Model 58C - Medalist 4-Door Sedan
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Most basic of Mercury's offering for 1958 was the Medalist. This low-end model was dropped from the 1957 line-up but is understood to have been hurridly reintroduced for 1958 in anticpation the looming recession's effect on car buyers.
Specs include:
- Total Medalist production - 62,312 cars
- Curb weight: 3964 lb
- Length: 213.2 in
- Width: 81.0 in
- Height: 56.6 in
- Wheelbase: 122 in
- Engine: 383ci V8, 235hp (4600rpm) 325lbft (2600rpm)
- Fuel: 2-barrel downdraught carburettor
- Transmission: 3-speed manual (Touch-O-Matic Overdrive or Merc-O-Matic* available at extra cost)
* Unlike other models which used the keyboard-control, the Merc-O-Matic in the Medalist used a conventional column-shift lever.
Standard features:
- Super-Safe self-adjusting brakes
- Quadri-Beam headlamps
- Dual Horns
- Single sun visor
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