Pretty car Lanny, would love to have our 54 Mercs together at a big car show !   I noticed yours is a little custom with the front "bullets" removed & the teardrop spots & vent window mirrors...... Very nice color combo...  Where are you located?     <.Mike

Lord I love the '54 Mercs and that is a sweet one you  have Lanny.

Thanks guys,  Yes, I pulled the front guards as they need to go to the chrome shop.  They are the driving lights option and are going to cost a bundle to re-chrome.  I couldn't find any '54 door mirrors so had to settle for the peeps.  I live in north Idaho and it would be fun to have a Merc get together.  I attempted to get enough interest in 2004 ( 50th anniversary) to have a gathering of Sun Valleys in Sun Valley, Idaho but it didn't gel.

A cousin had a 54 just like that, I must have been 14 at the time. He took off from his parents house the sound was great with glass pack mufflers I can still see and hear it going down the road. 

 

  

Off the subject of the oil leak, but nice to see the interest here of the beloved 54 Merc , the first year of the Y-block with the Ford having the 239 c.I. & the Merc with the 256 c.I. with `161 hp that won the Great Mexican race. Here are the latest Pic of Mine........  The Chrome on the front of this car is original & not rechromed.  The hood bar looks smudged in the Pic but it is not & shines like the rest !   My Merc was a one owner California car & was completely unmolested when I got it in the year 2000...

Sweeet !

Thanks Lanny ! The #1 reason I have Sweet 54 on the plates is because the color is called Bittersweet .  There are a lot of old timers out there that actually know the name of the color.  I might add that my Visor is an NOS Lincoln Mercury accessory.  I had purchased it from a gentleman who owned a 54 Lincoln Premier & it would not fit his car.  It was in the original box.  The Continental kit might also be a Lincoln Mercury accessory as the end pieces are Stainless. Many Merc guys I have talked never saw one like it & think it might be also a LM accessory, but no one seems to know for sure......  Let me know if anyone has any info on the 54 Merc Accessories....

Mrmike, according to the 54-55 Mercury chassis parts catalog the exterior sun visor is part number BC 18236 B and BC 18236 C and was available for quite a few models.  I'm sure today it is a very rare accessory.  I wasn't able to find anything in my literature concerning factory connie kits but I personally believe all '54s should have one.  According to the catalog, there were 43 different accessories available in late '54.