A 1959 Mercury Commuter made by Brooklin. It's not a favorite of mine, but I plan to use it in my 1/43 scale McDonald's diorama. The wagon will fit it with diorama quite well.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i34/STUTZ64/PICT2661.jpg

Nice STUTZ!

THose white walled wheels really set the car off and look good with the cars red color. The car also sports a radio antenna and a hood ornament which is something you don't see on diecast very often.

I like it, and NICE pic!

Some bright work in the appropriate places would make it jump. Then it might be one of your fav's :thumbsup: Diggin the "Porters" myself. I can see Jr. in the back pickin' on sis. Mom in the front passenger's seat turned around smackin Jr. Tellin 'em both to "behave or we'll turn this boat around and go back home for a clean-up day." Dad's drivin' oblivious to the whole thing. He just wants a cheeseburger, fries and a Coke. :p :rolleyes: Those were the days. Hey! Why not an old witches hat Hardees???? Then Dad could get himself a Huskee! Mmmmmmmmm Huskeeeee :p One of the best of what the '60's was all about.

Some bright work in the appropriate places would make it jump. Then it might be one of your fav's :thumbsup: Diggin the "Porters" myself. I can see Jr. in the back pickin' on sis. Mom in the front passenger's seat turned around smackin Jr. Tellin 'em both to "behave or we'll turn this boat around and go back home for a clean-up day." Dad's drivin' oblivious to the whole thing. He just wants a cheeseburger, fries and a Coke. :p :rolleyes: Those were the days. Hey! Why not an old witches hat Hardees???? Then Dad could get himself a Huskee! Mmmmmmmmm Huskeeeee :p One of the best of what the '60's was all about.

This isn't one of my favorites by any means ClearHooter, but I was planning to use it in a Drive-in diorama. Now that I bought the McDonald's building, I think it would be a good choice. Muscle Cars would rule in the diorama, or maybe just late 50's cars with some early 60's cars.

Nice STUTZ!

THose white walled wheels really set the car off and look good with the cars red color. The car also sports a radio antenna and a hood ornament which is something you don't see on diecast very often.

I like it, and NICE pic!

The hood ornament, mirror, and antenna (are diecast too) add to the detail.......but they are so easy to lose.

By '69 many of the '50's cars were in the junk yard. Back then cars were traded in about every 2 - 5 years for a newer model. I recall The Burger Boy and Harvest in Marion, NC where I went to high school would be an exception. Living in 1967 Marion was more like 1957. Friday night we'd set up grudge matches for Saturday out on Dysartville Stretch. Small town week ends.

The lenght of time for car payments was usually 36 months in the 50's and the 60's too. Now it's common to be 60 or 72 months long.

I like that one a lot. It reminds me of the late 50s 2-door Mercury Voyager daily driver I saw on a back street in Reno in '99. It was like a Mercury "Nomad" - a 2-dr hardtop station wagon.

I'd never seen one before; I later found out it was extrememly rare, only something like 2300 or so made, I think. It was just cool because it was so unusual. It would make an interesting 1/43 model, too.

(Anyway, at least the Commuter is more tasteful than those bizarre Turnpike Cruisers. They are over the top!)

(Anyway, at least the Commuter is more tasteful than those bizarre Turnpike Cruisers. They are over the top!)

Brooklin made a 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser BluntFronts. I don't know where I put mine. I didn't think it was a bad car.

Brooklin made a 1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser BluntFronts. I don't know where I put mine. I didn't think it was a bad car.

I didn't mean to imply that Turnpike Cruisers were bad cars. Actually, the 1/1s are fairly valuable these days. Plus I think it's got one of the coolest names ever given to an automobile. I can't believe the name hasn't been resurrected yet (along with DC's "Adventurer", which I heard almost made it onto the Durango.)

I've read that Turnpike Cruisers are reasonably good cars (for 1957-58), but the designers did go somewhat overboard with the gadgets and a few styling details that may not have always complemented each other well. (Note the duplicate hood ornament on the rear deck...That one still makes me scratch my head in wonderment.)

From what I've read, the TC's nickname soon became the "Gizmobile". I still love 'em though, for all of their awesome excess.

An interesting detail is the pair of combination radio antenna pod/fresh air vents at the upper windshield corners; there's no denying that they look Buck Rogers cool, and apparently they act as an excellent interior washing system if you happen to be driving the TC during a rainstorm!

Here's a shot of the great '56 XM-Turnpike Cruiser Dream Car that started it all:

http://www.stordahl.com/dreamcars/xmturnpike1.jpg

I wish someone would produce it in 1/43 scale, too. Its major styling themes were still going strong in the '59 Commuter in your original post.

Cool....Never seen that one.

I didn't mean to imply that Turnpike Cruisers were bad cars. Actually, the 1/1s are fairly valuable these days. Plus I think it's got one of the coolest names ever given to an automobile. I can't believe the name hasn't been resurrected yet (along with DC's "Adventurer", which I heard almost made it onto the Durango.)

I've read that Turnpike Cruisers are reasonably good cars (for 1957-58), but the designers did go somewhat overboard with the gadgets and a few styling details that may not have always complemented each other well. (Note the duplicate hood ornament on the rear deck...That one still makes me scratch my head in wonderment.)

From what I've read, the TC's nickname soon became the "Gizmobile". I still love 'em though, for all of their awesome excess.

An interesting detail is the pair of combination radio antenna pod/fresh air vents at the upper windshield corners; there's no denying that they look Buck Rogers cool, and apparently they act as an excellent interior washing system if you happen to be driving the TC during a rainstorm!

Here's a shot of the great '56 XM-Turnpike Cruiser Dream Car that started it all:

http://www.stordahl.com/dreamcars/xmturnpike1.jpg

I wish someone would produce it in 1/43 scale, too. Its major styling themes were still going strong in the '59 Commuter in your original post.


Brooklin made them in 1/43 scale. I believe that they are a discontinued model. I have the regular issue, but I can't remember where I put it. It's a bronze color Turnpike Cruiser. I really like it.