#Turnpike Cruiser

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1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser

1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser

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1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser

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Mercury XM-Turnpike Cruiser Concept, 1956. A a luxury coupe show car with twin transparent roof panels that flipped up when the doors were opened. Inspired of the Interstate Highway System, the Turnpike Cruiser Concept was designed with fast, long distance driving in mind. The series production Turnpike Cruiser of 1957 toned down all of the concepts styling features

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1956 Mercury XM Turnpike Cruiser Concept

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US Vogue June 1957

Alcoa Aluminum

Joanna McCormick in a black Larry Aldrich dress, poses in front of a gleaming Model 57 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser.

Joanna McCormick dans une robe noire de Larry Aldrich, pose devant une rutilante Mercury Turnpike Cruiser modèle 57.

Photo Peter Dimitri vogue archive

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Mercury Turnpike Cruiser

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1956 Mercury XM Turnpike Cruiser

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Mercury XM Turnpike Cruiser Concept 1956. - source Amazing Classic Cars.

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The 1956 Chrysler Norseman was a concept car designed by Chrysler stylists and built overseas in Italy by Carrozzeria Ghia, a coachbuilding (carbody building) firm who famously did the styling for the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia models. Intended for the 1957 circuit, the car was completed in 1956 and sent from Italy to America on the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria in July.

The car was a four-seat fastback coupe with hidden headlights and a cantilevered roof supported only at its rear-end, allowing for an all-glass front windshield with no metal supports. The car was state-of-the-art, and it’s unknown how many of its daring concepts would have made it into production models, as the car never entered production. On the evening of July 25, amid heavy fog, the Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ocean liner Stockholm fifty miles south of Nantucket Island, and sank late the next morning. Forty-six people were killed in the initial collision when the Stockholm’s bow pierced the Andrea Doria’s side, but as the ship stayed afloat for eleven hours after the collision and many ships arrived to take on survivors, the remaining 1,660 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, in what became known as one of the greatest rescue operations of the 20th century. With photographers and television crews in airplanes on hand to watch the final moments, the Andrea Doria slipped beneath the waves at 11:00 AM. The Chrysler Norseman, located deep in the Andrea Doria’s garage, was lost as well, and never recovered.

Although it’s tempting to mourn the loss of such a gorgeous and daring car, I think that the daring concept elements which give the car some of its charm would have been toned down in production. A similar car from 1956, the Mercury XM-Turnpike Cruiser, was a radical car in its concept, with radical styling and glass roof panels above the doors that opened vertically like gullwing doors to allow for easier entrance and exit from the car’s low roof. These elements were toned down in production, with the glass panels replaced by a plain hardbody roof and the styling simplified on the carbody. Doubtless the same would have happened the the Chrysler Norseman had it entered production.

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1956 … Turnpike Cruiser - Mercury

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1957 and 1958 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser!

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1958 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser

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An extremely controversial ranking of Mariokart 8’s 95 courses.

I know there’s 96 but I’ve missed one and can’t figure out for the life of me which one it was. Please help.

Wii rainbow road - nostalgic banger, made easier in this game tho

3DS rainbow road - fucking beautiful, was my number 1 but wii just had a special place in my heart

Big blue - a masterpiece

Mount wario - another masterpiece

Coconut mall - let down by its remakes but still a classic

Maple treeway - pumpkin spice latte

Waluigi stadium - it’s fucking waluigi stadium

Daisy circuit - a beautiful and classic course

Sunshine airport - the star cup in 8 is just the best cup

DK’s snowboard cross - prefer Wii’s but I still love it nonetheless

Waluigi pinball - DS had me in a chokehold

Daisy cruiser - mesmerising

Squeaky clean spirit - probably the best new course out the whole pack

Bowser’s castle 3 - simple but fucking amazing

Bowser’s castle - a banger

Mute city - speed

DK mountain - why are the turns harder to pull off in 8

Peach gardens - was my favourite as a 6 year old

Excitebike arena - carnage

DK Jungle - the great banana

Dolphin shoals - George Michael

Electrodrome - boing

Singapore speedway - shiny

Moonview highway - wii nostalgia

Merry mountain - um overhated it’s fucking Xmas themed

Wario stadium - again, loved it on DS and 8 did it justice as a remake

Koopa cape - the most butchered wii remake

Rosalina’s ice world - SUPER OVERHATED IDC I LOVE IT THE MUSIC WAS BEAUTIFUL IN 8 DEFINITELY A STEP UP FROM 3DS SUCK MY DICK

