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08-22-2012, 12:44 PM | #1 |
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'46 Mercury Bumper Wing tips
I have a nice original '46 Mercury that does not have bumper wing tips on the ends of the bumpers. At a swap meet recently, a gentleman who has restored a number of '46-'48 Mercurys said that all Mercurys came with wing tips as standard equipment. It looks to me like the outer bumper bolts on my car have never been disturbed.
Does anyone know for certain if they were standard equipment? I frankly don't care for the look of them. Thanks |
08-22-2012, 01:11 PM | #2 |
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Re: '46 Mercury Bumper Wing tips
Here's an ad for a '46, and they are absent.
http://www.oldcaradvertising.com/Mer...y%20Ad-01.html If you google 1946 Mercury and then click on images, you'll see all kinds of Mercs with and without the wings. I'm with you, and think they look better without the wings. Sometimes a car can have too many "geegaws". Seems like many cars of the era had them as options but I don't believe they were standard on all models. Just my opinion. |
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08-22-2012, 02:21 PM | #3 |
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Re: '46 Mercury Bumper Wing tips
Bruce,
Like Ford, I believe Mercury also offered the bumper tips as accessory items. Steve
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08-23-2012, 12:22 PM | #4 |
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Re: '46 Mercury Bumper Wing tips
Gents,
Thanks for your replies. I didn't think they were standard, but the fellow I talked to was pretty firm that they all came with them. |
08-23-2012, 03:12 PM | #5 |
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Re: '46 Mercury Bumper Wing tips
Those things were the second item I put in the trash when I bought my 47 Merc.............................................. ..in 1967. Still have the car, no regrets about the wing tips
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08-23-2012, 03:53 PM | #6 |
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