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Posted by Specter on October 31, 2005 at 07:50:48 from (161.184.204.173):
In Reply to: Re: OT What Else Old Have You Got in the Shed to posted by Leroy on October 30, 2005 at 17:31:59:
Hi Leroy, Mercury was the Canadian division of Ford. Same trucks, different name. Under the hood, all the parts are Ford, and it has the same flat-head V-8 in there as in the Fords. Even shares the model designations pretty closely (i.e. M-600 = F-600). In 1953, Ford had its 50th Anniversary, so it was also the 50th Anniversary for Merc. Kind of neat when you clean up the horn button in the steering wheel and it says "1903 - 1953: Fiftieth Anniversary" around the Merc emblem! About equal numbers of Mercurys and Fords up here, so not very rare. That particular Maple Leaf is an extremely rare truck for up here even. 1930's Maple Leafs aren't very common, but a 1951 is extremely rare. Never even heard of another one. According to the serial number tag, and my research, the Maple Leaf was built by General Motors of Canada. It had a Chevy body on it (even says "Chevrolet" on the nose), but had a GMC engine in them, which were a little bigger than what Chev had in their trucks at the time. This truck needs a lot of work, but I'm very lucky to have found it. Specter in Central Alberta.
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