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Replying to: andys120 (Nov 26, 2008 10:44 am) |
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Replying to: andys120 (Nov 26, 2008 10:44 am) 
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Replying to: andys120 (Nov 26, 2008 10:48 am) |
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...in the grille leads me to believe it's a Meteor - the Canadian version of a Ford. As for the year, I would guess it's a 1952-54.
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 26, 2008 11:52 am)  ?
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Replying to: andys120 (Nov 29, 2008 12:49 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (Nov 26, 2008 3:44 pm) To reciprocate, Ford dealers had a car line called the Monarch, which was basically Mercury-level cars. The Monarch line was replaced by the Edsel in 1958, but the Edsel was so disastrous that it was revived as the Monarch II for 1959! Fords got a bit bigger in 1960, and for 1961, Mercury moved way down in status...more like a '58-60 Edsel than a '57-60 Mercury, so suddenly there wasn't that big a difference between a Ford and a Mercury. As a result, the Monarch was dropped after 1961. I guess Mercury held onto the Meteor line longer though, because while a top-line Galaxie was priced about the same as a top-line Monterrey, there was a much wider disparity at the lower end. GM did something similar with Pontiac in Canada, making it more of an equal to Chevy, rather than a step up. That's partly because in Canada, they paired the divisions up. I think it was Chevy-Oldsmobile and Pontiac-Buick. But also partly because in those days, there were stiff tariffs on imported cars and parts. I think the Oldsmobiles and Buicks were imported in those days, but Chevies were built in Canada. While Olds/Buick were viewed as more of a luxury car, they could get away with having a tariff slapped on them. But to avoid the tariffs and save as much money as possible, the Pontiacs were more home-grown. The midsized and compact cars were little more than Chevy II"s and Chevelles with different grilles and taillights slapped on, but the big cars, where there was more profit, were more of a hybrid. They'd take Chevy frames and drivetrains, and put Pontiac sheetmetal and interiors on them. I guess it was sometime in the 1970's that this trend stopped. They started importing real Pontiacs to add to the home-grown models in the late 1960's, which really must have been confusing. By the mid 1970's, I think they were all on the same wheelbase. Must have been really confusing having both a Laurentian and Catalina in the lineup. Or a Parisienne and Bonneville. I guess Ford/Mercury started running into the same problem. I googled some pics of 1970's Meteors, and by that time, it looked like they were based on the longer Mercury, rather than the shorter Fords. At that point, why bother?
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Replying to: andre1969 (Nov 29, 2008 3:43 pm)
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