I drove a 1960 Mercury Conv in 1994. That car was about as smooth as it gets and handled well for a huge car. The dashboard looked very space age. The tail lights are my favorite part of the car. By 61 they just looked like a Galaxie with different trim
Those were the good ole days when you could put a car through endless torture tests through the desert and not a spec of dirt would ever get on it. Not like today's cars that get dirty the second they go through a puddle.
Looks like it was filmed down in the California desert. I remember our neighbor got a new 1960 2 door black Mercury Monterey, but his wife wanted a 4 door so they gave it to their son and bought a new 61 Monterey 4dr in a Rose color. It was a nice car. Love the add, very well done for 1960 and more than likely done in late 1959
I loved this Mercury ad and the 1960 Mercury. The more you see this car, the better it looks and I love the side styling of the two door coupe. The Mercury was always a great car, and classy.
Do you see all of the different body styles that Mercurys were available in back then ? This was the RULE....NOT the exception back then. Almost ALL American car lines were available as convertibles...not just 3 or 4 like today. And , you could get : 2 door or 4 door Sedans (with pillars/posts) OR 2 and 4 door Hardtops (without pillars/posts) 2 or 4 door station wagons in 6 or 9 passenger configurations . Some lines even had 2 or 4-door PILLARLESS wagons. Mercury's corporate cousin, Ford , had all of these (except the pillarless wagons , Mercury had those), PLUS 2 different types of convertibles, Soft Top (Sunliner) and Retractable Hardtop (Skyliner) , AND a windowless WAGON (Ford Courier) . What a BIG difference from TODAY , when all you can pretty much get are 4-Door Sedans and SUV's !!! Can YOU say *****B O R I N G ??***** P.S. The COLORS of today's cars are BORING too !! 95% of cars you see on the road today are : RED, SILVER, BLACK, GRAY, or WHITE !! (Don't BELIEVE it ? Check out the car colors the next time you're on the freeway !!!
Yeah totally agree cars today are boring. The colors are all black silver or gray. Saw a cream color 1970s monte carlo the other day and couldn't believe it. Cars used to have beautiful colors and designs. Now they all have angry headlights while stuck in traffic. And cost an arm and leg for pure mediocrity.
Got that right. Brought a '63 Merc back to the land of the living over the past year. She's a great cruiser now, my first full size classic from the 60's and they really do ride like they say, like a cloud on wheels. And even in factory Beige color and faded paint, she gets the looks out on the road! Everywhere you go you can expect the car to get attention.
Wow! What I wouldn't give for a 1960 Park Lane 2d HT. These are all gorgeous cars. Thank you for sharing this really great example of creative advertising.
I have a 75 Mercury Montego and love it it's sad that by the 1980s Mercury became kind of generic in their look kind of like Oldsmobile and Buick became generic looking it's too bad they couldn't revise the Mercury brand somehow because they were really good cars and I love them
@@gtpcruiser02 Yep, you're right. I should know better. All we had was "Tan, don't burn, get a Coppertone tan." Or olive oil if you didn't have Copper Tone.
I love the 1957 through 1960 Mercurys, especially the '60 models. I had a chance to get a black '60 Monterey 2 dr hardtop with red and black interior. I found out much later the person who did get it, lost it when a "friend" set fire to it.
1960 was the final year for a distinctively engineered full-size Mercury that was not based on a Ford Fairlane/Galaxie. Supposedly, Mercury hired former Packard engineers in the late 1950s to upgrade the Mercury, so the quality claim of this commercial is believable. McNamara was dismayed by the poor sales of big late-1950s Mercurys and ordered the 1961 full-size Mercury to be a gussied-up Fairlane/Galaxie. Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac were more successful as competitors. The big Mercury did not get back its groove to be something special until the 1969 Marquis. I remember the Mercury Marquis of the 1970s when it emulated the Lincoln Continental.
It appeared that McNamara was fighting against the best interest of Ford during those times. He perhaps had way to much power and Ford lacked teamwork. I know he hated Edsel cars, and maybe he moved to fast on the upgraded Mercury. He killed the Edsel ASAP. The upgraded Mercury may have been a success had it been given more time. Just because Edsel fizzled out, didn't mean that was going to happen to Mercury.
