model year). While not sold as a Mercury, the Lincoln-Mercury division also marketed the first-generation (1957-1959) Ford Ranchero through its Meteor brand in Canada. Discontinuation When the Auto-Pact was signed in 1965, opening the border to tariff-free movement of vehicles produced on both sides of the border, Mercury truck production was split between the Oakville, Ontario, plant and the San Jose, California, plant. This enabled Oakville to ramp up production to supply the eastern US and Canada with Ford trucks. No Mercury trucks were sold in the US. Ford wound down production of the Mercury trucks in the late spring of 1968; documented Mercury trucks have been found built as late as May 15, 1968. Employees of Ford in this time period have reported leftover Mercury M series being converted to Ford trucks. However, no paperwork or confirmation has yet surfaced regarding the final disposition of these, nor of an official end date to production. Following the discontinuation of the Mercury M-series pickup, the M-series tilt-cab version of the C series survived until 1972. After its discontinuation, the next Mercury light truck would be the 1993 Mercury Villager minivan. See also Ford F series Mercury (automobile) Frontenac Meteor Monarch External links MercuryPickup.com http://www.fordification.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35331 M series Ford F-Series Pickup trucks