Mercury Turnpike Cruiser

The Mercury Turnpike Cruiser was a halo model of the Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company that was produced from 1957 to 1958.

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Halo model - Mercury - Ford

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The Turnpike Cruiser, built as a two or four door hardtop and two door convertible, is best known for its unique styling cues and wide array of gadgets including a power rear window that could be lowered to improve ventilation, and "twin jet" air intakes at upper corners of car's windshield.

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For 1957, the Turnpike Cruiser was the premium model range for Mercury. In addition to its unique features, the car was further differentiated from other Mercury models by a gold anodized trim strip in the cars rear fin. A Turnpike Cruiser convertible was the official pace car of the 1957 Indianapolis 500.In 1958 the Turnpike Cruiser joined the mid-range Mercury Montclair line with only minor trim changes to the car from the previous year.

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1957 - Pace car - 1958 - Montclair

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The Turnpike Cruiser was discontinued for 1959. However from 1963 to 1966 Mercury revived the Turnpike Cruisers most noted feature, the retractable rear window, on its "Breezeway" sub-series in the Monterey, Montclair and Park Lane model ranges.

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1959 - 1963 - 1966 - Monterey - Montclair - Park Lane

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