@@walterweddle7644 NcNamara had an extremely analytical mind and used customer research and computer modeling extensively. He saw which vehicles were money losers and discontinued them. He had to be convinced to keep the Lincoln Division alive which was floundering in the late 1950s. FoMoCo and Chrysler Corp both tried and failed to emulate GM with five divisions. The Edsel was unnecessary because in 1958 the public wanted more smaller sedans. The 1960 Falcon was important because many other cars were based upon it.
What I remember of the 1960 Mercury was that even by the late '60s, they were a rare sight. Perhaps because their resale value wasn't that great - I'm sure by then these found their way into the hands of many a 16- or 17- year old for their first car. The standard 312 in the Monterrey had enough scoot to get an inexperienced driver in trouble, but any of the senior models with either the 383 or the 430 were capable of 120-plus. I'll bet several of these cars got pushed to those limits by young drivers, with disastrous results! Or, they also made good demolition derby cars too, a sad demise for the car.
The last time I went to a demolition derby, they used a vintage 1948 Plymouth. Needless to say that was the last time I was at one and will never go again!
It's kinda counter-productive to say that the 1960 MERCURY is the "Best-Built Car in America" when the SAME manufacturer makes a more expensive car . If the medium-priced MERCURY is the best-built , where does that leave the even Higher-Priced LINCOLN ?? (Bet FORD didn't THINK about THAT !! (LOL)
Absolutely and no freaking computer chips! Great roomy drive in automobile. Our rural drive in is very popular and started business in 1950. Imagine in the 50s taking a big old Nash to the drive in theater. A young man's dream car, where the Nash seats fold into a big bed for watching a movie in total ease and comfort. If I owned a Nash back then, hell I would have damned well kept it for the modern luxury roomy spacious comfort. With Nash's, who in the hell needed a phone? Later on, a flick of a switch called, Weather Eye, to quickly remove unwanted steam off the windows. Heck, I love a Mercury, but since I'm only living once, I ought to start looking for me one of those Nash's you can relax and literally stretch all the way out while inside. One other important feature about taking the fold down seated Nash to the drive in theater, you'll Absolutely get a good night's sleep once you steer that AMC Nash Rambler in your driveway. Either way, sleeping in the seats that make into a bed in your Nash or in your bedroom bed, you'll snore a beautifully. For a funner life, why not have a solid Mercury and a playful Nash in the driveway.
I think this is a TV commercial for Lincoln-Mercury. On second thought, Jonathan Froes. Can you upload the movie trailers for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones in 35mm Scope, please?
Naminski did you hear a single word about Lincoln in this commercial? There's none it's a mercury commercial was made in 1959 and it was broadcast at NBC at the start of the new year of 1960...every week Ford would promote a new car and sponsor a few shows this is one of them... On a second note there's plenty of Star Wars trailers from the bluray on UA-cam also that movie was shot in digital...there's absolutely no reason to upload that trailer from a film output
This was when Mercury was moving up in size and luxury to compete with Buick and Chrysler. After all, Ford now had Edsel to compete in the mid-price field.....or did it?
And Plymouth. The death of Plymouth was a real shocker, because for many years, Plymouth was the third best selling car in America... and the biggest selling Chrysler Corporation car overall! The reason why Plymouth died, was the same reason why De Soto died: Dodge. Dodge constantly built cars targeting it’s sister divisions, such as the 1964 size Dodge dart, which they made to compete against Plymouth, and the Dodge Custom Royal and Custom 880, which targeted DeSOTO. Do you want to know why Plymouth and De Soto or no longer around anymore? Blame Dodge!
@@williamg2552 The old You Bet Your Life Commercials. Stop by your DeSoto Plymouth dealer tomorrow and when you do tell them that Groucho sent you. It's Delightful! It's Delovely! It's DeSoto!
My uncle had one of these, was a kid back then,out of all the family cars park out front when everone was over i thought his 2dr 60 merc was the coolest,one day he comes over with new 64 grandprix,i askd weres the Monteray? He says Mexico!
The Mercury-exclusive Dual-Quad *Super Marauder 430* had an incredible *400 Horsepower !!!* I betcha THAT thing would *HAUL !!!* That was during the time that MERCURY had it's OWN exclusive engines that you COULDN'T get in Fords. Edsel and Lincoln both had the 430...but only *MERCURY* had the Dual-Quad High-Performance version !!
Of all the cars my dad home when I was going up my favorite was the 1960 Mercury montclair. Turquoise two-door but the back seat was big enough to put the entire family in thanks for the memory.
This guy Raps like a 1960 boss.
