1952 Mercury accessories

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[Bruce Compton, Canada]

Merc Cruzer, do you have an outside mirror like the one in your post. My '54 has one identical, and I need another for the right side.Thanks : Bruce

[Merc Cruzer]

Do you mean one like this? I thought the 54' mirror was "hooded" on the top.

[Merc Cruzer]

I thought the 54' mirrors were like these.

There is a set of the 52'-53' mirrors on e-bay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ONE-PAIR-195...sories&vxp=mtr

[Bruce Compton, Canada]

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Hey Merc Cruzer, do you have an outside mirror like the one shown in your post? I need one for my '54 Merc pass.side. Thanks : Bruce

[itsa52]

I think the link takes you a nice restored pair on eBay.

If you buy them shoot me a price on (1)

[Merc Cruzer]

Sorry guys I already have two. I will say the one on the passangers side is totally usless to the driver....it is there just for looks and to balance the car out.

I just checked the listing and they sold for $800...now that is ridiculous!

[itsa52]

Yeah the left side is close to worthless, At that price it will be a long time before I get an original for it..

Bruce?? Those on their way to Canada??

[ken ct]

No the right side is useless. RT. is always looking from the drivers side which is the left side. lol ken ct.

[itsa52]

Right side "Totally useless" left side "Close to worthless"

[Rowdy]

Here are pic's of the spotlight with mirror I picked up this summer. Rod

[itsa52]

Rowdy,
That looks a lot older than early 50's,, Cool find for sure.

[Rowdy]

I'm guessing mid 20's. It was in a pile of stuff that also had a 37 glove box clock and afew other things. Whole pile for $35, sold the clock on e-bay and it flopped only selling for $42. But still have some of the other things left. Rod

[Merc Cruzer]

Bruce :

For your 54': http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-Lincoln...sories&vxp=mtr


As to what side, drivers side good, passanger side less than good!

[stonewalker]

In 1954 there was no hood for the accessory side view mirror. It was 5-sided and attached with an Allen key to a base. They are hard to come by. They are similar in shape to the “Custom Spotlight and Mirror”. (One could also get a regular round Mercury spotlight (2 sizes) with or without an attached mirror.)
If positioned correctly the side view mirrors can be used.
Here is a pic from the original Sales brochure showing the Custom Spotlight and the Side View Mirror (strangely upside down to how it is usually used). The Custom Spotlight was side specific and finding a right (passenger’s) side one is almost impossible.
http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Mercury/1954_Mercury/1954_Mercury_Brochure/1954%20Mercury-26-27.jpg

I hope that helps.

[itsa52]

Interesting,, It looks like the 54 is to be mounted upside down from the 2 and 3..


I jest about the left side mirror being almost worthless,, Just a far cry from the side mirrors we have today.

[Merc Cruzer]

I thought this was the mirror for 54' but I was wrong....thanks Stonewalker. Maybe someone can decode the mirror numbers.

[stonewalker]

The part number looks to be B9MB-17687-A. The generic part number is 17687. The suffix “A” may mean nothing unless there also exits a “B” or “C”, etc. The suffix usually indicates minor changes to the base part number (if they exist). The prefix “B9MB” tells more. The “B” means the 1950's (“C” would be the 1960's and so on). The “9” means the 9th year of that decade. The “M'” means the Mercury line. The “B” means a body part.
So it is a 1959 side view mirror for a Mercury.
(Not all Ford part numbers for all years follow this system of designation. Also accessories often did not have Ford part numbers on them: they were often sub-contracted to other suppliers. An example would be Spotlights from Unity.)

[itsa52]

Here you go..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-1954-Fo...1cb11c&vxp=mtr