1956 Mercury Monterey Black Custom Kustom Scta Hot Rod Kemp on 2040-cars
Maple Plain, Minnesota, United States
Engine:312 V8
Body Type:Coupe
Vehicle Title:Clear
For Sale By:Private Seller
Interior Color: Oxblood/Ivory
Model: Monterey
Number of Cylinders: 8
Trim: Roll and Pleat
Drive Type: Rear Wheel
Mileage: 54,471
Exterior Color: Black
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
1956 Mercury Monterey 2 Door Hardtop. Tuxedo Black with Oxblood and Ivory pleated interior. A Southern California mild custom by the Kennedy Family of Pomona, CA with almost 55,xxx miles showing and believed actual. Excellent paint, chrome, stainless, interior and mechanics. 312 V8, upgraded to stick overdrive, nosed, decked, Lincoln door handles and many period accents……a delight to drive. Notice the front bumper has been upgraded to a 55. A rare opportunity to invest in a subtle and tasteful custom by these iconic builders.....this one has aged gracefully with very few miles logged since built. Issues? The radio in the dash does not work, although there is a late model installed under the rear seat on the passenger side......you can see the speakers and antenna installed in the trunk photo. Overdrive is inop, although probably something simple....I don't know that much about them. A couple of stains in the lower panels in the seat.....something I wouldn't address, but you could dye or stain. No rust or damage on a great car.......and still on a California Title. Purchased well over a decade ago at the LA Roadster show.....interesting history. Any questions call 612 889 2212 Vehicle sold as is, where is. Can help arrange shipping at buyers expense.
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Junkyard Gem: 1955 Mercury Montclair Coupe
Wed, Jul 20 2022I find plenty of 1950s Detroit vehicles in the big self-service car graveyards I frequent, but most of them are fairly ordinary sedans that never stood much chance of getting fixed up and put back on the road. Such is not the case with today's Junkyard Gem, which is a top-trim-level, heavily optioned hardtop coupe from one of the most desirable model years of the tailfins-and-chrome postwar era. Nearly every Mercury model ever made was a Ford model with some cosmetic changes applied, and the '55s looked very similar to their mechanically identical Ford brethren. In 1955, the new Mercury came in three trim levels: the entry-level Custom, the medium-zoot Monterey, and the glitzy Montclair. Each was available as a hardtop coupe and four-door sedan, with wagon versions of the Custom and Monterey. The Montclair could be purchased as a convertible or with the wild "Sun Valley" glass roof. The Montclair got its own line of hallucinogenic two-tone interiors, in order to make the daily lives of Europeans feel even more gray and penurious (the UK only dropped food rationing in 1954, and the two Germanies were still clearing the rubble of their blown-up cities). This car's upholstery has been bleached by decades of sitting outside in the harsh High Plains climate, but it started out as vivid red and white "Chromatex" fabric. The list price on this car was $2,631, or about $29,200 in 2022 dollars. The Sun Valley and convertible Montclair each cost $2,712 ($30,100 today). Ford didn't offer a corresponding hardtop coupe in 1955, though the Fairlane Crown Victoria two-door did look extremely snazzy (and cost a mere $2,302— $25,545 now— with the same V8 engine as the Monterey). Meanwhile, Oldsmobile offered the handsome 88 Super Holiday Coupe for $2,714, though the Montclair had the more powerful engine. Oldsmobile had been selling new cars with overhead-valve V8s since the 1949 model year, while Ford didn't ditch the Model A-era flathead V8 for new U.S.-market cars until the 1954 model year (you could buy a new Simca Esplanada in Brazil with an Ardun-headed Ford V8-60 all the way until 1969). GM's Chevrolet Division got all the press in 1955 with the introduction of the brand-new small-block V8 engine, but Ford's 292-cubic-inch (4.8-liter) Y-Block V8 made more power than the 265-cube (4.3-liter) Chevy and the 324ci Olds Rocket 88.
NHTSA closes probes on Jeep Grand Cherokee, Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey
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Meanwhile, certain Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey vehicles garnered a government probe after receiving complaints that the models were equipped with faulty scissor jacks. The agency had received six reports of the jacks failing or causing injuries, including one incident that resulted in a fatality. But NHTSA says the jack failure rate is similar to those found in other vehicles. In those six cases, the government agency found the jacks were being used for something other than changing a tire, and investigators could not determine whether the emergency brake was set or the rear tires were properly chocked.
Translogic drives wood-burning Mercury Beaver XR-7
Sun, 31 Jul 2011You read the title right, we're talking about the Mercury Beaver XR-7. No, Mercury never officially built a car called the beaver. This is the brainchild of upstate New Yorker Chip Beam, who owns and operates Beaver Energy, LLC. It runs on gases created by wood pellets fermented in a 2,400-degree furnace and fed to a supercharged Ford 4.6-liter V8.
By all accounts, it gets down the road just fine, and has pretty close to full power. The best part is, you can grow the fuel yourself and avoid patronizing big oil, if that's your thing. The only drawback that we can see to the Mercury Beaver XR-7 is the PVC pipe jungle occupying the space that would be the trunk under normal circumstances.
Still, if you're willing to smell like a mountain man and look like a bad Back to the Future knockoff, this ride is right up your alley. Click past the jump to see Translogic's take on this modified Merc.