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Name That Car! #1491 - Bill Stroppe 1957 Mercury Mermaid
« on: January 07, 2010, 04:42:12 AM »
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Re: Karn Utz says Name That Car! #1491
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2010, 11:37:24 AM »
That's Bill Stroppe's "Mermaid" built on a '57 Monterrey to run at Daytona Speed Week on the sand.

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Re: Karn Utz says Name That Car! #1491
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2010, 04:15:19 AM »
Your first point!  :)
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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2014, 05:47:00 AM »
This car's make is obvious, it's written on it. But I've never seen this particular model.

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Re: Whaddyacallit #575
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2014, 11:36:09 AM »
it's a Mercury Mermaid from 1957.  Mercury try, with this model, the speed record at Daytona Beach in 1957.

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Re: Name That Car! #1491 - Bill Stroppe 1957 Mercury Mermaid
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2014, 02:54:24 PM »
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