Mercury M1 Pickup, 1951
Mercury
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Chassis No.: MDA83AH5113762
Auction: Gone Farmin' Fall Premier 2021
Auction date: November 13, 2021
Lot No.: K44
$40,700 | Sold
- Exterior: Teal/Silver
- Interior: Gray
- Body: Pickup
- Rare Canadian-market Mercury M1 Pickup
- This example retains the very rare Mercury-specific tailgate, hood emblems, hubcaps and steering wheel badge
- Comprehensive restoration with approximately 620 miles since completion
- 255 CI Flathead V-8 engine
- 2-barrel downdraft carburetor
- Floor-shifted 3-speed manual transmission
- Two-tone Teal and Silver paint
- Black painted grille, running boards and 16-inch wheels
- Gray vinyl bench seat interior
- Rubber floor mat
- Finished wood bed floor with painted strips
- Chrome front and rear bumpers
- Pushbutton AM radio
- Heat and defrost
- Chrome Mercury-script hubcaps
- Bias-ply wide whitewall tires
- Mercury trucks were sold in Canada from 1946-1968 to give the Canadian Lincoln-Mercury dealerships in smaller towns a pickup offering
- The Mercury M1 was the Canadian cousin to the Ford F1, sharing much of the same bodywork and mechanical components
- Canadian Ford and Mercury trucks were all built in Ontario to avoid the taxes associated from importing trucks from the United States
- Ford of Canada sold approximately 10 percent of the trucks as Ford of the United States
