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Originally Posted by RalphG

Notice the Mercury trucks had one less grille bar than the Fords in an effort to make them a little different. Park lights on fenders instead of in the grille.
Its going to take a lot more than wash and polish to make this M68 look anything like that M47 in your picture. Not a lot of original red left on the hood to polish here.
The cars must have had better paint at least by 52. Mine still has most of the original paint and shines up not bad with rubbing compound.