For Sale: 1956 Mercury Medalist 2dr Sedan, 10K miles, manual shift - $22,000 - Aurora, CO - Not Mine

[58L-Y8]

For Sale: 1956 Mercury Medalist 2dr Sedan, 10K miles, manual shift - $22,000 - Aurora, CO

1956 Mercury Medalist for sale by owner - Aurora, CO - craigslist
Seller's Description:

All Original 1956 Mercury Medalist with 10,000 miles! Vehicle has 312ci V8 engine with all original belts and hoses. Transmission is a 3-speed manual. This is a real classic. Vehicle is in excellent condition and has been garaged its whole life. Great for weekend hot rod shows and car cruises. Has been owned by current owner since 1993. Clean Colorado title. Vehicle has a new battery and new fuel pump. A true time capsule car from days past. See pictures. Must see to believe. Asking $22000 obo. No trades and no scammers please. Call or text.
Contact: Call or Text David (720) 2-eighteen-6-fifty-0
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I have no personal interest or stake in the eventual sale of this 1956 Mercury Medalist 2dr Sedan.
The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1946-1975, edited by John Gunnell states 20,582 1956 Mercury Medalist 2dr Sedans built.

Note: The 1956 Mercury Medalist series was a lowest-priced line added for 1956.  The two-door sedan was base priced at $2,254; or at the Ford dealership add $95 for a 1956 Ford Fairlane V8 4dr Town Victoria hardtop.  The choice was between a stripped-down Mercury or a fancy Ford.  

[Twisted Shifter]

I think the subject '56 Mercury Medalists above had the chrome sweep side trim added at a later date. Factory brochure shows plain-jane 2-door base sedan as the only Medalist for '56.

 

 

 

                                                   (this 2-door is NOT a '55, there was no medalist series in 1955.

            Disregard the yellow Monterey sedan)

 

 

 

 

FYI:  $2254 in 1956 is equal to $26,065 in 2024

 

 

 

 

Full line brochure:

Edited September 5 by Twisted Shifter (see edit history)

[The 55er]

Later in the 1956 model year, Medalists also became available in Phaeton 4-door hardtops, 2-door Sport Coupes and 4-door sedans. Those later ones all had the full front to back lighting bolt side treatment and at that time it was added to the 2-door sedan models as well so this particular Medalist could have been built after mid-year. 

[58L-Y8]

The '56 Mercury Medalist two-door sedan (70C) was introduced first as a stand-alone price-leader model without the sweeping trim which was added during the mid-1956 model year when the four-door sedan (73D), two-door hardtop (64E) and four-door hardtop 'Phaeton" (57D) joined the line-up.  Medalists were priced appropriately $100 less than the next step up the model ladder, the Custom.

 

Note the four-door hardtop 'Phaetons" is missing from the early 1956 brochure posted by Twisted Shifter.  Initially only the low-roofed Sport Sedan carried over from its 1955 Montclair introduction was available but only as a Monterey (58B) and Montclair (58A).  Even with the mid-year introduction, the four-door hardtop 'Phaetons', returned a total 53,091 sales (17.1%), bested the regular four-door sedans at 49,248 sales (15.9%).  Such was the explosive popularity of the new four-door hardtop body style.

Edited September 5 by 58L-Y8
addendum comments (see edit history)

[GARY F]

I dont get the toys in the back seat.

[58L-Y8]

26 minutes ago, GARY F said:

I dont get the toys in the back seat.

They go with the fuzzy dice hanging on the mirror.  At least the grandkids can enjoy the stuffed toys, if they're allowed in the car.