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OWNED BY DREW LEGER
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PHOTOS BY BRIAN FORDYCE,
KAIT VAN DOORN, AMANDA HUSTON,
AND DREW LEGER
WRITTEN BY RICK LOXTON
MODELED BY CONNIE STEVENSON OF
WWW.MISSUNDERSTOOD.CA
hen you hear the name
‘Mercury,’ what comes to mind?
A ’49 – ’51 lead sled? How
Wabout the lithe, yet luxurious
Cougars of the late ‘60’s? Maybe your
grandfather’s white ’07 Grand Marquis
with gold trim and a padded roof?
What you probably did NOT think of
was a pickup truck. Ford of Canada
did indeed sell rebadged Ford pickup
trucks under the Mercury nameplate
from 1946 through 1968 as a way to
increase availability through the Mercury
dealership network.
Drew Leger of Lumby, British
Columbia picked up his ’47 half-ton
variant of the marque off kijiji (kind of
like Craigslist for Canadians) about four
years ago. It was fairly complete, but
missing the hood. It was built to be a
daily driver and it has been that and
then some, taking several trips all over
Canada and knocking down a steady 30
MPG the whole time.
One of the fi rst things Drew did was
ditch the stock frame and drivetrain and
substitute one from a ‘92 Dodge Ð ton
2wd, including the fi rst-gen Cummins
12V and 5 speed. With only 330,000 km
on the clock, there’s plenty of life left on
the old oil-burner.
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