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Mercury Other Stock on 2040-cars
US $29,000.00
Year:1950
Mileage:1000
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Tacoma, Washington, United States
This body-on restoration was a 3 year project completed in early 2010 and started with probably the most pristine rust-free stock body you could find. No rust anywhere, body-off not required. The car hadn't been re-painted or re-upholstered since 1964. Originally a California car, the second owner in Tacoma, WA bought it in 1965, gave it to his son in 1975, who sold it to me in 2000 with 99,900 original miles on it. Always garage stored, very little driving in rain. Most of the interior stainless trim had been removed during re-upholstery in 1964 and I spent years acquiring it again. Body is still stock with 1951 Mercury fender skirts added; engine & running gear mostly stock with re-builds and a few changes for safety & convenience as well as a few "WOWS". Options available from factory but not on car were found and added. BODY & INTERIOR: Stock 1950 Mercury 8 Coupe with 1951 fender skirts. Re-painted in 1966 Corvette "Trophy Blue" with some Pearl added. Detailed pin striping by Jr. Nelson both inside & outside. Upholstery done in similar styling to original including all stainless trim, and is leather w/naughahyde trim matching exterior color w/Pearl White accent colors. Hand assist straps added to side posts and rope assists on back of front seats. 4 lap seat belts added matching as close as possible. Carpet is a slightly darker blue. Headliner is Pearl White as accent trim but shows darker in photos. A custom console was added for me and is short enough for seat to be pulled up all the way. Glove box is shallow to allow room for the Vintage Air heat/AC ductwork and is wired to plug in an I-Pod to run off radio as well as charge it. Alpine iDAX100 is AM/FM & iPod, displays playlists & content playing. 6 speakers & amplifier make a terrific sound. Original radio & clock remain but are not working (radio face only). Original dash/gauges but only speedometer & fuel gauge wired to work. Vintage style Autometer gauges added for oil pressure, voltage, tach, and water temp gauges for both left & right pumps. OEM steering wheel reconditioned and colored to match accent trim & dash. Front & side window frames are chromed and has opening rear quarter windows. All new seals during restoration (makes quarter windows difficult to close). Trunk interior finished same as interior and upholstered panel added to hide amplifier and battery. Custom Mercury head emblem added to panel. Spare wheel/tire match the rest. Original grill & bumpers, chrome & stainless is original, OEM or NOS and restored as necessary. ENGINE & RUNNING GEAR: This is a numbers matching car. Original V8 Flathead was re-built by H&H Flatheads in California. Originally 255CI bored to .125 over for 276CI. Holly 39 CFM 4 barrel carb with chrome air cleaner; Edelbrock polished aluminum heads & intake manifold; Fenton polished duel exhausts; 100 AMP chrome alternator; power steering using the stock column; chrome pulleys & AC pump. Chrome radiator support-pretty much all chrome or polished under the hood! New custom Walker 3 core radiator keeps it cool and looks like original. Electric fan with manual override; new Ron Francis wiring throughout for 12V (reducer for 6V used for fuel gauge) with a master fuse that cuts all power when removed, built in connector for a trickle charger. JAMCO front end suspension & power front disc brakes, stock rear drum brakes. MSD Billet Ready Distributor & Blaster II Coil. Original 3 speed transmission on the column without overdrive has been gone through and new driveline installed that is "beefier" than original. Dana 44 rear end with 3.91:1 gear ratio. This car runs great and sounds great!! It's the only classic car I've owned that doesn't leak anything. OTHER: Chrome wheels & baby moons with Coker wide white radial tires (matching spare); stainless door handle guards, Halibrand stainless tail pipe deflectors w/Mercury head, curb buffers & chrome gas door trim. Blue Dot tail lights. At the time of this posting the mileage is under 1000 miles since restoration, stored in a heated garage, and trailered any long distances. It was featured in a 1998 story in 1949-1950-1951 Ford Mercury Owners Magazine prior to my restoration; this will be included for it's history plus an Owner's Manual and other literature I have accumulated. Also comes with 2 car covers-1 for indoor, 1 for outdoor. I doubt you can find another 1950 Mercury in this condition that is un-chopped, not shaved and essentially stock. It has won many awards for Best of Show and Best Engine; including a Best Engine at Reno's Hot August Nights (pretty good for a flathead)! Appraised in 2010 for $70,000
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Ford finally issues recall for 230K minivans over rust problems
Sun, 10 Mar 2013The rust issue in the rear wheel wells of 2004-2007 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans has finally led to a recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began an investigation into the matter in 2011, said investigation being upgraded to an engineering analysis a year later while NHTSA tried to figure out how many model years should be included in the assessment.
