Vehicle Description
1950 Mercury Deluxe Coupe - Stunning Show Car - Black on Black with
Triple Plated Chrome - Professionally Built Flathead V8 by Motor
City Flatheads - Rebuilt T5 5 Speed Manual Gearbox - Aluminum
Edelbrock Heads - New 4bbl Carb - Powder Coated Fenton Headers -
Stainless Steel Laker Pipes - New Suspension with 3 Inch Drop
(Please note: If you happen to be viewing this 1950 Mercury Deluxe
Coupe on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors site, it's
possible that you've only seen some of our many photographs of the
car due to third-party website limitations. To be sure you access
all the more than 150 photographs, as well as a short start-up and
walk-around video, please go to our main website: Garage Kept
Motors.) Mighty long on looks and better than ever for you... New
1950 Mercury �€" Mercury magazine advertisement. Why is Mercury
popularity the highest in history? It's because Mercury-a great car
last year-is better than ever in everything today! Better in
styling-with new advanced design! Better in comfort-with
'Lounge-Rest' foam-rubber cushioned seating Better in economy-with
'Econ-O-Miser' carburetion! Better in performance-with 'High-Power
Compression!' Better to drive-easier to park. Yes, one look--one
thrilling ride-and you'll agree, Mercury is a bigger value and
better than ever! See your Mercury dealer-and drive the better than
ever new Mercury today! It's 'America's No. 1 Economy Car'! It took
the copywriters seven exclamation points to get across how exciting
the 1950 Mercury model line was. Offered here is a 1950 Mercury
Deluxe Coupe, fully restored, tastefully refreshed, and
professionally upgraded to a show-quality presentation with
reliable, enhanced performance. Owing to their beautiful, flowing
design and their exuberant post-war trim, Mercurys from the early
Fifties have long been a popular choice for custom builds. Few have
exceeded this black-on-black example for attractiveness or power
integration. The car's odometer shows 48,634 miles, fewer than
1,000 miles per-year since new. The exterior paint finish retains a
mirror-like gloss and deep reflectivity across the car's expansive
sheet-metal surfaces. (To best assess the quality of the paint and
chrome finish, be sure to view the close-up photographs of the car
in the accompanying gallery.) The bodywork is free of damage,
dents, or dings. (The car's lowered stance is the result of a
3-inch suspension drop.) Professionally applied gray and red
(painted) pin-striping accents the many louvers added to the hood,
the gas-filler doors, and includes a single paint stripe running
the full length of the body. A hand-painted Crazy 'Bout a Mercury
graphic-a nod to the popular song-is executed on rear-facing
surface of the trunk lid. The effect is tasteful and fun while
fully in keeping with hot-rodding as it was executed back in the
day. All chrome-on both bumpers, front grille and headlight trim,
body side trim, cabin glass trim, and taillight trim-has been
triple-plated, and so is like-new, entirely free of patina. Cabin
glass and all lighting lenses (including on the twin spotlights)
are clear and uncracked. Taillights feature blue dot inserts, a
popular modification in the Fifties; they result in a purple color
when illuminated and were once considered something of an outlaw
statement. Wide whitewall tires are mounted on factory steel wheels
with period-popular faux-spinner chrome full-wheel covers. Inside,
the mix of customized touches and refreshed stock furnishings
strikes a perfect balance in black and chrome. Door trim is a
beautifully stylized mix of black-painted metal, pleated leather,
chrome, and black carpet. Upholstery on the front fold-forward
bench, and rear bench seats (with center armrests in both rows) is
classic, vertically pleated black leather on upgraded seats. (In
the day, mothers would caution their daughters about ever accepting
a date's invitation to sit back there.) The stock steering wheel
and chrome-r
