yeah, back when the big 3 were rebadging all the things. I had forgotten about it. Wasn’t memorable, I guess.

Taillights just look like they duplicated a mirror image of the pinto lights. Creative, haha—

cbell04 > WilliamsSW 04/02/2017 at 20:20

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Ford calls Mercury “Hey I want you to make a car based on the pinto and I want it done by Friday!”

Mercury “ but it Thursday night!?!?”

Ford *hangs up phone*

WilliamsSW > cbell04 04/02/2017 at 20:25

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And Merc was already out drinking that Thursday, too.

My taillight description was actually for the pre facelift version. This was post facelift. Both pretty homely—

jimz > cbell04 04/02/2017 at 20:27

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that just goes to show how long Mercury was a useless brand. After 1973 they had practically no reason to exist at all.

wafflesnfalafel > WilliamsSW 04/02/2017 at 20:44

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Interesting - and weren’t the Pinto ones re-purposed off the E series van at the time? Who knew Bobcats would hold their value so well!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > cbell04 04/02/2017 at 20:45

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Look at that interior.

cbell04 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/02/2017 at 20:52

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I owned a all red ford/merc interior car once. It was bad.

WilliamsSW > wafflesnfalafel 04/02/2017 at 20:57

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I forgot about that. See this. Pretty sure the lenses were all the same—

fhrblig > cbell04 04/02/2017 at 21:14

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And its competition?

A “sporty” and “luxurious” Chevy Vega clone. The Pontiac Astre.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > cbell04 04/02/2017 at 21:45

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At least the Name is better than Pinto. Some one in my town has an Orange/gold one that they daily drive in the summer. Next time I see it I’ll try to get a picture

cbell04 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 04/02/2017 at 21:52

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Still going to give the Pinto the nod because it has a pretty nice badge.

Jonee > cbell04 04/02/2017 at 23:04

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I had a Bobcat Villager wagon once upon a time. It was a cool car.

pip bip - choose Corrour > cbell04 04/03/2017 at 04:24

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offer $50 and a slab of beer.