Haaa! Hysterical!
Gorgeous taillights. A more beautiful car has never been built.
I drove a 1960 Mercury Conv in 1994. That car was about as smooth as it gets and handled well for a huge car. The dashboard looked very space age. The tail lights are my favorite part of the car. By 61 they just looked like a Galaxie with different trim
Wow! Extremely good picture and sound quality for something from 1960!
It's what you get when you're dealing with film
Those were the good ole days when you could put a car through endless torture tests through the desert and not a spec of dirt would ever get on it. Not like today's cars that get dirty the second they go through a puddle.
Looks like it was filmed down in the California desert. I remember our neighbor got a new 1960 2 door black Mercury Monterey, but his wife wanted a 4 door so they gave it to their son and bought a new 61 Monterey 4dr in a Rose color. It was a nice car.
Love the add, very well done for 1960 and more than likely done in late 1959
I loved this Mercury ad and the 1960 Mercury. The more you see this car, the better it looks and I love the side styling of the two door coupe. The Mercury was always a great car, and classy.
michael cerza I so agree ......my dad had a Mercury Monterey 1959 model what a handsome car
Back in the day yes not after the 80s!
The Mercury of the 1960s is iconic
I drove one of these, a Monterey 4 door, and was truly a dreamboat.
Do you see all of the different body styles that Mercurys were available in back then ? This was the RULE....NOT the exception back then.
Almost ALL American car lines were available as convertibles...not just 3 or 4 like today.
And , you could get : 2 door or 4 door Sedans (with pillars/posts) OR 2 and 4 door Hardtops (without pillars/posts) 2 or 4 door station wagons in 6 or 9 passenger configurations . Some lines even had 2 or 4-door PILLARLESS wagons.
Mercury's corporate cousin, Ford , had all of these (except the pillarless wagons , Mercury had those), PLUS 2 different types of convertibles, Soft Top (Sunliner) and Retractable Hardtop (Skyliner) , AND a windowless WAGON (Ford Courier) .
What a BIG difference from TODAY , when all you can pretty much get are 4-Door Sedans and SUV's !!! Can YOU say
*****B O R I N G ??*****
P.S. The COLORS of today's cars are BORING too !! 95% of cars you see on the road today are : RED, SILVER, BLACK, GRAY, or WHITE !! (Don't BELIEVE it ? Check out the car colors the next time you're on the freeway !!!
All of them gorgeous! That convertible though, would love to have that right now as my daily driver!
Yeah totally agree cars today are boring. The colors are all black silver or gray. Saw a cream color 1970s monte carlo the other day and couldn't believe it. Cars used to have beautiful colors and designs. Now they all have angry headlights while stuck in traffic. And cost an arm and leg for pure mediocrity.
You forgot station wagons! Everything came in a convertible & station wagon.
Got that right. Brought a '63 Merc back to the land of the living over the past year. She's a great cruiser now, my first full size classic from the 60's and they really do ride like they say, like a cloud on wheels. And even in factory Beige color and faded paint, she gets the looks out on the road! Everywhere you go you can expect the car to get attention.
Wow! What I wouldn't give for a 1960 Park Lane 2d HT. These are all gorgeous cars. Thank you for sharing this really great example of creative advertising.
“It’s true because it rhymes”
Sounds like it was written by Dr. Seuss.
Head west, young man. This is the first rap car commercial. lol
This is how you do a commercial
I must admit, I’ve never seen this commercial. Actually quite well done.
I have a 75 Mercury Montego and love it it's sad that by the 1980s Mercury became kind of generic in their look kind of like Oldsmobile and Buick became generic looking it's too bad they couldn't revise the Mercury brand somehow because they were really good cars and I love them
TY for posting! These were beautiful cars, esp. the hardtops. (I hope the lucky dude at 1:39 who drew the convertible remembered his sunscreen!)
m dogg Sunscreen wasn't invented yet
All they had was suntain lotion for a deep tan.
@@gtpcruiser02 Yep, you're right. I should know better. All we had was "Tan, don't burn, get a Coppertone tan." Or olive oil if you didn't have Copper Tone.
I love the 1957 through 1960 Mercurys, especially the '60 models. I had a chance to get a black '60 Monterey 2 dr hardtop with red and black interior. I found out much later the person who did get it, lost it when a "friend" set fire to it.
