1951 Mercury Statistics and Identification

ModelBody Style CodePriceWeightProduction
Sport Coupe72B$1,9473,485Combined production 142,166
Monterey72C$2,3143,485
Sport Sedan74$2,1893,550157,648
Convertible76$2,3803,7606,759
Station Wagon79$2,5303,8003,812

Assembly Plant Names and VIN Code

ME = Metuchen, New Jersey          DA = Dearborn, Michigan

LA = Los Angeles, California          SL = St. Louis, Missouri

Paint Color Identification
01Black
03Banning Blue Metallic
05Luxor Maroon Metallic
07Mission Gray
09Tomah Ivory
11Everglade Green
13Sheffield Green
15Kerry Blue Metallic
15CAcademy Blue
17Coventry Green Gray
19Vassar Yellow
202Monterey Red*
203Turquoise Blue*
204Brewster Green*
204AYosemite Green Metallic*
* for Mercury Monterey only
Two-Tone Paint Combinations

The first color is upper, the second color is lower.

30Black and Tomah Ivory
31Tomah Ivory and Sheffield Green
32Sheffield Green and Tomah Ivory
33Coventry Green Gray and Everglade Green
34Everglade Green and Coventry Green Gray
37Sheffield Green and Coventry Green Gray
38Coventry Green Gray and Sheffield Green
39Mission Gray and Banning Blue
40Banning Blue and Mission Gray