[{"id": 7758581, "authorName": "Ksauto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ksauto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful car", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1643239874, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7759620, "authorName": "BillyJasper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyjasper/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I haven\u2019t heard of an eight volt battery?", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1643250186, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7759672, "authorName": "dooscoop32", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dooscoop32/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Last year for the Flathead Merc. Too bad.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1643250665, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7759710, "authorName": "KEENEDODGE", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keenedodge/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by KEENEDODGE", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643251008, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7760531, "authorName": "Dreammachines1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dreammachines1/", "bidAmount": 5200, "content": "$5,200 bid placed by Dreammachines1", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643285357, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7760774, "authorName": "Jaguarman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jaguarman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Somebody put an awful lot of love into this beauty and it shows. Early 50's cars just don't attract as much attention as the later 50's cars, and many of the enthusiasts who love '50s metal are gone. Too bad because this car is a dream and should get much more attention than it's getting. Wish I had garage space because this could be a bargain.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1643290964, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7760980, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 6000, "content": "$6,000 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643293499, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7761530, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@BillyJasper Cars with 6v systems can run on an 8v battery with a voltage regulator adjustment. Cars upgraded from 6v to 8v will start easier and the headlights and taillights will be much brighter. Most auto parts stores sell 8v batteries. It's any easy upgrade for a 6v car. This car was also upgraded with a 8v generator and regulator.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1643298683, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7761631, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This Mercury was restored by a local business man in 1995-96. He must have really loved this car. This is a summary he wrote for himself at that time. I also have the detail receipts for most this work and the work I had done also.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1643299656, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7762308, "authorName": "Mercuryman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mercuryman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful Merc.\n\nI have vivid memories of when these cars were new.\n\nMy Father had a 1953 Mercury sedan. It had a Mallory coil that really made that car get up and go. It would do 100mph without blinking an eye.\n\n1953 was the Fiftieth Anniversary of Ford Motor Company so note that this car has the Commemorative emblem above the glove box.\n\nOnly thing I would change on this car would be to mount the fender skirts, which, I think would make this car even more beautiful.\n\n@trd_okc \nGood explanation of the eight volt battery. Sounds like it was done correctly for this car.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1643305680, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7763289, "authorName": "studebkrjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/studebkrjack/", "bidAmount": 8100, "content": "$8,100 bid placed by studebkrjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643311758, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7763744, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 9000, "content": "$9,000 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643313328, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7764137, "authorName": "TrapperFL", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trapperfl/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My Dad had this exact car (only brown). \r\n\r\nI\u2019m guessing that it doesn\u2019t have either power steering or power brakes, but wanted to verify. Also\u2026assume it has drum brakes?\r\n\r\nThanks!", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1643314794, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7764392, "authorName": "Mercuryman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mercuryman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just looked at all the videos.\r\n\r\nI had a job in the service department of a large Lincoln-Mercury dealership in the summer of 1953, so I have vivid memories of these cars when they were brand new.\r\n\r\nThis one looks to be a really nice example.\r\n\r\nThe only thing I notice that I don't think is correct is the \"Monterey\" chrome emblem at the left rear under the trunk lid.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1643315762, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7765452, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@TrapperFL No power steering or power brakes and the brakes are drums.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1643319240, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7765562, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Mercuryman You have sharp eyes. The original dealer emblem was located there but had deteriorated badly. I couldn't find another dealer emblem that matched the holes left in trunk lid. But I did find a Monterey emblem that that did fit the holes when mounted at an angle, leaving one hole that was barely visible. But I thought this was better than filling holes and painting the trunk lid.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1643319679, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7767485, "authorName": "sammyboy989", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sammyboy989/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@TrapperFL Disc brakes did not appear on American production vehicles until 1963.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1643328252, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7767489, "authorName": "Mercuryman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mercuryman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@trd_okc\r\n\r\nI sort of thought it might be something like that.\r\n\r\nI agree, you did the best thing.\r\n\r\nAt the dealership where I worked summers in the 1950s, one of my assignments was to install the metal dealer emblem on new cars. I can remember being very careful when punching the holes for the dealer emblem.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1643328306, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7770452, "authorName": "RangerKaye", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rangerkaye/", "bidAmount": 12500, "content": "$12,500 bid placed by RangerKaye", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643390592, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7775824, "authorName": "Dr.T", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dr.t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love seeing this! Brings back memories, we had a 1953 four door sedan, followed by a1960, before dad switched to Buicks. He saw the light and went back to Mercury for his last car, a 2000 Grand Marquis. \r\nHard to believe someone spent nearly $44K restoring this 26 years ago! Very nice car even 26 years later. GLWTA!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1643423064, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7776882, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Dr.T $46k in 1996 adjusted for inflation would be $83k in 2022!!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1643464105, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7777409, "authorName": "Dr.T", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dr.t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@TRD_OKC\r\nI hope the reserve slightly less than $83K! \ud83d\ude01", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1643470130, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7777818, "authorName": "63impalaboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/63impalaboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Sammyboy989\r\nChrysler used disk brakes on its 1949 Crown Imperial through 53. Not exactly like a modern fixed or floating caliper but disk brakes nonetheless, well ahead of Studebaker.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1643473720, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7778306, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "These are just three of many restoration receipts. The envelopes contain receipts by month.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643477889, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7779790, "authorName": "SunbeamBill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sunbeambill/", "bidAmount": 12750, "content": "$12,750 bid placed by SunbeamBill", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643485678, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7782769, "authorName": "Sgt.Bilko", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sgt.bilko/", "bidAmount": 16500, "content": "$16,500 bid placed by Sgt.Bilko", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643500067, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7782873, "authorName": "SteveTulsa", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/stevetulsa/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I am in Tulsa. Is it possible to come see the car? Thanks.