1946 Mercury Eight Convertible Club Coupe as 1940 Lincoln Zephyr [69M-76]

1946 Mercury Eight [69M-76] in In Harm's Way, Movie, 1965

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

1946 Mercury Eight Convertible Club Coupe as 1940 Lincoln Zephyr [69M-76]

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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vilero ◊ 2011-05-05 19:49	62imperial wrote They substituted a '46-48 Mercury convertible for the Lincoln in the crash scene - worth a separate listing? There's also a "making of" short film that aired on TCM that showed an alternate take of the crash that used a '46-48 Ford; is that on the DVD extras? (sad they wasted TWO other vintage convertibles to spare one Continental!) winstonwolf33 wrote Here are thumbs showing the crash sequence. I added the Mercury to this movie page.
14stutz ◊ 2019-12-31 06:13	For several years (in the days before I had a DVD to review the scene), I thought they might have actually wrecked a Lincoln for the film.
62imperial ◊ 2022-04-05 10:17	Found the "making of" doc on YouTube; take 1 was definitely a '46 Ford: Probably not used because the car started falling back on its wheels instead of going end-over-end like the Mercury.

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vilero

◊ 2011-05-05 19:49

62imperial wrote They substituted a '46-48 Mercury convertible for the Lincoln in the crash scene - worth a separate listing? There's also a "making of" short film that aired on TCM that showed an alternate take of the crash that used a '46-48 Ford; is that on the DVD extras? (sad they wasted TWO other vintage convertibles to spare one Continental!)

winstonwolf33 wrote Here are thumbs showing the crash sequence. I added the Mercury to this movie page.