Land Yacht - Mercury Colony Park

[Boink]

Grand Marquis.
The Dukakis bumper-sticker might be more valuable than the car! I'm guessing maybe the late 1970s?

 

[JHaydon]

I'm going with mid-to-late '80s. My '88 Crown Vic was the same body style (sans the roof rack, woodgrain stickers, and rear-facing "way back" seat). The tacked-on-yet-factory 3rd brake light should narrow it down even further for some history buff.

 

[Boink]

Aha! So maybe the Dukakis bumper-sticker sort of fits.

 

[NutmegCT]

I'm thinking ... 1986 Mercury Colony Park (with third brake light).

(1989 model)

1989 Mercury Colony Park Station Wagon | W138 | Glendale 2022 | Mecum Auctions

1989 Mercury Colony Park Station Wagon presented as Lot W138 at Glendale, AZ

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(1986 model) > Two Classic Station Wagons For Sale <

 

[JHaydon]

Totally hijacking this thread now... the subject of period-correct stickers (and other accessories) has been on my mind lately.

I don't believe that stickers "must" be of the exact same year as the car, as long as they don't predate the car or are of a totally different era. For example, a 1939 domestic car could reasonably have a rationing sticker on the windshield, since it would have been someone's car during the war years. OTOH, a 1948 certainly shouldn't, since it wasn't even built until well after the treaties were signed.

By my logic, if that wagon is indeed a 1986, the Dukakis sticker would be period-correct. If it's a 1990, then it's just silly.

But would it be silly for a 1954 LBC to have a badge from Queen Elizabeth's coronation? The badge would have been to signify that you experienced it, not to advertise that it was upcoming. "I was there 2 years ago" -- a bit like a sticker from a trip to the Grand Canyon in 2019. Reasonable?

 

[Boink]

Was sort of thinking the same thing (about the sticker).

 

[maynard]

Maybe the sticker is covering a rust hole.

 

[Pat MM]

It’s made of mercury, it can’t rust!