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1951 Mercury Convertible (Custom)

1951 Mercury Convertible in Streets of Fire, Movie, 1984

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

1951 Mercury Convertible (Custom)

Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

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Author	Message
ahight ◊ 2007-01-26 21:34	-- Last edit: 2007-01-26 22:18:24
archi87 ◊ 2007-01-26 23:08	Modified 1949 or 1950 Mercury
ahight ◊ 2007-01-26 23:23	think you're right..saw this on wiki: The car that Cody drives in the movie is a 1951 Mercury that was chopped, channeled, nosed and decked. In addition, 12 1950 and 1951 model Studebakers were used as police cars with more than 50 motorcycles and their drivers taken from real L.A. based clubs – The Crusaders and The Heathens.
Cycolac Fan ◊ 2008-02-17 02:08	Definitely NOT a 1951 judging by the rear fenders, it's a '49 or '50 with custom tailights moulded on. It's chopped but it doesn't appear to be channeled or even lowered. In fact they may even be stock '49 Mercury tailights mounted vertically rather than horizontally.
francisharley ◊ 2008-04-01 21:13
Skid ◊ 2016-10-04 12:39	Alleged to be a 1950...the same one used as a stunt car for the "Hell's Chariot" in Grease and appeared as a derelict in Used Cars. Since restored to its Grease condition. Link to "www.hotrodhotline.com"
Martha ◊ 2018-05-28 00:43	My dad had a contract with Universsl at this time. He told me there were about 5 of these cars used to make the movie. One was a convertible, the rest were chopped coupes. One of the producers bought the convertible and the others were given away. No it is not the same car as is in Greese. There is no way the producers of Greese would lend that car to Universal.
cenfamily ◊ 2023-10-08 23:21	My dad worked for Tom Sparks and did lots of studio work for Paramount Studios. He bought one of the two Mercury cars from the movie Grease. He bought the true 50’ convertible. The 49’ was a crop top that was the stunt car that was made to look like the 50’ convertible. He bought the 50’ in 1980 from the Paramount Studios Transportation Department for $2000. Nobody wanted the 49’ at that time so it did not sell. It was wrecked in the Grease riverbed scene where they jumped the riverbed. He repainted the 50’ burgundy and put the bright work back on the car. He then rented it back to the studio for Julia Robert’s movie Baja Oklahoma where it was the lead car. I used the 50’ in my wedding in 1997 and then he sold it to a private collector in central California.

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