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My current project is a 1966 Mercury Monterey convertible. This is just a hobby for me so I'm creating this thread, in part, to keep myself motivated. So far, the project has been a tremendous amount of work and I'm not nearly as far along as I thought I would be. I'm hoping to complete it by spring of next year. We'll see.
Thanks for looking.
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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.
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It's amazing what you can hide under bondo.
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Wow Herb that's an interesting choice of cars. Would you be restoring to original or what plans do you have? Whats the CID of that power plant?
Yes, I was in Reno NV for Hot August Nights one year and saw a car like this on sale. I liked it but being from VA it was not practical to buy. When I returned to VA I just happened upon a car just like it in my local town. I figured it was fate.. so I bought it.
My plan is mostly original with some very minor updates. I'm shaving the emblems, I'd like to change it from bench to buckets and I will probably update the stereo system. Just looking for a cruiser. It's a 390 FE
Thanks for looking
Looks like the normal rust out areas so common on Ford products of the era! Done a few of the same era cars, usually lots of practice at panel replacement ant frame rail repairs!!!!!
How is the restoration going? Did the body come off with reinforcement needed?Quote:
Originally Posted by herbet99
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.
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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.'Quote:
Originally Posted by herbet99
From what I can see in the pic it looks bloody gorgeous!
Good one you!
Keep chipping away at it.
They're never done, but sometimes they get'close enough'.
What a cool car! You've done a great job on it! It is looking great!
Got the back trim on. Starting to look like a real car again. Not sure how I missed that panel gap but it's too late now.
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Well - you'll never see it from my house! Looks fantastic. I love this vintage of Mercs. I had a close friend with a Marauder with factory dual quads and that thing would pass anything but a gas station.Quote:
Originally Posted by herbet99
Really glad to see you saved this car and that she's coming out such a beauty!
Best,
Glenn