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1643501110, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7782921, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SteveTulsa Sure - click Contact Seller", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1643501834, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7787861, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Contact seller button is located and bottom of the BaT Essentials box top of listing.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643576003, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7792829, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Please ask any questions that you may have. If you would like to inspect the car just click he Contact Seller button and send me an email.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643651629, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7799846, "authorName": "118ev", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/118ev/", "bidAmount": 16750, "content": "$16,750 bid placed by 118ev", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643724383, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7804388, "authorName": "LeoQ", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/leoq/", "bidAmount": 17000, "content": "$17,000 bid placed by LeoQ", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643751662, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7804490, "authorName": "118ev", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/118ev/", "bidAmount": 17250, "content": "$17,250 bid placed by 118ev", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643752036, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7806575, "authorName": "jim_rosenthal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jim_rosenthal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This car is identical to the one we had in NYC when I was a small child. Same color, same interior, engine, three-in-the-tree shift. Odds are good that our very similar car was the first automobile I ever threw up in, since as I recall all of us were prone to getting carsick. This may have had something to do with my father's driving, which was somewhat combative.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643761013, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7806744, "authorName": "Sgt.Bilko", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sgt.bilko/", "bidAmount": 18575, "content": "$18,575 bid placed by Sgt.Bilko", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643763085, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7806900, "authorName": "Mercuryman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mercuryman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jim_rosenthal\r\n\r\nSo glad that your parent\u2019s 1953 Mercury had the vinyl interior, which, if I\u2019m remembering correctly, was a new feature for the 1953 Mercurys.\r\n\r\nWith the way some drivers are today, your father would most likely have become super combative.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643764812, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7808710, "authorName": "RalphieBoy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ralphieboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I don't see it mentioned anywhere, but the original generator seems to have been swapped out for a Powermaster single wire 6V alternator.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643813861, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7808940, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 18825, "content": "$18,825 bid placed by mikebutts", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643816288, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7809204, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Mercuryman Fender skirts have not been on car for years. When I got the car they were in the condition shown here which is their present condition.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643818700, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7809254, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@RalphieBoy Powermaster 8V generator works with 8V battery.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643819162, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7809273, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Owner\u2019s manual", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643819315, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7809300, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Correction: Alternator", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643819595, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7809324, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Original manual on eBay if you\u2019re interested.\n1953 MERCURY OWNER'S MANUAL / OWNER'S GUIDE / ORIGINAL\nhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/203709200090", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643820153, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7810512, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Pictures of the Merc in my car collection building, original owner's manual (that I forgot about) and underside of car.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643828711, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7810535, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643828787, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7810745, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Auction ends in about 3 hours. I'm here to answer any of your questions about this beautiful well restored and maintained Mercury Monterey.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1643829670, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7811253, "authorName": "SunbeamBill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sunbeambill/", "bidAmount": 20000, "content": "$20,000 bid placed by SunbeamBill", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643831313, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7811433, "authorName": "johnireland", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnireland/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Caught me off guard...what a flashback. This is exactly like my very first car. In every detail. I got it on my 16th birthday...the right of passage for any young teen growing up in southern California. It wasn't the fastest car in school...far from it...but the girls loved\r\nthose seats and I was happy to just cruise along and let the Merc-o-matic do the shifting while I kept my right arm around her. I flipped the back half of the rear springs to give it a slight rake, took off the air cleaner to give the engine a little better noise. and left the hub caps in the garage to make the wheels a little more sporty. The last year of the flathead V8s, car designs in the 50s changed quickly after that. Great seeing a car like this again. It will look great with a mid-century modern house. Palm Springs?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643831900, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7812290, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 20250, "content": "$20,250 bid placed by mikebutts", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643835055, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813480, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 21000, "content": "$21,000 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643838528, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813599, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 21250, "content": "$21,250 bid placed by mikebutts", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839031, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813621, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Winner is getting a beautiful car. It wins its class at most car shows.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643839127, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813644, "authorName": "Flight19", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/flight19/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I like these so much more than the GM models from the same era.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643839239, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813653, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 21750, "content": "$21,750 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839273, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813654, "authorName": "mrhemi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrhemi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful automobile, way way under restoration cost", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643839282, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813681, "authorName": "mrhemi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrhemi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Rear styling tail lights bumper, extraordinary stylish look, no car this these days have that kind of style", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839390, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813684, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mrhemi Amen to that", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643839399, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813701, "authorName": "mrhemi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrhemi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This car would look right at home in any Museum", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643839452, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813706, "authorName": "Jeepguy2021", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeepguy2021/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A well kept gem.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1643839461, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813718, "authorName": "48flyboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/48flyboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Last year of the flathead.