1953 Ford Lincoln Mercury Custom Monterey! Ford's 50th Year! 49 50 51 52 54 55 on 2040-cars
Beckville, Texas, United States
Body Type:Sedan
Engine:255 Flathead V8
Vehicle Title:Clear
For Sale By:Private Seller
Interior Color: Black and White leather with Blue painted metal
Make: Mercury
Number of Cylinders: 8
Model: Monterey
Trim: 4-Door
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Drive Type: RWD
Mileage: 28,889
Options: Leather Seats
Exterior Color: Blue and White
1953 Ford Lincoln Mercury's 50th Year!
The first thing I want to say is thanks to the ebay community in helping me out here. I've had several people contact me and give me advice and tell me that the original ad was way to long to read through. I've condensed it for ease of reading, but let me know if you need ANYTHING at all, and I'll get the answer to you. Thanks guys!
I've also lowered the reserve price! Hopes of having a baby makes you do things a little differently!
The first thing you will want to do is go to the photo bar above this discription and press play on the first photo. I put a small video that lets you hear the car crank, run and rev up. Then click the arrow on the line bar below to see a complete montage of photos on the car and the extras that come with it. Includes a photo of James Dean's 1953 4-door Sedan that he loved driving around that went up for auction years ago.
I have compiled the information below from two professional hotrod and classic car restorers and builders. Also from a professional body repairman that is certified by all the major insurance agencies. He has done the body work on my Denali and does perfect work.
Isurance: Currently insured with Hagerty Insurance. Rates are a little over $100 per year, according to the requirements in your state.
Value of car: Rated between a #2 and #3 car with Hemmings and Hagerty. $11,100.00
Interior: 9 out of 10. Carpet is spotless. Leather seats are like new. Paint on doors and dash only have a few small specs. New wiring. Original radio, but I have never hooked it up after rewiring. Included perfect Ford Mercury 50th Medallion above glove box. Missing crank on back right window, but including a spare window assembly with crank. You'll have an extra window and seal with that assembly if you ever need them!
Tires: 80% of the tread. Can be flipped to show whitewalls. Great tires.
Exterior: 8 out of 10. Polished, she looks like new as you can see. Have to get close to see two small rust spots, which have been included in photos. One inch rust spot on lower right edge of front left fender. The other is a small bubble spot above back right tire. Both can be easily repaired without painting entire fenders. The only other chips on the car can be touched up with touchup paint when you have the fenders spots painted. Just ask body shop for extra paint and have car professionally buffed. Total repair est. approx. $400 for fenders and $350 for area needing to be rechromed on bumper (if you decide to have the bumper chromed. I personally wouldn't. All windows are in great shape except for a very tiny chip that has been professionally filled in the top right corner of the windshied.
Undercarriage: 10 out of 10. You can see from the photos that they undercoated the entire undercarriage. Of course it's a little dirty because I love driving it! Will clean up extremely nice.
Engine: 10 out of 10. You can easily tell by watching the video and looking at the engine that it is pristine! Simply turn the key, and press the ignition button and it's on! It's the cars original, highly sought after, 1953 Flathead V-8! This is the engine hotrod fanatics drool over. Shifts like a champ! Aproximately 18 miles to the gallon.
Extras: Four original spare hubs, new seatbealts, (this car didn't come with them), and a new clock. CD with all the repair manuals. Owners manual. Lots of memorabilia. Museum drawing of Lucy and Dezi's 53' Mercury in "The Long Long Trailer" and a publicity photo of them in the car. Old magazines from 1953 giving highly detailed reviews of the car, ads, postcards... just a lot of cool stuff. Extra vent window assemly (needed the crank). Total Value: $500+
Reason for selling: I LOVE this car, but only have room for one extra car. My wife said I could keep the car, but I just don't think it's a good idea for me to put one under an open car port, and she won't let me move her bass boat! Yeah, I'm lucky to have a wife that loves to fish. I have always wanted my father in laws 1969 Cougar XR-7 Convertible, which you can see I had on auction last week. It didn't sell and it's as close to the #4 Bond 69' Convertible that I'll ever be able to own! It didn't sell and I made a deal to buy it from him. I am going to buy it and put the money from this one on the car. We are also hoping to have a baby on top of that so I shouldn't buy his Cougar and keep this car.
Bid with confidence! You can see that I recently sold a 1966 Cadillac to Hardluck1978 and it was a quick and easy process. Great car and great buyer. I also have worked hard to maintain my 100% rating. I will answer everything I possibly can about the car to make you feel 100% comfortable with the transaction. I will be selling several of my father in laws cars on here so my reputation is everything!!! I promise you can't have an easier or better transaction than you'll have dealing with me.
Shipping: Please click Ebays shipping option. You can't believe how cheap it is to ship cars now. Hardluck1978 had the Caddy shipped 1170 miles for $540 on USHIP and he said it was great! I think it took three days because the hauler stopped in Nashville to pick up another car.
