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Title: What is...
Post by: J86 on January 11, 2007, 04:54:36 PM
A Mercury M600?  Mid/full size sedan, had the buick-style portholes...
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: TheIntrepid on January 11, 2007, 04:59:55 PM
:confused: Never heard of it... however I'm sure that ChrisV or Oilfilter will be able to give you insane details.
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: J86 on January 11, 2007, 05:02:11 PM
It's brand-spankin' new.  Some type of Montego/Milan perhaps?
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: TheIntrepid on January 11, 2007, 05:03:20 PM
Never heard of it. Maybe it's a mule?
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: 93JC on January 11, 2007, 05:20:41 PM
:huh:

Back in the day it was a big-ass pickup truck in Canada.
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Post by: Atomic on January 11, 2007, 05:22:44 PM
???
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: TheIntrepid on January 11, 2007, 05:27:53 PM
Atomic I love your sig. Can I mooch it when you're done with it?
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: Soup DeVille on January 11, 2007, 06:24:46 PM
Quote from: 93JC on January 11, 2007, 05:20:41 PM
:huh:

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

(http://www.sharonhollow.com/danscars/xm800file/color1.jpg)
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: J86 on January 11, 2007, 07:13:33 PM
Hm, this is odd.  NOthing on the Mercury website either.
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: TheIntrepid on January 11, 2007, 07:15:28 PM
:huh: Nor on Google Images.
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: chevyguy06 on January 11, 2007, 08:33:59 PM
Well with it possibly being full-size,Grand Marquis replacement?
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: Raza on January 11, 2007, 08:46:20 PM
Quote from: chevyguy06 on January 11, 2007, 08:33:59 PM
Well with it possibly being full-size,Grand Marquis replacement?

Based on the Interceptor?
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: J86 on January 11, 2007, 08:50:07 PM
Why would they have a mule driving around Rhode Island?
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: Raza on January 11, 2007, 09:01:26 PM
Quote from: J86 on January 11, 2007, 08:50:07 PM
Why would they have a mule driving around Rhode Island?

To fuck with you.
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: J86 on January 11, 2007, 09:02:41 PM
Quote from: Raza ?link=topic=7194.msg331951#msg331951 date=1168574486
To fuck with you.

Assholes.
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: Soup DeVille on January 11, 2007, 10:04:07 PM
Quote from: J86 on January 11, 2007, 08:50:07 PM
Why would they have a mule driving around Rhode Island?

They got lost?
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: J86 on January 11, 2007, 11:44:20 PM
Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 11, 2007, 10:04:07 PM
They got lost?

Well, if that's the case, I can understand why they chose to hand out. :praise:
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: ifcar on January 12, 2007, 03:55:35 AM
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?
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: 93JC on January 12, 2007, 08:01:45 AM
Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 11, 2007, 06:24:46 PM
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.
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: TheIntrepid on January 12, 2007, 09:07:46 AM
You live in Rhode Island? Ever seen Peter Griffin's red station wagon driving into something? :lol:
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: J86 on January 12, 2007, 10:13:35 AM
Quote from: TheIntrepid on January 12, 2007, 09:07:46 AM
You live in Rhode Island? Ever seen Peter Griffin's red station wagon driving into something? :lol:

Nope, but half those jokes are doubly funny for us ro-dielandahs!
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: SaltyDog on January 12, 2007, 10:17:06 AM
Quote from: J86 on January 12, 2007, 10:13:35 AM
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? :lol:
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: Soup DeVille on January 12, 2007, 05:06:17 PM
Quote from: 93JC on January 12, 2007, 08:01:45 AM
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.
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: 93JC on January 13, 2007, 01:44:48 PM
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

(http://pics.hoobly.com/full/CVB7HPVT5EWFRSFKQ8.jpg)

The M-600 looked roughly the same, 'cept it said Mercury on it instead of Ford.
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: J86 on January 14, 2007, 07:18:25 PM
I dont think thats what I saw :lol:
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Post by: the Teuton on January 14, 2007, 11:14:14 PM
What did it look like?
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: TheIntrepid on January 15, 2007, 05:58:37 AM
Quote from: the Teuton on January 14, 2007, 11:14:14 PM
What did it look like?


Quote from: J86 on January 11, 2007, 04:54:36 PM
Mid/full size sedan, had the buick-style portholes...
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: ifcar on January 15, 2007, 06:02:28 AM
More details necessary.
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: TheIntrepid on January 15, 2007, 06:10:04 AM
Yup. I personally think it was a mule and nothing more :huh: ... or rice.
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: ifcar on January 15, 2007, 06:28:41 AM
An unannounced, undisguised mule with the badging showing doesn't make sense.
Title: Re: What is...
Post by: TheIntrepid on January 15, 2007, 06:33:17 AM
Quote from: ifcar on January 15, 2007, 06:28:41 AM
An unannounced, undisguised mule with the badging showing doesn't make sense.

Then it could be rice. Sort of like if I took my Camry, put Scion badges on it and a badge labelling it as an sC.