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1950 Mercury Station Wagon Is the Low-Mileage Emerald of Woodies at Almost $90k

Classic car enthusiasts have a world of wonders at their disposal; they can go through anything, from custom muscle cars to luxury limousines converted to run on electricity. As such, it’s best to find a niche. Or, if you really want to stand out in a crowd, seek the niche within the niche.
1950 Mercury Woodie Station Wagon for sale at Vanguard Motor Sales 26 photos
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For example, one could go for a model from a defunct car brand to ensure general exclusivity. Then, it’s up to good research to find a suitable limited release candidate. Or you could just take for granted our recent find from the inventory of Vanguard Motor Sales.

It’s a 1950 Mercury Woodie Wagon, an eclectic frame-off restoration of a model that was produced in just 1,746 examples. As such, it ticks many points on the niche panel – Mercury bit the dust nine years ago (precisely on January 4th), it’s a woodie, and the station wagon comes not just with very few production units but also decidedly low mileage.

According to the listing, the ‘50 Mercury has clocked a little over 6k miles (6,349 – to be precise) on its odometer, though we have no information if the number is for the entire lifetime or since it went through its frame-off restoration process (it's probably the latter case).

A rare find indeed, the station wagon comes with great attention to detail for the woodwork, matching Brown and Tan interior, an emerald-like Dark Green finish for the body, whitewall tires, a dual exhaust, and lots of stainless steel or chrome details.

This woodie is powered by Mercury’s 255 cubic-inches Flathead V8, mated to a Flathead Sideloader three-speed manual transmission, with all the oomph directed towards the rear tires through a Dana 44 rear end with an open differential.

And, as far as we can tell from the interior shots, it can be driven around with the entire family tucked neatly inside (thanks to a front split bench and an additional two rows of seating behind it), while the future owner enjoys handling the large diameter steering wheel and column shifter. By the way, everyone should ogle at the beautiful wood and leather trimming before the ride, not during it.
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About the author: Aurel Niculescu
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Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution.
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