1951 Mercury Convertible (Custom)

1951 Mercury Convertible in Streets of Fire, Movie, 1984

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Author	Message
ahight ◊ 2007-01-26 21:34	-- Last edit: 2007-01-26 22:18:24
archi87 ◊ 2007-01-26 23:08	Modified 1949 or 1950 Mercury
ahight ◊ 2007-01-26 23:23	think you're right..saw this on wiki: The car that Cody drives in the movie is a 1951 Mercury that was chopped, channeled, nosed and decked. In addition, 12 1950 and 1951 model Studebakers were used as police cars with more than 50 motorcycles and their drivers taken from real L.A. based clubs – The Crusaders and The Heathens.
Cycolac Fan ◊ 2008-02-17 02:08	Definitely NOT a 1951 judging by the rear fenders, it's a '49 or '50 with custom tailights moulded on. It's chopped but it doesn't appear to be channeled or even lowered. In fact they may even be stock '49 Mercury tailights mounted vertically rather than horizontally.
francisharley ◊ 2008-04-01 21:13