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This past weekend at my Brothers resort, I went on a hike and made quite a discovery. I found an old Mercury, I had seen it before, but never paid attention to it. Its a really old 1? ton Mercury (ford in canada back in the day).

 

Does anyone know anything about old trucks here? Whats its value? I have pictures but I can't find my camera, its packed away from the trip still somewhere.

 

Visual things I can tell you about it:

 

It says M-3 on the chrome on the hood, its that sky blue/green color and it has a flat head v-8 in it.

 

Is it worth anything??? I have heard those flat head motors are worth some coin.

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After reading several online sources for more info, it just might be a 1951 Mercury M-3 1-ton truck. Think of the Ford F3, or the F-350 nowadays.

 

The engine is a little bit tricky to identify (for me) without a good visual. My best guess on this is that it's the 239 ci (3.9L) Ford Flathead V8 with the passenger camshaft and a 4-speed. 106hp @3600 rpm and 225 lb-ft @ 1900 rpm. Bore & stroke ratios are 3.1875 x 3.750, compression ratio is 6.80:1, head bolt count is 24, and a Ford-Holley 2 bbl as the carbuerator.

 

Gross vehicle weight is @ 6800lbs with a 122" wheelbase.

 

If you have a pic of the serial plate, that would help me immensly because all the info I've stated is basically guesswork. Also, here is a link for more info on these trucks.

 

If I had money, I'd tell you what I'd do. I'd go downtown and buy a Mercury truck or two... :sigh::lol:

 

And if I'm right about any of this, you would be best off to find out if anyone can claim it (don't tell them that you're interested in it if you are), and if no one claims it...

 

TAKE IT !!!!!!

 

You'll have one of the rarest vehicles on the road aside from the old Studebaker and International pickups of the early 60s, not to mention one HELL of a project vehicle. :thumbs:

 

Hope this helps. :mad:

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It appears to be a 1951 from the hood design.

 

Its a 255 V-8, 112 hp.... lol

 

My pics can't go up yet becasue my Frontpage is wacked out.

R Dogg 56 Senior Enthusiast

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Ahh, ok. Then the bore & stroke would be 3.1875 x 4.000.

 

The Mercury engines of '51 had the 4" stroke crankshaft, and it used the Ford-Holley split float dual downdraft carburetor instead of the the Ford-Holley two barrel carburetor.

 

112hp/225tq.... low by today's standards, but still respectable for vehicles in that timeframe....especially the trucks.

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