Old Mercury

[cgw]

Classic Lead Sled
Nikon N90s+50/1.8AFD+polarizer
Fuji Superia 200

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[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day mate

I seem to remember from the 50s something called a Ford Mercury .... same thing?

I like the camera POV + the colour treatment you have added in PP
Phil

 

[cgw]

G'day mate

I seem to remember from the 50s something called a Ford Mercury .... same thing?

I like the camera POV + the colour treatment you have added in PP
Phil

Post-war, Ford ran 3 divisions in N. America: Lincoln. Mercury and Ford till the 60s.

 

[webestang64]

Ford Mercury

Ford divisions USA ......

-Ford 1903 to present.
-Mercury 1939-2011.
-Lincoln 1922 to present. Lincoln car company was founded by Henry Leland (also founder of Cadillac) in 1917, bought by Ford in 1922, run by Edsel Ford.
-(Lincoln) Continental was a separate division between 1956-1960 above Lincoln. Conti lost money every year as Ford's flagship then by 1960 rolled it into Lincoln.

 

[cgw]

Classic Lead Sled
Nikon N90s+50/1.8AFD+polarizer
Fuji Superia 200

View attachment 268682

Thanks, Scotty.

 

[webestang64]

Ford divisions USA ......

-Ford 1903 to present.
-Mercury 1939-2011.
-Lincoln 1922 to present. Lincoln car company was founded by Henry Leland (also founder of Cadillac) in 1917, bought by Ford in 1922, run by Edsel Ford.
-(Lincoln) Continental was a separate division between 1956-1960 above Lincoln. Conti lost money every year as Ford's flagship then by 1960 rolled it into Lincoln.

Can't believe I forgot EDSEL.......1958-1960........ Edsel - Wikipedia