Test Photos by Mercman

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Canadian 1947 Mercury 114 Police Car.

 

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Can you ID This Ford ? Question by Scott.

 

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Chassis Specifications - 1954 Meteor.

 

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Service Station - Wetmore, Kansas

 

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TEXACO Service Station - Wetmore, Kansas - Google

 

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What a waste of good thirties Ford bodies.

 

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1946 Chrysler Sedan - from the Original Sales Brochure

 

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1947 Chrysler Sedan - from the Original Sales Brochure

 

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1935 Ford Coupe being filled up at an early ESSO Service Station.

 

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Desirable XF Falcon Ute in Australian Scrap Yard. Hope someone save it before it is crushed.

 

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Australian 1948 Mercury Dash & Steering Wheel.
Note that all RHD Fords and Mercurys up until 1948 used the respective 1941 Dash, to save production costs of developing the new 42 style Dash when the orioginal 41 Dash would do.

 

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Imported 1946 Mercury showing the Dash and Steering Wheel.
The new owner has converted the correct LHD Dash to RHD, a tough exercise.

 

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Propeller Hood Ornament

 

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More scrapped vehicles in the forties. A 1937 Ford Tudor Sedan on the right, plus a Packard.

 

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New Zealand Import - 1946 RHD Mercury Sedan Coupe showing Dash and Steering Wheel.

 

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Junkyard in the Sixties. Look at all those great cars being scrapped.

 

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Bare Model T Chassis on display at the Ford Model T Piquette Factory, Dearborn.

 

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1934 Ford Phaeton in a local Wrecking yard in the Seventies. This body was actually saved and exported to the USA.

 

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USA Wrecking Yard in the Sixties. Notice the 1935 Ford Cabriolet next to a 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe in the centre of the picture.

 

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Chrysler Town & Country in Scrap Yard