Where have I been? Where has this Mercury been?The last month has been a case when life gives you lemons, make sangria and anything else with a high alcohol content. Unexpected experiences crashed straight in my direction and I am still feeling the aftereffects of the total draining of energy and no time to really do much else. Hope to be up and running again soon like this baby I found cruising down Cicero right off of Grand the other day.
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Hope you're back to blogging soon! I miss your posts!
Welcome back!
I just found your blog while doing a google search for the Indian Trails restaurant. Needless to say, I was thrilled when I found your blog complete with photos and a menu from the place! I used to go there for dinner with my parents when I was a kid. I still remember the "frosted fruit cup"! I grew up on the North Shore and now live in Idaho and I get very nostalgic for any news about my old stomping grounds. Come by and visit my blog sometime, I will certainly be visiting you often!
Love,
Susan and Bentley
xxoo
Lin and Steven! Thanks so much for your support.
Susan and Bentley (Cuuuute!), it's so great to hear from someone who lived on the North Shore and thus never forgot it. I am a sucker for North Shore history. Just added your blog to my links. Great stuff!
RIP Mercury 1937-2010. Ford was rather swift in ending Mercury once they made the announcement, though it has been expected for quite a while.
In the 1960's Mercury became an obvious dolled up Ford. But the better content, styling cues, and perception as a more substantial make kept sales moving, peaking at 530,000 cars in 1978 and more or less above 200k until around 1995. By the mid-60's, Ford didn't have the kind of cash to develop cars like GM did, and Mercury's became well disguised Fords.
If Merc's differed from Fords today the way they did then, they may have had a future.
I agree, Ken, if there had been something to set apart how Fords and Mercuries look, maybe the brand would still be surviving instead of on the cutting room floor.
I drive a late 90s model Ford Escort and I am always curious when I see a car that has the body shape of mine only for it to be a Mercury.
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