Royal raceway - pretty pink

Yoshi valley - playing this with noobs is the best

Melody motorway - 3DS nostalgia

Grumble volcano - meh

Mushroom gorge - best on wii

64 rainbow road - meh, still fun

Wario’s goldmine - prefer it on 8 cause wii was just rage inducing

SNES rainbow road - shroom high

Shy guy falls - mew woosh

Kalimari desert - meh

Piranha plant cove - ooh pretty :0

Hyrule Circuit - dun duuuun dun dun dun dun dun duuuuun

Cloudtop cruise - meh

Mario circuit - can’t even remember which one this was

Toad harbour - used to love it but now I get bored

Yoshi’s island - never played it so don’t really care

Boo lake - good remake

Tick tock clock - got bored of this one

Cheep cheep beach - loved it on DS

Vancouver velocity - music is alright

Mario kart stadium - boring

Ribbon road - pretty good (would swap rankings but I cba)

Rainbow Road 8 - I wanna like it but it’s just so meh

Moo moo meadows - fight me

Piranha plant pipeway - alright I guess

Baby park - mehhhhhhhh

Mario circuit DS - mehhhhhhhh

Alpine pass - done dirty

Sydney sprint - eh

Toad circuit - get fucked

Sweet sweet canyon - cool aesthetic lame ass gameplay

Paris promenade - alright

Choco mountain - overhyped

Thwomp ruins - not keen

Mario circuit - again I don’t know which one this is

Sherbet land - no

Snow land - no

Koopa city - I like the vibe but I hate it online

Animal crossing - mEh

Riverside park - a let down

Donut plains 3 - heheheheheb 69

Athens dash - alright

Bangkok rush - mEh

New York Minute - eh?

Berlin Byways - music is good but it’s boring

Tokyo blur - for Tokyo this sucks

Toad’s turnpike - womp womp

Water park - water who

Twisted mansion - just put luigi’s mansion in instead and we’ll all be happy

Madrid drive - this comes up like 50 times online and I hate it

Sunset wilds - boring

Dry dry desert - I hate the desert ones

Ice ice outpost - wouldn’t pick it

Super bell subway - liked it at first but it got old quickly

Wild woods - sick of it

Sky High Sunday - an eyesore

LA laps - not enough shit

Shroom bridge - had enough shit

Sky garden - let down

London loop - easy, boring

Rome avanti - the city tracks just flop huh

Ninja hideaway - I HATE IT I HA IT HATE IT

Mario circuit 3 - why is this in every game

Amsterdam drift - I hate the dutch

Dragon driftway - I cant stand it

Bone dry dunes - worst track ever

Cheeseland - wait no, this is. I hate cheese land. It makes me feel sick. I’m lactose intolerant but I love cheese. But I hate cheese land. Whenever anyone picks it I officially hate them as much as I hate this course. Kill it. Burn it. Erase it. Get rid of it.

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Comprehensive restoration completed in 2022

Designed by Mercury and Constructed in Italy by Ghia in 1955 utilizing a 1954 Ford F250 chassis

Finished in 1956 factory color Persimmon with Pearlescent topcoat

Double fin coves that wrap around the taillights are painted Pearl White over brushed chrome

The car toured the country in a custom trailer with a turntable and glass paneling

Shown at the 1956 Cleveland auto show followed by the Detroit, Chicago and New York auto shows

Used as the pace car at the Daytona Beach Grand National Race on February 17, 1957

After it was shown the car was parked outside Ford and passed through several owners falling into disrepair before being acquired and restored by the seller from 2017 to 2022

Transparent butterfly roof panels that open and close automatically with the doors

Unique exhaust ports on lower rear quarter panels

Stoplights mounted under the rear roof corners

Front turn signals mounted behind the grille under the headlights

Unique 'Big-M' hood ornament

Concealed outside door handles

Split front bumper with twin jet pods

Leather interior including headliner and dash

Four individual bucket seats with seatbelts and dual center consoles

Space age instrument cluster with tachometer

Power windows, as this was a concept vehicle the unique design of the windows do not seal weather-tight

Unique Turnpike Cruiser valve covers

Power brakes and steering

Estimated 6,000 hours invested in restoration back to original condition

1956 Mercury XM Turnpike Cruiser concept car at the Mecum Auction in Kissimmee 2023

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mercury xm-turnpike cruiser, 1956

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1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser convertible