Dome of pure Plexiglas provided on Mercury Monterey Sun Valley typifies the advanced styling of Mercury for 1954.
For three years - 1954, 1955, and 1956, Ford produced cars with see-through Plexiglas roofs. No other US auto maker built cars like this at any time.
1954 Ford Crestline Skyliner
1955 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria Skyliner
1956 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria Skyliner
1954 Mercury Monterey Sun Valley
1955 Mercury Montclair Sun Valley
These cars, while never setting any sales records as such, were none the less profitable in their own right, as well as attracting thousands of customers to Ford and Mercury showrooms.
The Ford Fairlane models are probably the most well recognized of the Heavenly Bodies.
In this article, LOVEfords also spotlights the lesser-known models- the Crestline Skyliner and the Mercury Sun Valleys.
Like its Ford counterparts, the Mercury Monterey Sun Valley had a limited number of paint color and interior choices which were carefully selected to harmonize with the bluish-green tinted Plexiglas roof.
