1960 Mercury Commuter Country Cruiser [77A]

1960 Mercury Commuter [77A] in The Absent Minded Professor, Movie, 1961

Class: Cars, Wagon — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
modell ◊ 2006-11-10 01:48
archi87 ◊ 2006-11-10 09:03	Looks more like a 1960 Mercury Commuter Station-wagon to me.
pilou ◊ 2006-11-10 09:38	It is indeed a 1960 ( not '61) Mercury Commuter Country Cruiser.They were considered a part of the Monterey line
pilou ◊ 2006-11-10 15:30	Year as indicated is 1960 , not 1961
Callahan ◊ 2007-10-13 21:06	This is a commuter with a roof I have never seen. It is raised somewhat. It might therefore be an Amblewagon conversion. Which makes it double rare. Also it is a hardtop stationwagon!
ctcountrysquire ◊ 2008-05-13 02:19	I've seen the movie and remember the car,but never noticed the raised roof. I believe the car filled up with water--maybe the roof had something to do with that.
carguy60 ◊ 2009-01-10 04:45	Looks like that raised roof was some kind of reinforced roof panel so that when they repeatedly bounced the Model T off of it, the roof of the Commuter wasn't damaged. It was used again in the sequel "Son of Flubber", where it is indeed filled up with water. -- Last edit: 2009-11-28 05:11:42