Southern Alberta Mercury newbie

[Chwderhed]

Hi everyone. My truck is a '67 Mercury M100 2wd with a 300 engine and a 3-on-the-tree. This has been in my family since new when my grandpa drove it as a farm truck, then my dad used it with a slip tank of diesel in the back for filling tractors and stuff, then finally became my daily driver through part of highschool. Now that I'm a bit older I was in need of a project & thought I had better freshen up this beauty. As far as I can tell everything is original on this.

This thread is worthless without pics so here you go.

June 1, 2011 - RH Side View (Large).jpg

June 1, 2011 - LH Side View (Large).jpg

June 1, 2011 - Front View (Large).jpg

[Chwderhed]

The first pic is the tag on the door, might be hard to read, says: F10BCA91857
The second pic is on the driver side cowl, when you pop the hood up, says: F10BBA91857

Any ideas why they might be different?

June 1, 2011 - Door Fender Tag #1 (Large).jpg

June 1, 2011 - Fender Tag #4 (Large).jpg

[forrestbump]

from SoCal. Nice Truck! Sorry, I can't help you with the differing tags. Suggestion: Post this request in General Discussion...you'll get more and better answers from knowledgeable members there.

[MrMajestyk]

Chwderhed

Great looking Truck

[fireguywtc]

from Texas!

[1970FordTK]

Welcome from North Carolina.

[Mancar1]

Welcome aboard from Northern Ca.

[old bulldog]

hi from nova scotia

[Montana71-F100]

from Montana! The only Ford Mercurys I've seen have been cars! Nice truck!

[STROKER69]

like that mercury, whis I could find one.

[mk]

The first pic is the tag on the door, might be hard to read, says: F10BCA91857
The second pic is on the driver side cowl, when you pop the hood up, says: F10BBA91857

Any ideas why they might be different?

Welcome aboard! Nice truck
Another Merc serial # to add to my list
I've saved tags from crusher bound trucks that have had that same mistake/difference. Nothing significant, just a misstamping that happens occasionally.
Have you got any of the original paperwork on it? Interesting that the DSO shows a Ford dealer ordered it. They were mainly sold by the Lincoln/Mercury dealers (DSOs A1-A7) but in some towns too small for both dealers it looks like Ford dealers could also special order them. There's a few around; I've got a '68 Merc ordered by the Ford dealer in Strathmore and I've seen others. If you haven't seen it, check out the Merc ID thread link below this post...

mike

[robroy]

Good day ChwderHed,

That's an excellent and unusual (at least in the US) Mercury! I think that's one of the best colors, and it looks like it's in really nice shape.

Robroy

[sargentrs]

Great truck! from Georgia!

[Joshpow]

Welcome. Nice ol Merc! Love the Mercury trucks. Never got to see one in person but theyre a cool piece of history. Looks like you got a nice start for a very nic Merc truck!! Good Luck.