Saturday, December 21, 2013
1961 Meteor
The '61 Meteor was not the final Meteor. The name was revived in '64, but based on the Mercury body. The unique Meteor trim returned and they also used many Ford parts, such as interiors and wheel covers. The Ford line-up of standard six and optional eight cylinder engines replaced the standard Mercury 390 V-8. Essentially, the Meteor was a combination of both Ford and Mercury. Production of the "second version" Meteor ended in 1976.
Canadian 1956 Meteor Rideau Sunliner
In Canada the Meteor was just a slightly different trimmed Ford and the Monarch was a slightly different trimmed Mercury, both the normal Ford and Mercury and Lincoln models were sold in Canada at the same time. Also personally I don't see many Meteors or Monarchs in Canada, you do see them, but not very often, as their numbers were small originally, let alone our harsh winters have destroyed many of them.
Australia has had some very unique and cool cars, especially in the 1970's and the present day Falcon, but in reality we have had more cool cars in a higher volume in Canada and the U.S. than Australia has had *no hard feelings Aussie friends*, we have had Mustang, Cougar, LTD, Torino, Cyclone, Falcon, Comet, Marauder, Fairlane, Galaxie, Monterey, Continental, Mark Series Coupes, F-Series, M-Series, Ford and Mercury Econoline vans, Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis, Town Car, Cobra, and the list is even longer than that. So if anything the U.S. and even Canada has had more cool cars than the rest of the world has ever had, that is why they often import cars from here.
Ford really needs to sell the Aussie Falcon globally! and we can sell our Mustang globally as Ford has already announced that, maybe a even trade? we can send some Mustangs for some Falcons?
Mercury Cougar Fastback
What do you think? I've seen only a few rare photos of people who have built a Mercury Cougar fastback themselves, but have you ever seen any Cougar fastback project photos or in person?
1957 Monarch Richelieu
1957 Monarch Richelieu from Canada, basically a rebadged Montclair.
The Monarch was a Mercury in Canada, we had both Monarch and Mercury here at the time, the Monarch was sold at Ford dealers and the Meteor was a slightly design tweaked Ford sold at Mercury-Lincoln dealerships in Canada. The Monarch Richelieu is basically the Mercury Montclair. They also sold Mercury M-Series trucks at Mercury-Lincoln dealerships, they did this because our dealers were often far apart in Canada back then, so a town or area might only have a single Ford or a single Mercury-Lincoln dealer, and they didn't wanna sell Fords beside higher end Mercury-Lincoln cars but they still wanted something priced under the Mercury, so they took the Ford and made it more upscale slightly in design and that was Meteor and they took a Mercury and slightly tweaked the design and that was a Monarch. The Monarch was sold along Fords at the Ford dealerships. So Monarch was based on the Mercury and the Meteor was based on a Ford.
1967 Mercury Cougar
1967 Mercury Cougar Dan Gurney Special! at the now torn down Beaman Lincoln Mercury dealer in Nashville, TN.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Merry Christmas
The Wreath Is On The Door
The wreath is on the door
And the snow is on the tree
God has laid His holy hands
On all that we can see.
Be quick to raise your voice
And praise what He has brought.
Keep now His love in every choice
And Christmas in every thought.
Merry Christmas
Monday, December 2, 2013
Sunday, December 1, 2013
The Most Embarrassing Cars To Drive
In a recent CarInsurance.com
survey, 1,500 licensed drivers were asked to look at photos of 12
vehicles made in the last decade and decide if they would be embarrassed
to be seen in them. Then they were asked to rank the three most
cringe-worthy.
The cars they singled out as the most embarrassing were, well, not that surprising. Almost all of the vehicles on this list employ some pretty strange exterior aesthetics or come with a well-known and negative stereotype -- some much more than others.
The company then gave the cars a "Cringe Score," which represents the relative weight of all votes cast for a particular vehicle, based on a 1 to 10 scale. A single vote meant the person would be embarrassed to drive the car.
“All these cars are bold statements. You either love them or hate them,” said CarInsurance.com managing editor Des Toups.
Click through to see the cars that people actively avoid driving. Is yours on the list?
The Murano CrossCabriolet is ambitious, but it doesn't work. It looks ridiculous, is far too expensive and just doesn't make any sense. We've only ever seen a couple on the road (and we think those were owned or at least driven by Nissan employees). It's not surprising that people found this undesirable.
The cars they singled out as the most embarrassing were, well, not that surprising. Almost all of the vehicles on this list employ some pretty strange exterior aesthetics or come with a well-known and negative stereotype -- some much more than others.
The company then gave the cars a "Cringe Score," which represents the relative weight of all votes cast for a particular vehicle, based on a 1 to 10 scale. A single vote meant the person would be embarrassed to drive the car.
“All these cars are bold statements. You either love them or hate them,” said CarInsurance.com managing editor Des Toups.
Click through to see the cars that people actively avoid driving. Is yours on the list?
12. Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet
Cringe Score: 0.3The Murano CrossCabriolet is ambitious, but it doesn't work. It looks ridiculous, is far too expensive and just doesn't make any sense. We've only ever seen a couple on the road (and we think those were owned or at least driven by Nissan employees). It's not surprising that people found this undesirable.
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