...ed its plants for months while it worked on a T successor, revealing the [[Ford Model A|Model A]] in 1927. The Model T had sold 15 million, holding the rec ...ng General Motors’ lead in providing a car for each socioeconomic bracket, Ford established Mercury as a mid-priced brand in 1938, but then lent itself to

...s also matched the plusher car’s. Standard and 500 trims through this run; Custom 500 Ranch Wagon introduced for 1968. ...Custom]] | ''Predecessor:'' [[Ford Custom (1964)]] | ''Successor:'' [[Ford Custom (1969–72)]]

..., with gaps between the 1961 and 1963 model years. The earlier models were Ford-based, with Mercury bits; after 1963, they were based on US Mercurys and to *[[Meteor (1964)]]