Just about every U.S.-market Mercury model ever made was an obvious Ford- and/or Lincoln-badged sibling (though some of those siblings originated in other countries). The members of the 1957 Mercury lineup were mechanically similar to their Ford Empire brethren, but got wild styling that looked like nothing else on the road. Today’s Junkyard Gem
Mercury called their two- and four-door hardtops “Phaetons” for 1957 and 1958, beating Volkswagen to that name by close to a half-century.
I shot this car in my favorite Colorado car graveyard, a family-owned operation located about 30 miles north of Denver. Speedway Auto Wrecking is open only on Saturday mornings, so plan ahead if you want to get parts from this car. The 1954 Nash Ambassador
The Detroit horsepower wars were getting serious by 1957, and the original buyer for this car checked the box for the most powerful single-carburetor engine available in a new Mercury