1958 Mercury Montclair Turnpike Cruiser - $14,600 - Russell, PA - Not Mine - Still available, a year later, same price, July 2021:

[58L-Y8]

1958 Mercury Montclair Turnpike Cruiser - $14,600 - Russell, PA - Still available, a year later, same price, July 2021: see new link below:

https://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/d/russell-rare-1958-mercury-turnpike/7185738764.html#

Rare 1958 Mercury Montclair Turnpike Cruiser 4 door hard top, runs and drives, 383 V8 Turnpike Cruiser engine, push-button automatic transmission, power steering, new power brakes, electric roll down rear window,  dual exhaust, power seat, power windows, good tires,  $14,600

Contact: (814) 7-five-7-8-two-8-seven

Copy and paste in your email:  6cb305a39562360a91e382c50a58e9fc@sale.craigslist.org

 

I have no personal interest or stake in the eventual sale of this 1958 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser four door hardtop.

Note:  An ultimate in Mid-Century Modern "Dream Car Design" one of the 3,543 four door hardtop Turnpike Cruisers built.  Wild sculpted, chrome-laden styling with wrap around and up over windshield, twin antenna air intakes, retractable rear window, even a rear-mounted, free-standing emblem, myriad power gadgets, these Turnpike Cruisers have it all. 

Edited July 24, 2021 by 58L-Y8
Still available, a year later, same price, July 2021: (see edit history)

[58L-Y8]

More photos:

[Guest]

Mercury at it's garish apex. 

I love it!

[8E45E]

6 hours ago, GregLaR said:

Mercury at it's garish apex. 

I love it!

Pushbutton transmission and all!

 

Craig

[John S.]

On 8/29/2020 at 1:49 PM, GregLaR said:

Mercury at it's garish apex. 

I love it!

Yep, it is cool. 

[Hudsy Wudsy]

There's a whole lot of other colors that I'd rather to see that Turnpike Cruiser in:

 

 

Google Images:

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=610&ei=O7FMX_e4PMTctQa27Z7IAg&q=1958+mercury+turnpike+cruiser&oq=1958+mercury&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQARgCMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADoFCAAQsQM6CAgAELEDEIMBUNoMWPg2YOBTaABwAHgAgAE-iAGeBZIBAjEymAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img#imgrc=cVSwkxgpojN63M

Edited August 31, 2020 by Hudsy Wudsy (see edit history)

[TerryB]

That is the most confusing combination of chrome and stainless trim that I’ve ever seen.  Maybe that’s why I don’t remember too many driving around my neighborhood.

[michel88]

The Turnpike Cruiser that is for sale here, looks much better without the Cruiser skits IMHO.

 

[6T-FinSeeker]

The Seller still has the car and it has been relisted at the same price, $14,600.  Seller's phone #:  814 757 82 eight seven  

 

Link to relisted ad:  https://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/d/russell-rare-1958-mercury-turnpike/7214855381.html

 

 

Edited October 19, 2020 by 6T-FinSeeker (see edit history)

[JACK M]

I always get a kick out of those little antennae on the upper windshield corners.

[6T-FinSeeker]

Still available at same price, $14,600

Call Larry:  814 757 82 eight seven 

 

Link to 4/3 relisted ad: https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/d/russell-rare-mercury/7301594521.html

 

 

 

Edited April 6, 2021 by 6T-FinSeeker
update info (see edit history)

[kingrudy]

Seems like 1958 was the year of, most chrome and heaviest cars of this era. Beautiful car, it would cost a fortune to restore one of these. Very fair price IMO. 

[58L-Y8]

Still available, a year later, same price, July 2021:

rare 1958 mercury turnpike cruiser - cars & trucks - by owner -... (craigslist.org)

Contact:  814) 7-five-7-8-two-8-7
Copy and paste in your email:  a3e747da806137c081f465b17a4046fe@sale.craigslist.org

[supercub]

I think Ken Kesey had his say in the design of this trippy car.

[John_S_in_Penna]

On 3/4/2021 at 10:31 AM, kingrudy said:

Seems like 1958 was the year of, most chrome and heaviest cars of this era.

 

For October 1958, Motor Trend had an article in which

they printed readers' reactions to the 1958 cars:

"Why I Didn't Buy a '58 Detroit Car."  Sales had been very

poor in that recession year.  Reactions were quite critical

of the over-decoration, the promised features that never

materialized, the poor gas economy, the requirement

to use premium gas, the long rear overhangs, the extreme

tailfins and the heavy-looking "bulgy body panels."

"Why should a car look like a plane any more than a 

submarine or a steam locomotive?"

 

The cars weren't heavier per se, but they looked bloated

due to the shape of the sheet metal.

 

Motor Trend wrote, "We think that Detroit could gain much

from a close, and continuing, study of the reasons given here."

 

Comments such as those were heeded.  Lincoln detuned 

their engine the very next year, and even more the year after.

GM and Ford Motor cars for 1961 had much cleaner styling

and were a bit smaller. 

 

Edited July 26, 2021 by John_S_in_Penna (see edit history)

[58L-Y8]

Detroit, lead by Harley Earl and GM Styling, had to test the limits of the postwar optimism with the extravagant design ethic that denoted luxury, i.e. heavy surface sculpting and chrome trim.  Jet aircraft/rocket themes were the current fascination, a way to impart the look of speed and modernity to the latest models.  With over 50 percent of new car sales, GM lead and dominated industry design, everyone else fell in line.   It truly was "the pleasant insanity of innocent excess" except that the general public had a hard time embracing the most extreme examples such as this Turnpike Cruiser.  With the 'changing of the guard' upon Earl's retirement at the end of 1958 and Bill Mitchell's outlook toward clean, tailored styling, the GM cars moved beyond the old Earl ethic.  Credit Virgil Exner and his 1957 'Forward Look" for a shot across the bow that broke the Earl/GM dominance.  Then the 1961 Lincoln Continental was a breath of fresh air after the stale miasma of '50's excess.

[Ed Luddy]

Garish, excessive, road hog, etc. Yes to all of that. But do I ever want to own that car! Turnpike Cruiser was the best named 50's car to match" made in the USA" dominance of the era.