1951 Mercury Statistics and Identification
Model Body Style Code Price Weight Production
Sport Coupe 72B $1,947 3,485 Combined production 142,166
Monterey 72C $2,314 3,485
Sport Sedan 74 $2,189 3,550 157,648
Convertible 76 $2,380 3,760 6,759
Station Wagon 79 $2,530 3,800 3,812

 

Assembly Plant Identification
DA Dearborn, Michigan
LA Los Angeles, California
ME Metuchen, New Jersey
SL St. Louis, Missouri

 

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

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

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