Thread: 1966 Mercury Monterey

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Originally Posted by herbet99

I had to separate the body from the frame because there was some rust issues with the frame that I needed taken care of. I'm sure you mid sixties Galaxie owners can relate.

How is the restoration going? Did the body come off with reinforcement needed?

It's been extremely slow going. The body is back on the frame and I just got the drive train back together last month. It's getting too cold to work on it now. I don't have heat in my shop.

I did weld square tubing between the door openings before I removed the body from the frame.

Thanks for asking. Like I said, it's been slow going. I'm setting up my sewing machine in my basement so I hope to work on the interior seat covers this winter.

Very cool car; you dont see many of these around.

Not the most popular car. They only made a little over 2,000 convertibles in 66

Absolutely a brilliant choice!!! Monterey ,Marquis,Montclair,Meteor,Marauder,Park Lane rare and wonderful cars to fix up. Nobody has them and most people don't even know what they are...

Restoring a Classic is on my bucket list so I love watching these rebuilds.

I'm impressed that you can weld and sew. I'm afraid I'll be sending a lot of work out myself.

That frame looks pretty beefy. Is that just my perception, because it's a convertible, or is that common for that era Mercury? I wonder what the curb weight is.

Sparafucile

It's been quite a while but I finally painted the Mercury. I went with a glare white. Base/clear. I'm planning on a red top and red interior. Paint came out fairly well considering I painted it in a dirty garage with poor lighting. I'm still cutting and buffing.

I've said this every year but I think I may actually get this done by spring.