My new grille

I was looking through the HAMB classifieds last month and after seeing the 64 Olds Super 88 grille that jakespeed63 was selling, a big lightbulb went on above my head. A big thanks to JT for the excellent packaging that saved it from the Fedex gremlins. So here it is fitting into my 63 M100 just like it was made for it, I still need to finish the mounting hardware but I couldn't resist snapping a shot of it the way it is for now

 

man, fits so good i cant even see the pic!!!

 

Oh Crap, this is going to be another "white car in a snow storm" thread

 

lol!!!!!
looks damn good in there!

 

looks like it was made thataway....thats the kind of mods I like the most, good job!

 

cool - now let's see the rest of the truck.

 

Excellent!!

 

I'd like to see more of the truck as well, and that grille looks cool in there...you got my wheels turning for my 66 F series now haha

 

Here ya go

 

very kool grille..would'a never thunk it.

 

I'm surprised but that really does look great in there. Adds a bit of flash to the truck.

Those taillights are crazy looking. What's the story behind those?

 

Nice!

 

What years were Mercury trucks made? I thought it was only done for a few years in the 50s. Was this a production vehicle or something you did? Never seen one that new.

 

Damn nice ride,it all seems subtle but eye catching at the same time,great job.

 

Not sure on the years but Mercs were sold in Canada (not sure if Fords were too) where as Fords were marketed in the US. Someone else out there probably has better info on it than me, but I would imagine that the US market didn't want a truck with a Mercury badge when everyone thought of trucks in Ford/Chevy/etc. terms.

 

DHD, absolutely beautiful grill treatment BTW!

 

Tasty and imaginative. Good looking truck overall!

 

DHD, what color is that green? It's beautiful.

 

love the front end...not too hot on the ass end (OK I'm an ass man)

 

Someone post a pic of ElPolacko's truck. EXACTLY the same, only TOTALLY different!

 

It had more to do with our market being smaller and less affluent so Mercury dealers needed more product to sell to keep them afloat. Also they would sell tarted up Fords as Meteors/ Monarchs etc depending on the year.

http://www.ford.ca/english/learnabout/heritage/prewartrucks/mercurytrucks/default.asp

 

Ford sold trucks starting with either the F-1(1947) or F-100(1953) series badged as MERCURY in Canada, Mexico, and also Central and South America. I believe everywhere else the truck line was Ford.

 

that grill looks like it was made for that truck, what's up with those tail lights, edsel?