Image Courtesty Andrew Hobson/Allen Cornwall
Today’s photo comes courtesy of reader Andrew Hobson and his grandfather Allen Cornwall. It comes from a Ford of Canada promotional postcard. The caption on the back reads as follows:
- The graceful lines of this 1953 Mercury convertible stand
out under the sweeping curve of the Internationally
famous Windsor-Detroit Ambassador Bridge which spans the
world’s busiest waterway. Each year thousands of visitors
to Windsor see the vast manufacturing plants of Ford of
Canada on regularly conducted tours, Monday through
Friday, at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.
Now my question is who are the models? Probably daughters of local Ford executives? Anyone have any stories their Grandma told them about being on a postcard 
Actually, my question is, how come they don’t do tours anymore?? Or do they?
Pretty car, but wouldn’t want to be in one when it rolled…
I don’t know Tristan, you’d have to something pretty dumb to roll that tank.
I wouldn’t want to be in any covertable in roll over……except my Jeep
There’s those “gasometers” in the background on the Detroit side again. When did they go up and come down? Isn’t that where the new bridge plaza is located? Hard to tell from the pic though.
if anyone is interested in this car there is one going up for auction at Barrett-Jackson
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=1584&aid=443&pop=0
JB, looking at the DTE Ariel map, the western one was north of West Jefferson between West Grand Blvd & 24th Street. It seems to be a scrap yard now. The Eastern one was at the north east corner of 24th and West Jefferson. That is an auction house now. There doesn’t seem to be any evidence of them from looking at the current Google Maps satellite view. They were just a block south of the current bridge duty free, gas bar and toll booths.
Again looking at the DTE photos, they were already there in 1949. Still there in 1961. 1967 doesn’t have that area. In 1981, the eastern one is gone without a trace, and the western one is gone, but the scar it left can still be seen.