Deposit: I am asking $500.00 deposit through Paypal. They will not allow 100% payment through paypal and I belive they charge 2.9% for that payment to me. That deposit is non-refundable and will be deducted from the final bid.
Thanks and good luck!!!
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Report: Lincoln getting all of Mercury's ad dollars
Mon, 03 Jan 2011Now that the curtain has closed on Mercury, Ford Motor Company will redirect all of its marketing dollars for the oft-overlooked brand to the Blue Oval's luxury outpost, Lincoln. In speaking to Automotive News, the chairman of the Lincoln National Dealer Council, Bob Tasca, Jr., said, "You'll see a lot stronger presence in the advertising of Lincoln in 2011."
Lincoln spokesperson Christian Bokich reminded AN that the automaker is "preparing the way for seven new or significantly refreshed vehicles" that will be launched over the next four years, and the largest ad blitz in 2011 will focus on the refreshed MKX crossover, as well as the MKZ sedan and its hybrid counterpart. Following that, Lincoln has plans to launch a completely overhauled version of its Navigator SUV, an all-new C-segment vehicle and the overhauled 2013 MKZ, which Tasca says will be "strikingly different from its Ford Fusion sibling."
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Ford Announces Free Brake-Pad Offer If Customers Stop By Dealers
Mon, Aug 4 2014These days, when you buy a new car, it's not unreasonable to expect a certain period of free maintenance to come along as well. Sometimes this is through the life of the warranty, in other cases a little less. But Ford Motor Company is going beyond those deals for at least one part of its cars. As of now, if you buy a set of Motorcraft brake pads for a Ford, Lincoln or Mercury model, you get free replacements for as long as you own the vehicle. The offer is good at Ford or Lincoln dealers and Quick Lane Tire & Auto Centers. "We will replace the pads for as long as you own the vehicle," said Elizabeth Weigandt to Autoblog. She did clarify that the Motorcraft pads are generally for models from the '90s or newer. Also, to take advantage of this program, a person must return to the same dealer each time to get the free parts. Of course, Ford isn't just handing out brake pads to anyone who walks by; there are certain stipulations. First, the components have to be worn down to less than three millimeters to be eligible, and the buyer still has to pay for the labor to install them. If the model is used as a fleet vehicle for commercial purposes like as a taxi or limousine, this offer also doesn't apply; the same thing for racecars. On the plus side, if you recently bought a set of pads from one of the participating locations, you're still in luck. The deal covers parts purchased as of July 1. "This program reflects our commitment to providing customers with an excellent ownership experience regardless of the age of their vehicle," said Frederiek Toney, President of Ford Customer Service, in the company's announcement of the offer. Scroll down to read the all the details.
Mercury Cougar from Bond film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' is up for auction
Fri, Nov 20 2020To a James Bond fan, this is a very cool and important car. This 1969 Mercury Cougar XR7 up for auction by Bonhams was one of three used during the filming of 1969's "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," the one-and-done film starring George Lazenby that's a dark horse favorite among many Bond fans (this one included, there's a Japanese-market 'OHMSS' poster hanging behind me as I type this). However, this was not James Bond's car in the movie. He drove an Aston Martin DBS, including in the film's pre-titles sequence when he follows Tracy di Vicenzo driving her bright red Cougar. She would go on to rescue him with it in Switzerland (hence the skis), sacrificing its pretty red paint and body work in a demolition derby on ice that they use to shake Blofeld's Benz-driving goons. Later, after getting caught in a blizzard, they seek refuge in a barn -- a pivotal scene in the film and one where this particular Cougar was apparently used. ON HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE | Ice Car Race However, even without the Bond connection, this Cougar is a very cool car. It was one of only 127 in 1969 to be fitted with the top-of-the-line 428 CobraJet Ram Air V8 rated at 335 horsepower. Tracy had a serious muscle car. Bonham's doesn't seem to have thought to provide a Marti report, but I'm guessing the build of XR7, convertible and a color combo of matching red exterior and interior wasn't exactly a common one. Well, we know there were at least three. With skis and French number plates, too. As for the '69 Cougar itself, this was the only year it looked like this: it got a new body for '69 that would last two years, but the horizontal grille slats that extended over the headlight doors (so cool!) didn't carry over to 1970. It looked worse, and it could easily be argued that it was only downhill from here for the Cougar. The auction is set for December 16 and Bonhams is estimating a sale price of between $130,000 and $200,000. That certainly makes sense given the rarity of a CobraJet Cougar, the film connection and the complete restoration undertaken by the man who found it in a classified ad in the late 1980s. He originally just wanted it for the engine until he discovered the Bond connection. I actually saw this very car at the 50th Anniversary "Bond in Motion" exhibit at the Beaulieu Motor Museum in England back in 2013 (pictured below). There's also a model of the thing sitting next to me.