Temperature’s Rising: 1954 Mercury Sedan
The 1954 Mercury sedan was slightly massaged version of the Mercury introduced in 1952, which isn’t a bad thing at all because the Mercury is a sweet looking classic with an overhead valve Ford Y-block V8 up front. Find this 1954 Mercury Sedan offered for $8,999 in Eastern CT via craigslist. Tip from FuelTruck.
The seller lists this thing as a Mercury Mariner, but I don’t think Mercury made a Mariner in fifty four…but I’ve been wrong before and am certainly no expert on ’54 Mercs. REGARDLESS, I can say that getting a good running/driving/looking classic piece of American 50’s iron for less than $10k is indeed an oddity. A good oddity.
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Ford Y blocks had a lot of the exhuast set up same as this one my buddys Dad had a early 60's with a 292 y block had that front balance pipe to hook the exhaust up i always thought the y blocks were ugly-dated compared to a SBC.
The first car I can remember was a turquoise '54 Mercury in fact I have a picture somewhere. I think the rear end and the lights are one of the prettier designs of the fifties.
By the way.I think thats a Monterey. A Mariner is a modern version of an Escape.