Ford has decided to recall all of the 230,000 minivans potentially affected, namely those sold in salt-belt states and countries like Canada. The excess rust in the rear wheel wells was also able to prevent the third-row seats from locking to the floor of the minivan. To repair the problem, owners can take their minivans to dealers, and the dealers will place new panels in the wheel wells, replace the third-row seat mounting brackets and relocate the latches to an area away from any corrosion.
Ford says it will begin notifying owners during the last week of March.
Ford recalls Five Hundred, Mercury Montego sedans over fuel tank woes
Mon, 18 Jul 2011Ford has announced through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it is recalling nearly 3,000 examples of its Five Hundred and Mercury Montego (pictured) sedans from the 2007 model year.
The action, which affects 2,945 vehicles, is due to potentially defective welds between the filler neck and the fuel tank, a condition that could result in a fuel leak or the smell of gasoline reaching the occupants. In the worst-case scenario, a leak could cause a fire. Cars with the affected fuel tank problem could see an illuminated dashboard warning light as a result of the evaporative emissions leak being detected.
Ford will inspect and replace the fuel tank at no cost to owners (those who have already had the procedure done at-cost can apply for reimbursement), and the Dearborn automaker will begin notifying Five Hundred and Montego owners beginning August 15. Check out the official NHTSA press release after the jump for further details.
Junkyard Gem: 1972 Mercury Cougar XR-7
Sun, Feb 12 2023Starting with the 1939 model year and continuing through 2011, the rule in Dearborn was that most Ford models would get a dressed-up sibling wearing Mercury badges (and Canadians even got Mercury F-100s and Econolines). When the Mustang first hit showrooms in 1964, the countdown for a Mercurized version began. That car, the Cougar, debuted as a 1967 model marketed as "the man's car." Today's Junkyard Gem is a much-abused example of the early-1970s Cougar, found in a San Francisco Bay Area car graveyard a while back. Just as the Mustang packed on weight and price as the 1960s became the 1970s, the even more heavily gingerbreaded Cougar did the same. For 1971 through 1973, the Cougar was still based on the Mustang chassis but weighed several hundred additional pounds and was more than seven inches longer. The curb weight for this car was 3,298 pounds, versus 2,941 pounds for the lightest '72 Mustang coupe. Yes, there's a Mustang underneath all that chrome! When the Mustang went to a modified Pinto chassis starting in the 1974 model year, the Cougar moved over to the midsize Torino platform and stayed there until it rejoined the Mustang on the Fox platform for 1980 (though the honor of being the Mustang's near-twin went to the Mercury Capri at that point). For 1989, the Cougar became an MN12 Thunderbird sibling, where it remained through its 30th anniversary … and then the Cougar got the axe. The Cougar story wasn't done at that point, however, because the name got revived in 1999 with a Mondeo-based version that lasted through 2002 and bears the distinction of being one of the few Mercury models with no corresponding Ford-badged counterpart. Along the way, there were Cougar sedans and even station wagons, with the curb weight of the heaviest-ever Cougar bloating to well over two tons (the winner of that honor is the 1977 Cougar Villager wagon, scaling in at an astounding 4,482 pounds). In 1972, though, all new Cougars were coupes or convertibles, and all of them came with factory V8 power. The build tag on this one tells us that it was assembled at the River Rouge compound in Dearborn and sold via the Kansas City sales office. That tells us that someone drove this car to California after buying it in the Midwest; Ford also built 1972 Cougars in San Jose, so California Mercury shoppers would have bought locally-produced ones. It's a top-end XR-7 in Medium Bright Yellow paint, with the interior in Medium Ginger.