October 4, 2023

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1956 Mercury XM-Turnpike Cruiser going under the hammer on January 14th

1956 Mercury XM-Turnpike Cruiser going under the hammer on January 14th

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Old Cars has been following Tom Maruska’s wonderful restoration get the job done from the starting (see concluded vehicle below). Somebody will individual a piece of inventive automotive history when Mecum Auctions places it up for sale on January 14th in Kissimmee, Florida.

Maruska obtained the prolonged-hidden XM-Turnpike Cruiser in 2017 and shortly started an in depth restoration of the Ghia-bodied strategy automobile, which was included thoroughly in Outdated Automobiles. The XM-Turnpike Cruiser was originally shown with a matching Ford tractor and a trailer designed with a turntable to exhibit the strategy car or truck, but only the vehicle itself has survived.