1960 was the final year for a distinctively engineered full-size Mercury that was not based on a Ford Fairlane/Galaxie. Supposedly, Mercury hired former Packard engineers in the late 1950s to upgrade the Mercury, so the quality claim of this commercial is believable. McNamara was dismayed by the poor sales of big late-1950s Mercurys and ordered the 1961 full-size Mercury to be a gussied-up Fairlane/Galaxie. Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac were more successful as competitors. The big Mercury did not get back its groove to be something special until the 1969 Marquis. I remember the Mercury Marquis of the 1970s when it emulated the Lincoln Continental.
It appeared that McNamara was fighting against the best interest of Ford during those times. He perhaps had way to much power and Ford lacked teamwork. I know he hated Edsel cars, and maybe he moved to fast on the upgraded Mercury. He killed the Edsel ASAP. The upgraded Mercury may have been a success had it been given more time. Just because Edsel fizzled out, didn't mean that was going to happen to Mercury.
@@walterweddle7644 NcNamara had an extremely analytical mind and used customer research and computer modeling extensively. He saw which vehicles were money losers and discontinued them. He had to be convinced to keep the Lincoln Division alive which was floundering in the late 1950s. FoMoCo and Chrysler Corp both tried and failed to emulate GM with five divisions. The Edsel was unnecessary because in 1958 the public wanted more smaller sedans. The 1960 Falcon was important because many other cars were based upon it.
What's beautiful cars!!! =: ) )
Mercury had true quality and performance that gave a family a smooth comfy ride. Monterey was a good model.
What a production.
Only 13 models!?!
Dad had the wagon, we made many trips across the US in it.
Watch them pass everything but a gas station. LOL!
The taillights on those Mercury’s were wild! lol
In Canada, Ford Canada, had a Meteor division, which was across between a Ford and a Mercury.
Originally seen on NBC's "LINCOLN-MERCURY {FORD} STARTIME".
What I remember of the 1960 Mercury was that even by the late '60s, they were a rare sight. Perhaps because their resale value wasn't that great - I'm sure by then these found their way into the hands of many a 16- or 17- year old for their first car. The standard 312 in the Monterrey had enough scoot to get an inexperienced driver in trouble, but any of the senior models with either the 383 or the 430 were capable of 120-plus. I'll bet several of these cars got pushed to those limits by young drivers, with disastrous results! Or, they also made good demolition derby cars too, a sad demise for the car.
The last time I went to a demolition derby, they used a vintage 1948 Plymouth. Needless to say that was the last time I was at one and will never go again!
Wow, I’m sold!
So exciting, I could poop!
I could and absolutely need to as well. Must have had to much cheese last night.
It's kinda counter-productive to say that the 1960 MERCURY is the "Best-Built Car in America" when the SAME manufacturer makes a more expensive car . If the medium-priced MERCURY is the best-built ,
where does that leave the even Higher-Priced LINCOLN ?? (Bet FORD didn't THINK about THAT !! (LOL)
If you did not buy one of those after watching a commercial like THAT, something must be wrong with you! Great advertising!😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Who is willing to buy one of these in a decent condition and 100k miles
Absolutely and no freaking computer chips! Great roomy drive in automobile. Our rural drive in is very popular and started business in 1950. Imagine in the 50s taking a big old Nash to the drive in theater. A young man's dream car, where the Nash seats fold into a big bed for watching a movie in total ease and comfort. If I owned a Nash back then, hell I would have damned well kept it for the modern luxury roomy spacious comfort. With Nash's, who in the hell needed a phone? Later on, a flick of a switch called, Weather Eye, to quickly remove unwanted steam off the windows. Heck, I love a Mercury, but since I'm only living once, I ought to start looking for me one of those Nash's you can relax and literally stretch all the way out while inside. One other important feature about taking the fold down seated Nash to the drive in theater, you'll Absolutely get a good night's sleep once you steer that AMC Nash Rambler in your driveway. Either way, sleeping in the seats that make into a bed in your Nash or in your bedroom bed, you'll snore a beautifully. For a funner life, why not have a solid Mercury and a playful Nash in the driveway.
Sign me up
I just want to know the name of that highway at the end with banked corner
I think it was at the proving grounds owned by Ford at the time.
That guy narrating prob scared a few people into buying one....
I think this is a TV commercial for Lincoln-Mercury. On second thought, Jonathan Froes. Can you upload the movie trailers for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones in 35mm Scope, please?
