Cars In My Life - 1953 Mercury 2-Door Hardtop

1953 Mercury 2-Door Hardtop V-8 Automatic

The Plymouth was definitely not my kind of car. I wanted something a lot better looking. The Mercury was the first car that I had a say in the purchase. There were two very similar cars available; one orange and tan and one green and yellow. My dad insisted the green and yellow was the better car, but I was in love with the orange one. My parents bought the one I wanted even though my father objected. I still think this is one of the prettiest cars I ever owned.
I put electric windows in it myself. That was a real challenge but I got them installed.
The car had a sort of loud muffler. In those days the Pennsylvania State Police were very strict about the level of noise that cars made, especially ones driven by kids. My Mercury seemed to pass the noise test, because I was never harassed for the muffler.
This picture was taken on the property of Dr. Lorenzo Runk in the Curtis Park neighborhood of my home town, Philipsburg, PA.