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1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria

Mercury's passenger-car quarter-panels and taillights for 1955 and '56 differ radically from Ford's. Instead of designing an entirely different quarter-panel and taillight for its limited-production wagon models, Mercury simply used the Ford's flanks and distinguished them with these taillights.
Bud Wolfe's '56 Ford Fairlane Victoria - A Tri-Five Of A Different Flavor

Mercury's passenger-car quarter-panels and taillights for 1955 and '56 differ radically from Ford's. Instead of designing an entirely different quarter-panel and taillight for its limited-production wagon models, Mercury simply used the Ford's flanks and distinguished them with these taillights.  View Related Article