Einar's Mercury Pick-up Truck
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — An Unfinished Life
usmcdad — 19 years ago(September 17, 2006 02:55 PM)
I immensely enjoyed this movie. It was heart warming to see a tough
crusty old fart like Einar moved from hard hearted-ness to love through
the providence of God. Though he lost a son, he gained a family. Morgan
Freeman was superb as usual. Becca Gardner was also excellent.
I wondered about Einar's Mercury pick-up truck. The pickup was
obviously a Ford F-150, but was branded on the sides and tailgate with
"Mercury".
Did Ford market a Mercury pickup truck in the western US at some point?
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narf13 — 19 years ago(September 20, 2006 11:25 AM)
From the goofs page:
Film is set in Wyoming but the truck is a Mercury, which was sold in Canada, not the United States. In the US, it was sold as a Ford.
http://www.imdb.com/board/10350261/goofsI am not staying here. Are you out of your mind? -
spindlesister — 19 years ago(October 05, 2006 06:15 PM)
regarding this being considered a goof. wasn't there a part in the movie where he was trying to fix the truck and muttered something about damn imports? so I took it as it was suppose to be what it was.
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BlackIrish — 19 years ago(September 29, 2006 06:32 PM)
The best explanation I have seen is offered at www.mercurypickup.com
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neo71665 — 12 years ago(December 10, 2013 06:36 AM)
They are rare in the US but are down here. My grandpa had one when I was little down here in Arkansas. The m100 was simply a rebadged f100. About the only thing merc left on my grandpas was the cab and it finally rusted out like the rest.