Thread: 1966 Mercury Monterey

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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.

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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.

Originally Posted by herbet99

It's been quite a while.

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

Someone far wiser than I once said: 'If you're building a car with a budget and a time frame, double them both and you may be close.'

From what I can see in the pic it looks bloody gorgeous!
Good one you!