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i would pay top dollar for that car

I would pay 5 million for this car.

I would pay 10 mil for that car.

Just amazing and so futuristic even in the 21st century. So cool !

Which motor did this car have ???

240p hahaha

What's the word???Thunderbird. What's the price??? Fifty twice!

When I was only like 4 years old, we had a 57. Not with the glass roof though. I didn’t know that existed. But I remember ours. Red with white trim and fender skirts.

This set up could still draw a crowd today. Put the average SUV on a trailer like this and who would care.

Are the twin props independent and help to steer? Very cool, Tom!

How is the land braking-system and engine exhaust-system isolated from the water?

Cool! That is one vehicle I would love to see in person.

Awesome job but where are the BEFORE photos and story about how you obtained it??? /230928

1954 Mercury XM-800 concept car Tom Maruska restored and auctioned in 2010 The 1954 Mercury XM-800 was a concept car that debuted at the 1954 Detroit Auto Show. It was designed by John Najjar and Elwood Engle in 1952. The XM-800 was based on the Mercury Monterey chassis and had fiberglass body panels. It was pearlescent white with a copper-colored roof. The XM-800 was a full-size two-door hardtop. It was often referred to as a "Dream Machine" because it was built to test new ideas. The XM-800 was designed in the Mercury Pre-Production Studio. It was once owned by Joe Bortz.

1954 Mercury XM-800 concept car Tom Maruska restored and auctioned in 2010 The 1954 Mercury XM-800 was a concept car that debuted at the 1954 Detroit Auto Show. It was designed by John Najjar and Elwood Engle in 1952. The XM-800 was based on the Mercury Monterey chassis and had fiberglass body panels. It was pearlescent white with a copper-colored roof. The XM-800 was a full-size two-door hardtop. It was often referred to as a "Dream Machine" because it was built to test new ideas. The XM-800 was designed in the Mercury Pre-Production Studio. It was once owned by Joe Bortz. /230928

About the only thing that needs improving is that the trunk lid opening should be larger. The interior is a work of art. The split bench seats were what eventually used in later model Fords and Mercurys. Mercury had some of the best if not THEE best concept cars. And who was the clueless imp that said Mercury was irrelevant?

That’s got to be worth mega bucks!

CHRISTINE 2. GOOD LORD, WHO WAS DUMB ENOUGH TO LET THAT CAR GET LIKE THAT?

One of my favorite show cars ever! As a result, I owned two 1959 Mercurys ( used not new). The rocket tube and rear light were quite similar to your car.

MASTERPIECE 👌

Weird..they try to make them look like jet airplanes...why..they're automobile s...they don't fly...wonder what the designers were smoking 🚬

My opinion is its gaudy and tacky...over the top...no smooth aerodynamic lines...the interior blinds me...too many contradictory angles... the 63 T - BIRD ITALIANA...smooooth..!!

Never liked the square tops on the 63...but this is down right gorgeous..ford could of sold more birds...I truly love this car..if I win a big lottery...believe me I'm coming to get this...I saw it barrette-jackson go for 425,000..I'll offer a million for it

“Crazy ‘bout a Mercury”. Even the music is perfect for your video. Literally unique…one of a kind…it really seems a shame Mercury didn’t start building and selling these Turnpike Cruisers. I’m thinking this one wears the two colors extremely well. Born in 1949 and raised in the center of California, I grew up with a soft spot in my heart for Mercurys. This could have been their “Crown Jewel”.

no better example of true american auotomotive craftmanship

...THATS how a restoration is done right.

𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕕 𝔽𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒,𝕄𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕪 ℤ𝕖𝕡𝕙𝕪𝕣,𝕃𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕟 𝔽𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒

This video SUCKS it is so shaky cant you hold the camera right

How did find the car or did you just build it from scratch is what I’m assuming. I’m in the process of restoring the 55 Futura but was able to get the mold to work off. Awesome build Tom

so high quality video

I absolutely love this car. I think it's great that somebody was using it as a daily driver at one point. If I owned this car that's exactly what I would do. Drive it.

It was so far gone. 99.99% of the people out there would never take on this ,even with the skills required. Well done !!!!!

radical looking car

I LOVE THIS CAR!!!!!

My grandpop worked on the design of this car. He was an Advanced Stylist for Ford Mercury Company back in 55, 56, 57. My grandpops name was Thomas J. Heigh and he worked under Alex Tremulis and George Walker at Ford Mercury. My grandpops job was to design future cars in their Advanced Styling Division. He was also WWll combat veteran in the 69th Infantry Division Engineers Battalion and was a SPEC 5 Engineer and he and the famous pop artist Roy Lichtenstein worked side by side on maps and construction drawings for bridges to move troops through 1944. They helped break the Seigfreid Line and later in 1945 were located in Leipzig, Germany as the 69th occupied Leipzig. He went onto be the design director for several companies in his career. He made it to 94 years old and passed away in 2017.

Literally one of the coolest cars to ever exist

Thanks for this great look at a such an icon of a concept car. I just saw this car 1st hand at Mecum FL & looks even better in person.

There is youtube video showing the NASCAR version of these cars running on the sand at Daytona. Also shown is a more radical 1956 Mercury made just for the speed runs. It had a single seat, cockpit canopy & tail section like the Indy cars of the era.

So cool. My grandfather so appreciated your work with the XM-800. Neat to see you keep going!!!

Wondering if whoever owns the `54 Mercury concept car recently restored will bid on this? It would make a stunning pair to own!! I can see this bringing $600K-$700K at least.

Tom, I hope it brings the price that reflects the incredible job you did, bringing it back to life.

Probably the only time anyone has ever seen a priceless concept car driven on a snow covered road. Nice trick getting out, Tom! Safe travels and good luck in Kissimmee!

Wow thanks that's awesome 👍

Great video!!

Good Luck. Hope it goes to the right home for a pile of money.

Awesome, Tom! Good luck

Nice restoration, but calling fiberglass plastic is quite a stretch, it's glass fiber and epoxy. It is easily replaced with hemp at a much cheaper cost. Kind of like that truck in the Cheech and Chong movie, fiber-weed. they weren't too far off the mark! But Hemp saves tons if energy, it's not manufactured under intense heat, it just grows for you.

Just discovered this car in an instagram posting all restored. Not criticizing, but just kind of amazed such a special car would make its way into private ownership and not be pampered in some car museum after it had had its days in the car show sun. So glad it wasn't lost forever,

Kind of shocked this wasn't in some car museum from birth.... What an amazing restoration..