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643839528, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813727, "authorName": "Ksauto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ksauto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jeepguy2021 2nd that! Very nice car!!! Someones going to get a great car!!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643839546, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813741, "authorName": "mrhemi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrhemi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "There are still plenty of Mercury lovers around, surprised that we are not way higher on this beautiful unique automobile", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643839590, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813756, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Mercuryman where art thou?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643839648, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813759, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 22000, "content": "$22,000 bid placed by mikebutts", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839651, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813762, "authorName": "mrhemi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrhemi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Many paint jobs these days cost $10,000", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643839660, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813764, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 22500, "content": "$22,500 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839666, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813772, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 22750, "content": "$22,750 bid placed by mikebutts", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839682, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813783, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 23000, "content": "$23,000 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839734, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813787, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 23750, "content": "$23,750 bid placed by mikebutts", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839756, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813791, "authorName": "mrhemi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrhemi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Last time I seen one this nice I was just a small little boy, and that was a long long long time ago", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1643839761, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813794, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 24000, "content": "$24,000 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839771, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813802, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 24250, "content": "$24,250 bid placed by mikebutts", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839801, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813805, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 25000, "content": "$25,000 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839814, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813821, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 25250, "content": "$25,250 bid placed by mikebutts", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839858, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813828, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 25500, "content": "$25,500 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839869, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813834, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 25750, "content": "$25,750 bid placed by mikebutts", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839887, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813842, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 26000, "content": "$26,000 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839901, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813845, "authorName": "68sschevelle", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/68sschevelle/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice and smooth 100% U.S. steal", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643839908, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813844, "authorName": "mrhemi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrhemi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You couldn't ask for nicer colors, classic 50s colors.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643839926, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813853, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 26250, "content": "$26,250 bid placed by mikebutts", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839927, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813857, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 26500, "content": "$26,500 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839945, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813869, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 26750, "content": "$26,750 bid placed by mikebutts", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643839989, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813874, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 27000, "content": "$27,000 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643840001, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813878, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 27250, "content": "$27,250 bid placed by mikebutts", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643840028, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813883, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 28000, "content": "$28,000 bid placed by toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643840044, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7813893, "authorName": "mikebutts", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikebutts/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Enjoy!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643840060, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813905, "authorName": "68sschevelle", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/68sschevelle/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Classic battle one smooth original", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643840085, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813910, "authorName": "mrhemi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrhemi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Body panels look as straight as a die they look perfect", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643840111, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813917, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks! Look nice next to my 55 c300", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643840154, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813926, "authorName": "toadstool", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/toadstool/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 2/2/22 for $28,000 to toadstool", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643840164, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 7813946, "authorName": "johnireland", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnireland/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great buy. Thrilled to see it going to a new home.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643840253, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813960, "authorName": "upinthetrees", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/upinthetrees/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful Mercury. Nice buy.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643840303, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813966, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Call the police this one was stolen congratulations to the winner.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1643840336, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813978, "authorName": "Ksauto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ksauto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@toadstool congratulations! Beautiful car!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1643840381, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813940, "authorName": "mrhemi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrhemi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Back in 2006 this car would cost probably $65,000\n\n\ud83d\ude14", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1643840402, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7813955, "authorName": "mrhemi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrhemi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm voting this one as the buy of the month for February...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643840455, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7814423, "authorName": "Mercuryman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mercuryman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@trd_okc\r\n\r\nThere was a time when I would have been bidding.\r\n\r\nBut, I have reached the age and stage where a/c is a necessity, most especially in Houston, TX.\r\n\r\nThis was a beautiful example. Congratulations to @toadstool", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1643841731, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7818976, "authorName": "TRD_OKC (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trd_okc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mikebutts Please use Contact Seller button to contact me regarding the car.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643910801, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7819364, "authorName": "Mercuryman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mercuryman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@trd_okc\r\n\r\nThe Contact Seller icon goes away after the auction has ended.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1643913538, "type": "comment"}]