Named “Mercury,” after the winged-heeled messenger ... on professional racing engines as well as on some types of hot rods. I must by all means interject somewhere in this article at least ...

Bill Stroppe was associated with Mercury’s CHP cars in 1958 ... A five-page story in the October 1958 issue of Hot Rod documented part of that testing process, as well as details CHP vehicles ...

Earlier this year, a California seller put up for auction a restored 1949 Mercury hot rod that was used in the 1978 film "Grease." This is the car that Greased Lighting races at the end of the ...