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Puzzle #1380 - 1966 Mercury Astron Custom
« on: August 21, 2009, 03:54:46 AM »


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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2009, 07:16:29 AM »
1967 Chrysler Imperial Hardtop?
Or would that be just too easy?!
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2009, 08:49:23 AM »
It certainly would!  :)
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2009, 05:42:52 AM »
Expert time.
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2009, 07:30:41 AM »
I'm shocked that this one is going to the Pro section.  :o

But, here it is.  :-\
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2009, 08:07:20 AM »
Is it a Mobile Director Coupe?
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2009, 09:19:12 AM »
I'm not sure what that would be, but that's not the make and model I have for it.
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2009, 10:00:28 AM »
Mobile Director Coupe was a special edition of the 1967 Imperial
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2009, 01:42:57 PM »
I see.

Not a Chrysler or Imperial
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2009, 04:56:16 PM »
I did think it had a Mercury flavor...
This is the 1966 Mercury Astron, custom built for the 1966 auto show season.
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2009, 05:09:17 PM »
Pag 206 of the same book...  :-\
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2009, 05:48:37 PM »
Nope. Page 399 of mine.
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2009, 06:02:57 PM »
I meant the same book where I found this:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=9094.0
I was going to look for this, but wasn't sure it was a dream car, thought it was another studio....
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2009, 06:11:52 PM »
I know, I had read you. We have different books.
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Re: Puzzle #1380
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2009, 03:06:33 AM »
Quote from: Ray B. on September 05, 2009, 04:56:16 PM
I did think it had a Mercury flavor...
This is the 1966 Mercury Astron, custom built for the 1966 auto show season.

Correct! The Mercury Astron had a sun-sensitive glass roof that darkened automatically, along with a flexible glass backlight that retracted into the roof. The taillamps were green for normal running, but changed to amber if the driver lifted off the gas and red if the brakes were applied. Derived from a run-of-the-mill Mercury Park Lane,  it had a partial vinyl roof, C-pillar opera windows, and fender skirts. The body side trim was wider than a stock Mercury, and the car had no outside door handles. Unique headlamp bezels and hidden parking lamps light made the front of the car look different - sort of like a Chrysler. This is the only other pic of the car I can find.


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