Two-Door Ford and Mercury Wagons

[mercman from oz]

Regarding the Grille Guard on the 56 Fairlane that was posted earlier, no, this style is not what I meant. My personal opinion is that I do not like this style. I like the ones fitted to the 57 Courier, but not this style. If I owned a 56 Ford, there is no way that I would add this Accessory. I hope that I have not insulted anybody, but these are my personal thoughts.

[Daves55Sedan]

Originally Posted by mercman from oz

Regarding the Grille Guard on the 56 Fairlane that was posted earlier. My personal opinion is that I do not like this style.

I agree the car looks better without that "cow-catcher" on the front of it. But I coulda used one like that back in '93 when I was on a 2-lane highway between Eagle and Gypsum Colorado during a blizzard where you literally could not see five feet in front of the car the snow was commin down so hard and I hit a darned cow crossing the road. Its a miracle he didn't knock the headlight shroud off the front fender or somethin

[mercman from oz]

The above pictures are of pages from the original Sales brochures. You can see that the Centre "V" Bar is listed, but not the outside Accessory Bars? However, if you look closely at the illustrations of both the Fairlane 500 and Custom 300, you can see that both cars shows this Accessory. It is unusual that the Wagon Brochure shows this part. It is obviously a rare Accessory for the 57 Fords. If the Centre piece is worth $1700, what are the outside pieces worth?

[KULTULZ]

DAMN!

THANX for those.

Did you see my scan above where it shows the side bars?

These brochures are like a parts or shop manual, they have different quarterly publishing dates. It may be the extensions were not offered when this particular brochure was printed.

Now, are you sitting down? Got one of them big Aussie beers in your hand?

Look at the attached photo and tell me what you see. I have a couple more surprises but I am leaving in the AM for a few days.

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[mercman from oz]

it is a very warm day here. Have just had a cup of tea for Afternoon Tea. Don't touch that other stuff. Regarding the two pictures that I posted, did you check the front bumpers on both? They have this Accessory shown highlighted on the Illustration of the cars, but not separately like the centre "V" section is.

[mercman from oz]

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Here is a picture that I just found of a 1957 Ford Fairlane with the full Accessory Grille Guard fitted. These Bumper Accessories for the 1957 Fords seem to be few and far between.

[KULTULZ]

Originally Posted by mercman from oz

Here is a picture that I just found of a 1957 Ford Fairlane with the full Accessory Grille Guard fitted. These Bumper Accessories for the 1957 Fords seem to be few and far between.

I don't see your picture. May be my browser...

Is this a good shot?