1955 Mercury Montclair Hardtop Street Rod Project Rust Free on 2040-cars

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1955 Mercury Montclair

                              Two Door Hardtop

Street Rod Project

1955 Mercury Montclair, 2 door hardtop with clear title. I purchased this car in the spring of 2007 as a basket case. Most of the work done thus far was accomplished prior to my buying the car. My intention was to finish it and drive it. In the past, like now, I have too many projects waiting in the wings that have priority over this car. The car is now rust free, but has had some small sections of sheet metal replaced. The car appears to be all there, but until final assembly is made, it is very hard to tell. Some small parts may have been missing when I purchased it..

Current Condition:

1. The car is powered by a Ford 351 Cleveland engine and C-6 automatic with a new exhaust system. The car starts and runs, moves and stops but I have never driven it on the road.
2. The mechanical work and sheet metal repair work are very nicely done.
3. The front and rear bumpers, bumper guards and grill are all re-chromed and are of very high quality (thousands of dollars). They look fantastic. All of the bumper brackets have been sandblasted and painted.
4. The engine runs well and seems quite responsive with no apparent problems, but again, I have never had it at road speeds.
5. The sheet metal that has been replaced is confined to the front floor pans and lower rear quarters. The passengers foot wells, floor pans under the passenger seat, entire trunk floor pan and spare tire well are all original and in very nice condition. Please refer to the photos of these areas.
6. The dash and most of the interior trim parts have been painted red.
7. It has an original un-restored AM radio. There is also a spare radio and a spare clock. I don’t know if any of them work.
8. The dash cluster is in the dash but is loose and not fully functional.
9. The seats have been striped to the bare frame and springs. They are in good shape and not rusted out.
10. All of the glass (windshield, rear glass and side glass) and window regulators are there but not installed.
11. Headlight doors and buckets are restored and ready to install and the taillight assemblies are in good original condition.
12. The steering and brakes are stock. The steering is tight and the brakes just rebuilt.

Things Unfinished:

1. The tires are unmatched, very old and unsafe.
2. The interior needs a complete restoration. There is one each of the original interior door panels and quarter panels with original fabric and all of the interior stainless trim is there and in good condition. This would allow installing the original interior design as an option if desired. The stock interior on these cars was gorgeous.
3. The body is now in flat black and, as I have said, it is very solid. There is a fair amount of finish surface work that needs to be done (priming and block sanding) before high quality shiny paint is applied.
4. The body stainless trim is all there but needs some small dent repair and polishing.