Sold: Mike Ebeling's cars #2: 1939 Ford Lincoln Mercury, UK

[Hanno Spoelstra]

As you may have read, Mike Ebeling has passed away recently. He restored and owned quite a number of vehicles, two of which remain. As Mike has always been a fan of Canadian vehicles, I've offered his son Mark to advertise them on MLU Forum.

Mark is open to offers. If you are seriously interested, please contact Mark by email. Please let him know you saw it here.

Here's the second Ford. It has a remakable history and some well known previous owners:


1939 Ford Lincoln Mercury

V8, 3917cc

In 1939 the Ford Motor Company started the ‘Mercury’ range of cars to fill the gap between Ford and Lincoln. This is one of the first of these new cars fitted with a 3.9 litre V8 engine capable of 90 mph. It was bought by Sir Malcolm Campbell as a four door saloon. He commissioned Windovers to modify it for use as a personnel carrier to accompany ‘Bluebird’ on world speed record attempts. The seating arrangement was modified to carry six technicians and was designed so that the rear five seats folded flat to form a sleeping area in the rear. Windovers started as carriage makers in the 18th century. They still maintain Her Majesty’s coaches and carriages at Windsor.

Unfortunately, war intervened by the time Windovers had completed the new coachwork. When completed, Sir Malcolm Campbell used the car and had it modified for war use. However, in 1941 he met George Formby at a war time charity event at the Royal Albert Hall. George was on the eve of an entertainment tour of the Desert Troops and bought the car from Sir Malcolm as an ideal car for desert conditions.

See the attached file for a more detailed description of its origin, war history and list of previous owners:

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