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1958 Mercury Monterey [58A]

1958 Mercury Monterey [58A] in The Sure Thing, Movie, 1985 IMDB

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: US

1958 Mercury Monterey [58A]

Position 00:57:11 [*][*] Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Comments about this vehicle

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antp BE

2007-07-18 23:53

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DynaMike NL

2007-07-18 23:54

1958 Mercury.

Ddey65 US

2007-07-19 03:08

DynaMike wrote 1958 Mercury.

One thing I'm sure of, it's not the Turnpike Cruiser.

car nerd US

2007-07-19 05:17

Hard to tell if it's a 4-door sedan or hardtop. My guess is Monterey.

Stampede1975 US

2007-07-19 05:35

My guess would be a Montclair or a Monterey

firebird86 US

2007-07-19 06:18

I believe its a Montclair 4dr Hardtop, B pillar area is too narrow to be a sedan. It may even be a Phaeton Sedan link even though its a hardtop. comments??

-- Last edit: 2007-07-19 06:18:50

antp BE

2007-07-19 10:05

If a closer view of the doors helps, I can provide a capture

DynaMike NL

2007-07-19 12:43

Doesn't the presence of vent windows in the rear dors exclude the possibility of a hardtop sedan?

Junkman UK

2007-07-19 12:47

And I think it is a Turmpike Cruiser, since I seem to be able to spot the 'antenna' pods at the leading edge of the roof.

landrover1 AR

2007-07-19 19:38

monterey

antp BE

2007-07-19 23:54

Extra pictures:

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car nerd US

2007-07-19 23:59

Thanks for the extra pictures, antp. We can now see that it is a 4-door sedan rather than a hardtop. This eliminates the Turnpike Cruiser as the sedan was a hardtop-only model. However, both the Montclair and Monterey had a 4-door sedan in their line-ups. :think:

Ddey65 US

2007-07-21 01:13

car nerd wrote Thanks for the extra pictures, antp. We can now see that it is a 4-door sedan rather than a hardtop. This eliminates the Turnpike Cruiser as the sedan was a hardtop-only model. However, both the Montclair and Monterey had a 4-door sedan in their line-ups. :think:

I already eliminated the Turnpike Cruiser, because of the lack of an inward-slanted rear window.

car nerd US

2007-07-21 01:15

Ddey65 wrote
I already eliminated the Turnpike Cruiser, because of the lack of an inward-slanted rear window.


Right, but junkman thought it was.

Ray B. FR

2007-07-23 11:24

The strangest thing is that the car has rear door vent-windows. Officialy, no 1958 Mercury sedan had those

Ray B. FR

2007-07-23 14:32

Another clue. Mercury side trim for 1958 was a bit erratic. The lower molding consisted of a double stainless molding around a (not always) constrasting color inlay. from the factory pictures I have, that color inlay extended all the bay back only in Montclairs and Turnpike Cruisers, but not in the Montereys and Park Lanes. In those the moldings were reunited on the rear door in a single stainless spear. That's what we have here. There was no 4 door sedan in the Park Lane serie. So this should make the car a Monterey.
As for the rear vent window, I have an early factory picture of a Medalist model with rear vent windows. Maybe there were early models who still had them. I see no other expalanation.
1958 Mercury Monterey 4 door sedan ?

DynaMike NL

2007-07-23 14:41

The car was almost 30 years old but looks brandnew. Maybe they made a mistake during restauration of the car... Assuming it's a 58 Monterey (and that soundsconvincing), the chassis code will be [58A].

Ray B. FR

2007-07-23 19:23

I've just found a 1958 Monterey for sale, with rear vent windows.
http://www.classyauto.com/v/Mercury+Monterey/56151

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