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1958 Mercury Montclair Custom Camera Dolly Car by Bernard Château

1958 Mercury Montclair in Le magazine du rail N°28, Documentary, 1969 Ep. 3

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1958 Mercury Montclair Custom Camera Dolly Car by Bernard Château

Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Comments about this vehicle

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sixcyl ◊ 2022-11-06 22:32	Based on Fairlane 59 I guess. Highly modified for film travellings.
Parapiri ◊ 2022-11-07 06:23	I would guess for commercial applications like that, the Ford Ranchero may have been more possible? I don't know if Rancheros were even exported to European countries in the 50s-60s but I think it may have been a "demand sale" or private export. I put my money on a modified Ranchero.
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2022-11-07 12:03	It might have been converted in the US and then imported new or secondhand.
Animatronixx ◊ 2022-11-07 12:21	Or maybe not - there is a history of European-built camera dolly cars on US chassis: Both examples once were sedans or coupes and while I can't rule out a Ranchero, I also expect this one to be a former Ford sedan.
dsl ◊ 2022-11-07 12:49	If plate is xxxx PU 75 (or PO 75) it's a 1963 registration. Which doesn't really help much. It's an odd choice for a camera car in France, as a Citroen DS with hydraulic suspension would give a constantly level platform for smooth bump-free filming - such as this one. And the BBC were definite Citroen fans
02GRN ◊ 2022-11-07 15:27	Plate is 8760 PJ 75 or either 6760 PJ 75 -- Last edit: 2022-11-07 15:28:48
02GRN ◊ 2022-11-07 15:36	Btw I'd bet it isn't a Ranchero but a '59 Ford (Fairlane?) Sedan. It can be seen, in the 5th and 8th thumbnails, that the car has been literally chopped off after the B-pillar. The roof of the Ranchero ended after the B-pillar, with a bit of slope, while in this case the roof continues a bit after the pillar and the body is cut straight-off
02GRN ◊ 2022-11-07 15:41	Link to "www.afcinema.com" Update: the car is called here a "1958 Mercury", with plate being 9760 PJ 75
02GRN ◊ 2022-11-07 15:48	Another Mercury (not the one here, see the different plates): Btw @dsl, they used indeed a DS!
Animatronixx ◊ 2022-11-07 16:11	Excellent research, 02GRN! I had a feeling there must be more info out there, vaguely remembering that from my research back in 2020 for the 1967 Fleetwood Eldorado I posted above. Now all we need is to know what Mercury sedan (or even hardtop sedan?) this could have been.
Lateef ◊ 2022-11-07 17:09	The little chromed spacers on the hood near the cowl identify a Montclair (the Monterey lacked them and the Park Lane lacked the fender script). 02GRN wrote Another Mercury (not the one here, see the different plates) That one's based on a 1958 Ford Fairlane 500.
02GRN ◊ 2022-11-07 17:23	Lateef wrote The little chromed spacers on the hood near the cowl identify a Montclair (the Monterey lacked them and the Park Lane lacked the fender script). That one's based on a 1958 Ford Fairlane 500. Yes you are right, I took that information rapidly from the webpage above without contrasting it. You are right about the car being a Fairlane. And you are also right about 'our' car being a Montclair as the Medalist also lacked the chromed spacers
Lateef ◊ 2022-11-07 17:48	Right, another thing to note about the Medalist is that it lacked the lower side trim and always had painted headlight bezels (the latter was also present on the Monterey, but chromed bezels could be fitted at extra cost).
Animatronixx ◊ 2022-11-07 18:41	guess who wrote (...) for future reference HERE is an interesting feature about some units built by similar standards. 'Future reference' my ace, if you don't check your own links... Well, yes, as we know by now, Bernard Château built this unit.

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