1960 Mercury In Phoenix

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  1. azblackhemi

    azblackhemi Well-Known Member

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    Looks pretty solid with some minor bubbling. Cool being a 2door. https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/d/glendale-very-rare-1960-meteor/7153814606.html

    VERY Rare 1960 METEOR - $5995 (Sun City)
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    1960 1960 Can. Ford Meteor 2dr wgn

    condition: good
    cylinders: 8 cylinders
    drive: rwd
    fuel: gas
    paint color: silver
    size: full-size
    title status: clean
    transmission: automatic
    type: wagon

    1960 METEOR (Canadian Ford) 2 door Wagon, Great super straight body, needs interior , have all the chrome, needs paint. 390 Big block.
    This car can be an excellent investment restored, or a great cruiser.
    Asking 5995.00 Trades considered
    Call show contact info
     
    azblackhemi, Jul 5, 2020
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    Interesting wagon, not to bad a asking price.....Longroofs Rule!
     
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    That's got to be EXCEPTIONALLY rare. I found one web article indicating that there were only 1600 1960 Canadian Mercury Meteors produced, in total. I couldn't find any figures on the Meteor 2-door wagon production for 1960, so I did some extrapolation. I have the 1960 FORD production numbers, broken down by model. There were 27,136 2-door Ranch Wagons made for 1960. The total full-size production for 1960 was 910,857 vehicles. Doing the math, the 2-door Ranch wagon was .0298 of the production total. Using that same percentage applied to that approximate 1600 vehicle total gives you (maybe) 47 or 48 2-door Meteor wagons in 1960.


    Kind of a brochure for them here:
    https://classiccarcatalogue.com/METEOR_1960.html
     
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    According to that brochure, Mercurys no longer were Meteors. Rather, Meteor badges were instead tacked onto Fords
     
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    It definitely used the Ford body shell with some different details like the grille and taillights. In some years, Meteors used Mercury bodies with Ford interiors. Interesting how Meteor borrowed the Country Sedan and Ranch Wagon names from Ford for their wagons this year.

    There was no 390 in 1960. It's either an engine swap or a misidentification. Note in the brochure the availability of the 332, which was last available in the U.S. in '59.

    Bet you couldn't score a halfway decent '60 Ford 2-door Ranch Wagon for $6K.
     
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    The seller even discribes the 390 as a big block. He evidently has even a faint idea as to what a 390 is
     
    Doghead, Jul 8, 2020
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