tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post3557439125440104559..comments2024-03-28T11:38:44.676-05:00Comments on Phil Are Go!: 1953 Mercury - Long and low?PhilAreGo@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719815455502184849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-82610757844882684922016-06-15T07:06:28.489-05:002016-06-15T07:06:28.489-05:00I remember reading in Thomas Hine's wonderful ...I remember reading in Thomas Hine's wonderful book Populuxe that the designers at a certain auto company referred to the bumper protruberances as "Dagmars." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagmar_(American_actress)Jim D.http://thousanddollarshop.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438559177675541367.post-22549664294900841022016-06-14T07:38:48.852-05:002016-06-14T07:38:48.852-05:00Most likey the car was named after Monterey CA, a ...Most likey the car was named after Monterey CA, a city of west-central California south of San Francisco on the southern end of Monterey Bay, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. Founded as a Spanish mission in 1770, it grew as a colonial capital and fishing port and is now the center of a resort area on the Monterey Peninsula.<br /><br />-Or more probably- from the spanish words "monte" (hill) and "rey" (king):<br />"King of the Hill"<br />(None of the vehicle's websites I perused gave any reason for that particular naming...)<br /><br />Mr. FancyIOwnedA71MontereyPants_2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com