This car will be featured in the next part of my story, Clarence Coyote and Project Courier.
This Mercury was a 3 year old car at the time. Skip Raccoon frequently has use of this car. And though it belongs Daddy, it is a very powerful car that Skip enjoys driving when Daddy Raccoon lets Skip have the keys for evening. https://www.google.com/search?q=1957+mercury+montclair&...
Skip Raccoon had graduated high school in class of 1960 that year, along with others who graduated in 1960 which are: Sophia Raccoon (Skip's girl friend) Danny Otter, Lidia Otter (Danny's girl friend), Biff Pitbull, Sandra Pitbull (Biff's girl friend and graduated class of 1960 in a different county) Gerald Coyote, Cindy Coyote (Married to Gerald and graduated class of 1960 in a different county) Guss Bear, Marsha Bear (Guss' girl friend), Colton Fox Jan Fox (Colton's girl friend) And there are several others not named in this posting who also graduated in class of 1960.
While still in high school, Skip Raccoon was on the high school football team. And typical of a high school jock, Skip doesn't believe in taking any wise crap off of anyone. In fact, while still in school Skip and a few other seniors had at times defended some fellow students from Biff, Richie and Gaston trying to bully them...Skip Raccoon is not scared of Biff, and Skip never did like Biff and that bunch that hangs out with him. Skip is bit wild, and also despises being made a fool of or being called a liar...A good way for any animal to get in a fight with Skip Raccoon is to; Call him a liar. Set him up to look like a fool. And mess with his girl friend, Sophia...Skip will defend Sophia's honor. By the way, though Skip will readily admit when ever he's wrong about something, Skip doesn't like eating his words when it comes to things he has committed to do or not do.
Quite often, Skip and Sophia go out on dates, and whether that '57 Mercury has seen a few "back seat memories"...Who even knows? They would go to places like; The Hop, The Comet Drive-in or The Fort Union Drive-in Theater among other place of their interests. Not long after graduating high school, Skip Raccoon got in on an apprenticeship with a machine shop in Albuquerque. There is a good future with that job, and Skip has saved up quite a bit of money from that job during the summer, in which Skip hopes to buy his own car.
A side note about the 1957 Mercury...Early in the 1957 model year, Mercurys were equipped with single headlights on each side. The 1957 Mercurys made later in that year were equipped with dual headlights...Skip's dad's Mercury is an early year model that had single headlights.
