*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Among the most popular early Mercurys, especially among "rodders" (those who take a perfectly good stock automobile and modify it ...

I've always been enamored of the Dick Gregg shoebox Ford-turned-hauler (you may have spotted it in Andy Southard's book, "Hot Rods and Customs of the 1950s" in all its scalloped, sectioned glory), so ...

Originally designed to be a big Ford for the 1948 model year, the car was introduced in April 1948 as the all-new 1949 Mercury. No longer a Ford look-alike, the new Mercury was truly a step up from ...