1975 Mercury Bobcat Villager

Thanks!

That is interesting, that part about the "MPG" being lighter makes sense, I never knew. I knew back then they made some of those Plymouth "Feather Dusters" that were lighter. Its interesting that they made an "MPG"/lighter version out of the higher end "Villager" wagon, but like you said, I distinctly remember that it had a plainer looking interior, but did have some wood-grain accents on the inside, as well as A/C and FM radio. A/C was very common in most cars around here even back then here in the southeast. You don't see many Bobcat Villager wagons, so I wonder how rare the "MPG" version was?

Yeah, I would love to have that Lincoln back myself... not sure what ever happened to it, 1988 (one year after this pic) was about the last time I ever seen it. I am sure it ended up in a salvage yard somewhere and crushed. I would like to find a '72 Continental like this one, but with the "Town Car" option. I think that was the first year for the Town Car option on those, which basically was an upgrade package... by '75, that was the common name added to the 4dr Continental. My dad must have missed it no matter what he said, because right after that, he bought our '76 Town Car. On the other hand my grandparents (who we got the '71 from) ended up with the '76 that we had, then grandpa sold to a lady for $500 on credit in the early 90s. Not sure what ever happened to it. It was yellow with tan velour interior. I learned to drive in that car... two years later, I bought a '78 Town Car, basically the same, but had more open rear wheel-wells and a differently designed instrument panel... the "roller type" speedometer was gone.