1965 - Mercury Monterey on 2040-cars
Los Angeles, California, United States
My super rare 1965 Mercury Monterey with a 6.4L 390 big block and factory 3-Speed two door coupe. Local Burbank California car since new. This car was a special order car from the factory with no A/C, no radio, no reverse lights and a 3-speed on the column. According to gentlemen he strictly ordered this car from the factory for one purpose which was to tow his 31' Air stream trailer and that this was the last produced off the line, but I have no way of proving this. Only his word and he has since passed. Please take a close look at the pictures of this car to truly understand uniqueness and rarity. There were a little over 5700 Monterey coupes built in 1965 mostly automatic transmission. I don't recall ever running into a full size sedan that has a factory 3-speed mated to a big block. The car is very powerful, drives like a dream, sounds excellent and gets a lot of compliments every time it's driven. The cars mileage is the original 71000, the body is Super Straight with only the exception of the right rear corner (seen in picture) and a small rust spot on the rocker the size of quarter. The car was painted the original color by Macco back in 1982. There are a box full of original parts of the car such as the arm rests mirrors, manual, a brand new water pump and miscellaneous stuff that I have never had a moment to go through.
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The vehicle is currently offered for sale by a dealer in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, though the listing is mum on how the convertible managed to make its way from Ford's Windy City show stand into the seller's inventory. If you like what you see, the machine can be yours for the princely sum of $75,000 or best offer. Head over to eBay Motors to take a gander at the listing.