Oh, these humorous Canadians! However really it was these humorous folks in Detroit who made selections that introduced us funky Fords and Mercurys posing as Monarchs, Meteors, and Frontenacs. To salute our neighbors to the north and their penchant for automobiles with a twist, our Decide of the Day is a 1967 Mercury M-100 pickup truck. It’s on the market on ClassicCars.com by a non-public vendor in Edmonton, Alberta. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

So, yeah, Yankee — Mercury had vehicles too. This was primarily a Canadian factor structured across the nation’s tariffs and gross sales networks on the time, which have been a bit completely different than what we had within the U.S. Bear in mind, again then, Canada was much less populated and extra desolate than the American countryside, so it was common to have a Mercury vendor with no Ford vendor in sight. As such, Canadian Mercury dealerships started promoting branded vehicles in 1947 when no Ford dealership was round to supply its merchandise. This continued by way of 1968 as Canada’s inhabitants advanced and the Auto Pact commerce settlement was signed.

Mercury vehicles used the M designation similar to Ford used the F. Apart from some trim, an M-100 was similar to an F-100. Different Mercury-branded vehicles, equivalent to these primarily based on the Ford Econoline and B-series, additionally featured an M to indicate its Mercury origins. The primary-generation Ranchero, in fact, was bought as a Meteor and never a Mercury.

This 1967 Mercury M-100 pickup is painted blue and white and contains a matching blue vinyl inside. Energy comes from a 208-horsepower 352 backed by a three-speed guide on the column. Vendor says 20-inch American Racing rims might be included however, sadly, the vendor hasn’t given rather more data apart from there are 95,700 miles on the odometer. Nevertheless, that is nothing that images and possibly an outreach to the vendor can’t resolve. If in case you have $32,000 burning your pocket, you’ll be able to spend it on a boring Ford pickup or snap up one thing distinctive like this. To view this itemizing on ClassicCars.com, see Decide of the Day.