Mercury Custom (1950)
Sale price: US $5,400.00 Make an Offer
| Condition: | Used | Year: | 1950 |
| Mileage: | 18500 | Number of Cylinders: | 8 |
| Make: | Mercury | Transmission: | 3-speed automatic |
| Model: | Custom | Vehicle Title: | Clear |
| Engine: | 350 cubic inch | Fuel Type: | Gasoline |
| For Sale By: | Private Seller |
Glen, Montana, United States
Vehicle description
Clearly someone spent a lot of time sorting this car out, because it runs and drives as easily and smoothly as your daily driver. You’d think that lowered suspension would crash and bang over bumps, but you’d be completely wrong. It has a front clip from a late-model GM product underneath, and even with the lowered suspension there’s plenty of wheel travel and correctly-chosen spring rates mean that it glides smoothly over broken pavement. The 350 cubic inch Chevy V8 starts quickly and pulls with impressive torque, as you’d expect. It’s neatly dressed with polished Mickey Thompson finned valve covers, an Edelbrock carb and chrome air cleaner, and exhaust manifolds that have been Jet-Hot coated to control under-hood heat. Service access is excellent, but given the bulletproof components this car will need little more than routine oil changes once in a while. And as a slick custom, it has a wonderful rumbling engine note compliments of a custom dual exhaust system with polished stainless tips poking out from under the rear bumper. A TH350 3-speed automatic transmission means that heading out on the road is effortless, and thanks to what we believe are 3.08 gears in the 10-bolt rear, it just loafs along on the highway with the A/C blasting. And I will attest that the brakes are powerful, capable of a full-lock panic stop and full of reliable GM components that you can still buy over-the-counter. Modern whitewall radials are mounted to painted steel wheels with mildly customized “sombrero” hubcaps for a traditional look.
With a split bench with power driver’s seat from a late-model, it’s easy to get comfortable behind the wheel, which is a fat leather-wrapped Grant GT piece. The upholstery is durable and comfortable gray tweed accented with red vinyl, so it works well with the bright exterior without being eyeball overload when you’re behind the wheel. The dash is a largely stock Knobs and switches underneath control everything from the A/C to the electric fan on the engine to the remote trunk release. An AM/FM/CD stereo is mounted in the center and sounds great thanks to speakers scattered throughout the interior, and the power antenna on the rear deck raises and lowers itself whenever the radio is powered on or off. In back, the seat has an inviting wrap-around look but appears to be hardly used, although even with the chopped top there’s room for adults back there. The trunk is neatly upholstered with side panels to hide the battery, as well as a full-sized spare tire.
With a split bench with power driver’s seat from a late-model, it’s easy to get comfortable behind the wheel, which is a fat leather-wrapped Grant GT piece. The upholstery is durable and comfortable gray tweed accented with red vinyl, so it works well with the bright exterior without being eyeball overload when you’re behind the wheel. The dash is a largely stock Knobs and switches underneath control everything from the A/C to the electric fan on the engine to the remote trunk release. An AM/FM/CD stereo is mounted in the center and sounds great thanks to speakers scattered throughout the interior, and the power antenna on the rear deck raises and lowers itself whenever the radio is powered on or off. In back, the seat has an inviting wrap-around look but appears to be hardly used, although even with the chopped top there’s room for adults back there. The trunk is neatly upholstered with side panels to hide the battery, as well as a full-sized spare tire.