DOTS - It's a Mercury

"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano) 10/21/2020 at 13:23 • Filed to: dots

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I haven’t been able to find how many were built but these numbers give a clue:

A total of 1291 Mercury Econoline pickup trucks were built in 1965 while there were 7405 Ford pickups built the same year.

So, 10-20% that of Ford Econoline production.

econoline.org/production_numbers

From what I’ve seen, windows only on the side doors may have been exclusive to Mercury.

Just Jeepin' > Goggles Pizzano 10/21/2020 at 13:29

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The Econoline pickup was quite a beauty, or at least it is now when restored.

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/econoline-pickup-1835564501

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Goggles Pizzano 10/21/2020 at 13:34

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Those Econolines were better looking than they had any business being. I didn’t even know Mercury sold a version of them. That must be extremely rare now given how few of those survived.

Goggles Pizzano > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/21/2020 at 13:37

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Produced for Canada. Yup, worked to death then rusted away.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Goggles Pizzano 10/21/2020 at 13:47

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Oh, are you in Canada? I don’t think I knew that. Yeah, why does Canada get all this weird badge engineering bespoke to it? Not sure what niche it filled that was not served by the Ec ono line. Though you could say the same thing about the GMC Sava nah.

onlytwowheels > Goggles Pizzano 10/21/2020 at 13:53

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Mercury Blues for your blue Mercury.

Goggles Pizzano > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 10/21/2020 at 14:12

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Fun Fact:

The reasoning behind the Mercury light trucks north of the border was due to the population being spread out over such great distances that some areas were serviced only by either a Ford/Monarch dealership or a Mercury/Meteor store. The latter wouldn’t have had any trucks to sell without selling the Ford lineup, so instead the Mercury light truck line was created.

“Are you in Canada? ”

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Goggles Pizzano 10/21/2020 at 14:15

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That almost makes sense until you examine the logic b ehind Mercury/Meteor and Ford/Monarch being separate dealers. Now I wonder why they sold so few of them. Were Mercury/Monarch dealers just way less prolific?

And, well, okay. I’m sure Canada’s version of “ dark bidding” is anonymous bidding at charity auctions anyways.