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Hmmm, never say never Bob. It’s not sporting the hood badges, and has the 51/52 stainless surround which was added. But Windsor is right across from Detroit, and I do have archived a Windsor ‘52 M3 that was converted at the Indianapolis M-H factory. Chuck or Mark Mossell will know more but my gut says there are so few (none) records of the Ranger production that it’s not out of the realm of possibility. Also, Chuck once said that a few half ton kits were made available for dealer installation. Everything here would depend upon the documented history of the truck. It sure looks real based on the side window shapes. I guess, too, it could be a tribute built on a Siebert 2wd original truck.
Damn Stu got me!! I've gone back and installed the hood side badge. I grafted a Mercury front clip on the blue '51/52 that popped on the net all of the time and gave it a red paint job. No way I'd build a Mercury without the windshield trim. The Mercurys were more ornate trucks that the Ford in '48-50. I would really love to find a real truck like this. Some years back there was a Mercury panel parts truck up for sale for cheap, wish I had the money to pick it up. I would have transferred everything to my panel. A couple of years ago at a local auction there was a totally clapped out '60s Bronco. I would have like to pick that up and installed the 4x4 stuff under my panel like one of the FTErs did to his F-1.
Your “build”, Bob, came a whole lot easier for you than for the guy that spent a cool $250k (I’m told) taking this green thing back to the better than new Sheridan Blue condition. He even had to get rid of the Jeep axle.
Stu, I didn't realize the green monster was the Sheridan Blue one. I can see how he could have easily put $250K into it. A lot more that I could ever do, I suspect most people.
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The Canadian Traction Co. performed Marmon-Herrington conversions on both Fords and Mercurys back then. Both are listed in their sales hand books, with pricing.
I would like to see the hand books.
I asked him if he knew if they actually made a Mercury version of the Ranger. He hasn't gotten back to me on that.
The M-H domestic (US) product listings that I’ve seen do have a separate price listing for the Rangers, so it would logically follow that the higher trim level of the Merc would call for its own price listing. IIRC Chuck told me the main Canadian Traction, LTD, factory was in Montreal. Don’t know if there were other plants west of there, but do have the data plate info showing the Windsor build and Indy conversion of the M-3 owned by our member who lives in BC. Stu