Naminski did you hear a single word about Lincoln in this commercial? There's none it's a mercury commercial was made in 1959 and it was broadcast at NBC at the start of the new year of 1960...every week Ford would promote a new car and sponsor a few shows this is one of them...
On a second note there's plenty of Star Wars trailers from the bluray on UA-cam also that movie was shot in digital...there's absolutely no reason to upload that trailer from a film output
Jonathan Froes
Can you upload the movie trailer for Hot Shots! in 35mm, please?
This was when Mercury was moving up in size and luxury to compete with Buick and Chrysler. After all, Ford now had Edsel to compete in the mid-price field.....or did it?
Best built car in America? Doubtful but still a cool car!
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I'm sold! But car dealerships sell nothing but modern crap. 😒
You're kidding, right? We always had Fords when I was growing up and they were in the shop way more than my 2013 Altima.
Very Lousy Commerical For 1960, I Like It.
Calm down Junior ((🫳))
So new Mercuries are sold as used cars. I see. . .
MERCURY…”THE BIG M!!”
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13 cars each going 10,000 miles? Sorta like nine women taking one month to give birth.
Test for lean, sway and swerve. Check.
Heck....after THIS commercial... I WANT A MERCURY !!!!
(make it a Monterey Hardtop Coupe or Convertible )
Same here! that convertible is SWEET!
Bring back this Brand PLEASE !!!!!
Amen Sista!
@@tonyfriend7413 In the late 1950s, Mercury was known as "The Big M !!"
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Beautiful cars
AWESOME!! Would love to have that convertible!
Another great name plate that went by the way side. Joins Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Desoto to mention a few.
And Plymouth. The death of Plymouth was a real shocker, because for many years, Plymouth was the third best selling car in America... and the biggest selling Chrysler Corporation car overall! The reason why Plymouth died, was the same reason why De Soto died: Dodge. Dodge constantly built cars targeting it’s sister divisions, such as the 1964 size Dodge dart, which they made to compete against Plymouth, and the Dodge Custom Royal and Custom 880, which targeted DeSOTO. Do you want to know why Plymouth and De Soto or no longer around anymore? Blame Dodge!
@@williamg2552 The old You Bet Your Life Commercials. Stop by your DeSoto Plymouth dealer tomorrow and when you do tell them that Groucho sent you.
It's Delightful! It's Delovely! It's DeSoto!
Really wish they would bring back Mercury to Fords line
As long as they have chrome not shaped like a 🥚
Love these old car commercials
" Nothing moves you, like a Mercury"
Sounds like an ExLax ad
@@LearnAboutFlow Literally I'm getting ready to go out to the store and buy some tonight.
@@walterweddle7644 Glad you'll be able to give a shit, lol
Wow, I forgot about the old Mercury Logo. I thought it was so cool when I was a little kid. So much style and class back then.
ICONIC
Great looking classic cars 🚗 thank you for this video 😊
I'd love to see the Mercury quality when the LEAD CAR SLAMS IT'S BRAKES 💥💥💥💥💥
My uncle had one of these, was a kid back then,out of all the family cars park out front when everone was over i thought his 2dr 60 merc was the coolest,one day he comes over with new 64 grandprix,i askd weres the Monteray? He says Mexico!
Beautiful cars, neat commercial.
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"Check the instrument panel like a bombadier." A little bit over the top.
'Idiot lights extinguished...Check.' 😊
The "Absent Minded Professor" comes to mind.
The last time i saw one of these was in the black'n white Popular Mechanics ' new releases review.
Was that really a unique selling proposition? Lame!
A 1958 Chevy roofline on a 1960 mercury
I'm glad i didn't remember that one
The Mercury-exclusive Dual-Quad *Super Marauder 430* had an incredible *400 Horsepower !!!* I betcha THAT thing would *HAUL !!!*
That was during the time that MERCURY had it's OWN exclusive engines that you COULDN'T get in Fords. Edsel and Lincoln both had the 430...but only *MERCURY* had the Dual-Quad High-Performance version !!
I think that the 430 was available in the Thunderbird over the base 352, in years 1958 thru 1960
Man I want a 60s wagon
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Of all the cars my dad home when I was going up my favorite was the 1960 Mercury montclair. Turquoise two-door but the back seat was big enough to put the entire family in thanks for the memory.
Those were the days when Men were Man and women knew it! A Mercury wasn't a Ford and A Buick wasn't a Chev!