1951 Mercury

Al Glickman's 1951 Mercury Convertible

Bill Dyne's 1951 Mercury of Burlington, Washington

Bill Wolfe’s 1951 Mercury

Bob Hirohata's 1951 Mercury

Bob and Dick Polhamus' 1951 Mercury Convertible, of Palo Alto, California was restyled by Bailon's Custom Shop.

Dave Bugarin's 1951 Mercury

Don Tubbs' 1951 Mercury coupe of Glendale, California. Don was a member of the Glendale Esquires car club. In 1954 his mildly customized Mercury received a Metallic Maroon paint job by Johnny Hagan at Hagan's Body Shop.

Fred Rowe's 1951 Mercury Convertible, of Los Angeles, California was restyled by Barris Kustoms. The build was completed in 1953. A second version of the Merc, restyled in 1954, was featured in the movie Running Wild along with Bob Hirohata's 1951 Mercury.

Henry Dominguez's 1951 Mercury of Indio, California. Henry bought the Merc around 1952. Around 1954, he brought it to the Ayala shop to have it customized. The inspiration for the build came from Bob Hirohata's 1951 Mercury.

Jack Walker's 1951 Mercury of Belton, Missouri. In the 1980s Jack decided to build a clone of the then lost Hirohata Merc. The build was started in 1983, and completed in 1985. It made it's debut at the 1985 Leadsled Spectacular in Springfield, Ohio.

Jack White's 1951 Mercury

Jesse James' 1951 Mercury

Jim Musil's 1951 Mercury Convertible

Mandy Holder's 1951 Mercury

Noal Johnston's 1951 Mercury of Ogden, Utah. Noal was a member of the Stags of Ogden car club. The Merc was restyled in 1957.

Phil Hernandez' 1951 Mercury four-door

Philip Sauers' 1951 Mercury - Sashta, of San Diego, California was restyled by Dean Jeffries, and striped by Von Dutch. It was finished on december 24th 1954.

Picho Portillo's 1951 Mercury

Rod Powell's 1951 Mercury - Merc on the Wild Side

Ron Dragoo's 1951 Mercury coupe of Long Beach, California was restyled around 1955.

Ron Volpes' 1951 Mercury

Roy Hewitt's 1951 Mercury of Cadillac, Michigan. Restyled back in 1956-57, the car featured handmade bubble skirts by Roy.

Terry Hegman's 1951 Mercury

Ulf Christiansson's 1951 Mercury of Sweden. Known as "Lucille," Ulf bought the Merc in 1990, while he was working at Winfield's Custom Shop in Canoga Park, California. He started the build there before moving back to Sweden in the fall of 1990. In 1993 he chopped the top on the car and covered it in thin primer before moving back to California, bringing it along.

Vic Sorina's 1951 Mercury of the Bay Area, California.

Wayne Badger's 1951 Mercury

Richard Rini's 1951 Mercury of Chandler, Arizona. Rini bought the car from Jamie Hall of Angola, Indiana in June of 2020. It was redone in its current state in the 1980s, but photos of the car from the 1970s or the early 1980s exsists.

Daniel "J:son" Johansson's 1951 Mercury of Habo, Sweden. J:son runs Old Iron Kustoms with Christian Carlsson. He chopped the top on the Merc around 2000 and drove it around in primer for about 15 years until he decided to upgrade it was an interior and paint job. The rebuild was completed in 2017.

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1949 - 1951 Mercurys are popular cars to customize. The most notable change on the 1951 Mercury is the one-piece rear window replacing the smaller 3 piece window used in 1949 and 1950. For 1951, the Mercury also came with a new grille that was integrated with the directional signals. New vertical taillights replaced the horizontal type found on 1959 and 1950 Mercurys. New trim on the rear quarter panels made the wraparound bumper appear to extend even further around the sides than before.

How much is a 1951 Mercury worth?

According to Conceptcarz.com, the median sales price for a 1951 Mercury in 2019 was US $46,871. In March of 2020 the median sales price had grown to US $ 52,640. Conceptcarz.com's valuation relies on auction data, and it is one of the largest collections of auction value with over 421,800 values compiled from all over the world.^[1] Click here for more information and examples.