What is...

[J86]

A Mercury M600?  Mid/full size sedan, had the buick-style portholes...

[TheIntrepid]

Never heard of it... however I'm sure that ChrisV or Oilfilter will be able to give you insane details.

[J86]

It's brand-spankin' new.  Some type of Montego/Milan perhaps?

[TheIntrepid]

Never heard of it. Maybe it's a mule?

[93JC]

Back in the day it was a big-ass pickup truck in Canada.

[Atomic]

???

[TheIntrepid]

Atomic I love your sig. Can I mooch it when you're done with it?

[Soup DeVille]

Back in the day it was a big-ass pickup truck in Canada.

Big-ass? I thought all the M-series trucks were pretty much just rebadged F-series?

Oh, and there was also a concept car, the XM-800

[J86]

Hm, this is odd.  NOthing on the Mercury website either.

[TheIntrepid]

Nor on Google Images.

[chevyguy06]

Well with it possibly being full-size,Grand Marquis replacement?

[Raza]

Well with it possibly being full-size,Grand Marquis replacement?

Based on the Interceptor?

[J86]

Why would they have a mule driving around Rhode Island?

[Raza]

Why would they have a mule driving around Rhode Island?

To fuck with you.

[J86]

To fuck with you.

Assholes.

[Soup DeVille]

Why would they have a mule driving around Rhode Island?

They got lost?

[J86]

They got lost?

Well, if that's the case, I can understand why they chose to hand out.

[ifcar]

Mules don't usually have the badges on, or at least not on and uncovered. You probably saw someone's personal project. Did it look anything like the Montego or Milan?

[93JC]

Big-ass? I thought all the M-series trucks were pretty much just rebadged F-series?

Yeah, and the F-600 was a big-ass medium-duty truck too.

[TheIntrepid]

You live in Rhode Island? Ever seen Peter Griffin's red station wagon driving into something?

[J86]

You live in Rhode Island? Ever seen Peter Griffin's red station wagon driving into something?

Nope, but half those jokes are doubly funny for us ro-dielandahs!

[SaltyDog]

Nope, but half those jokes are doubly funny for us ro-dielandahs!

What, like when the crazy NYers come to watch the leaves change color?

[Soup DeVille]

Yeah, and the F-600 was a big-ass medium-duty truck too.

But I don't think there was ever an F-600 during that time (didn't the Merc trucks disappear by the mid '60s?)

All I seem to remember was M-1, M-2, and M-3.

[93JC]

The Merc trucks ended production around '67 to '69. Somewhere in there.

When they started production Ford Canada trucks didn't follow the F-1, F-2, F-3, F-4 naming scheme, instead going with numerals that indicated GVWR. We had the F-47, F-68, F-105, F-135, F-155, F-190 and F-215: F-47 had a GVWR of 4700 lbs, F-68 had a GWVR of 6800 lbs and so on.

In the early fifties they changed it to F-1, F-3, F-4, F-5, F-6, F-7 and F-8, and in '53 it changed to F-100, F-250, F-350, F-500, F-600, F-700, F-800 and F-900.


The 500-to-900 trucks were medium-duty trucks. Here's a link to a classified ad for a '65 F-600: http://www.hoobly.com/0/0/330224.html



The M-600 looked roughly the same, 'cept it said Mercury on it instead of Ford.

[J86]

I dont think thats what I saw

[the Teuton]

What did it look like?

[TheIntrepid]

What did it look like?

Mid/full size sedan, had the buick-style portholes...

[ifcar]

More details necessary.

[TheIntrepid]

Yup. I personally think it was a mule and nothing more ... or rice.

[ifcar]

An unannounced, undisguised mule with the badging showing doesn't make sense.