What Year Is Your Ford/Mercury?

Are you wondering what year your Ford truck is or if you would just like to know the differences between the years then look no further! Below will be the changes that Ford has made to their trucks throughout the years. This section is not complete, so if you don't see a specific year then check back or if you have information about it, send it to us.

1901-1930

1931-1940

1941-1950

1951-1955

1956-1960

1948-1960 Ford Trucks

For 1953-60 Fords, the VIN plate is attached to the rear face of the drivers door.

1956 This year the wraparound windshield was introduced to give reduce the blind spots. There was also a wraparound rear window sometimes called "the big back window", I'm not sure if this was an option or not because I know that they made them without the wraparound (If anyone knows more about the big back window please let me know). The grill was also redesigned and the head lights were now recessed. A Ford-O-Matic script was under the hood ordainment if the truck has an automatic transmission.
1956 Ford

1957 The 1957 trucks were totally restyled. The cab was totally redesigned which included, a new dash design, the elimination of running boards and the hood was now the full width of the truck. The new styleside box was introduced which had the sides of the box flush with the cab. The extruding fenders were no more. While they did keep the stepside box which was now called flareside as an option. The styleside box had a steel bed and the flareside kept with a wood bed.
1957 Mercury

1958 This year quad headlights were introduced (Chev also had quad headlights this year). A new mesh tyep grill and new emblems on the side of the hood were also new.
1958 Ford

1959 This year you got to sit of a woven nylon saran upholstered seat with foam rubber padding. To reduce road noise sound deadening material was put in the cabs. The instrument paned and doors now received two tone paint. The diver now got an armrest on the door and the passenger was given a sun visor. Many things were also chromed this year such as, the horn button, grill, headlight bezels and windshield moldings. A custom cab emblem was located on each door. 1959 was also the first year Ford built a 4x4 pickup from the factory, not counting their contribution to WWII (GPW) all Ford 4x4's were a Marmon-Herrington conversion prior to 1959.
1959 Ford

1960 The hood got a new shape and a new ornament on the side. Yet again the grill was redesigned to incorporate quad headlight bezels. The door latches were improved along with the door seals, armrest, wiring harness and the fuse box.
1960 Mercury

1901-1930 1931-1940 1941-1950 1951-1955 1956-1960



For 1953-60 Fords, the VIN plate is attached to the rear face of the drivers door.
1956 This year the wraparound windshield was introduced to give reduce the blind spots. There was also a wraparound rear window sometimes called "the big back window", I'm not sure if this was an option or not because I know that they made them without the wraparound (If anyone knows more about the big back window please let me know). The grill was also redesigned and the head lights were now recessed. A Ford-O-Matic script was under the hood ordainment if the truck has an automatic transmission.	1956 Ford
1957 The 1957 trucks were totally restyled. The cab was totally redesigned which included, a new dash design, the elimination of running boards and the hood was now the full width of the truck. The new styleside box was introduced which had the sides of the box flush with the cab. The extruding fenders were no more. While they did keep the stepside box which was now called flareside as an option. The styleside box had a steel bed and the flareside kept with a wood bed.	1957 Mercury
1958 This year quad headlights were introduced (Chev also had quad headlights this year). A new mesh tyep grill and new emblems on the side of the hood were also new.	1958 Ford
1959 This year you got to sit of a woven nylon saran upholstered seat with foam rubber padding. To reduce road noise sound deadening material was put in the cabs. The instrument paned and doors now received two tone paint. The diver now got an armrest on the door and the passenger was given a sun visor. Many things were also chromed this year such as, the horn button, grill, headlight bezels and windshield moldings. A custom cab emblem was located on each door. 1959 was also the first year Ford built a 4x4 pickup from the factory, not counting their contribution to WWII (GPW) all Ford 4x4's were a Marmon-Herrington conversion prior to 1959.	1959 Ford
1960 The hood got a new shape and a new ornament on the side. Yet again the grill was redesigned to incorporate quad headlight bezels. The door latches were improved along with the door seals, armrest, wiring harness and the fuse box.	1960 Mercury