Mercury Custom , 2dr. Sedan, 292 V-8, 3 Speed Standard, Dual Exhaust, Glaspacks on 2040-cars
Oxford, Connecticut, United States
Engine:292 V-8 4 BBL
Body Type:2 dr sedan
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller
Vehicle Title:Clear
Interior Color: blue & white
Model: Monterey
Number of Cylinders: 8
Trim: 2 dr sedan Custom Series
Drive Type: 3 Speed Standard---3 on the tree
Mileage: 90,000
Sub Model: custom
Exterior Color: blue & white
1955 Mercury, 2 door, 292 4 bbl, 3 speed standard, Runs great,has oil leak, dual exhaust,RE-chromed mercury tips, 2 tone Blue with white top, blue and white interior, interior redone, NEW SEATS, Door Panels, Carpet needs headliner, much has been NICELY RECHROMED, needs rear bumper, but bumper guards for Rear bumper have been rechromed.NEW HOLLEY 4 bbl.,NEW SMITTY Glasspacks, ALL new Brakes, Master Cylinder, Wheel Cylinders, Shoes, Front hoses, Hardware, Rebuilt Generator, New Regulator, NEW Battery, cables ...$9,995 or best offer,,Recent paint ,but not show quality, this is a Great Cruise Night car, Drive and enjoy it. call 203-640-3671 ****will not answer emails, because of bogus scammers, CALL, COME SEE CAR, BRING CASH, let's make a deal***
ALSO have STOCK Fender Skirts, extra glass, New Window felt, 4 Layer OUTDOOR Cover
ALSO NEW Heavy Duty Battery and heavy guage cables
CALL 203-640-3671
Picture shows Pass side front fender and lower part of door is the worst part of body
NOTE **** Car is actually a CUSTOM,,NOT Monterey,,there isn't listing for Custom on ebay
NOTE******Car is registered in CT,, CT won't issue a title for vehicles over 20 years old,,so no title comes with car,,you would get bill of sale,,,notarized, and CT registration copy signed over to new owner..
Mercury Monterey for Sale
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Ford's J Mays feels vindicated by Fusion reception
Tue, 25 Sep 2012It's hard to think back now, but the same man overseeing the design of the 2013 Ford Fusion also presided over a rather lackluster period in Ford design, highlighted by vehicles like the Five Hundred and Freestyle. With the redesigned Fusion receiving high praise, J Mays tells Automotive News that he feels vindicated from criticisms suggesting he's not a daring enough designer.
When Mays took over as lead of design in 1997, he admits to having quite an ego ("My head would barely fit through the door some days. I've long since gotten over myself") and the workload to match. With the Blue Oval's portfolio full of premium brands like Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo at that point, along with the bread-and-butter Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models, Mays certainly had quite the challenge.
It was in the mid-2000s that Mays took over just the premium brands, and took on the new title of Chief Creative Officer. At the time, Mays endured some criticism for looking backwards to retro styling, rather than setting a new standard for American car design - criticism that Mays says he is free from with the all-new Fusion.
Report: Last Mercury for retail business built on Sunday
Mon, 04 Oct 2010Ford is already well into winding down its Mercury line, and the autoamker has announced that the very last of the soon-to-be dead brand's products built for retail sales was manufactured on Sunday, October 3. The final Mercury Mariner rolled off of the assembly line at the company's Kansas City facility, putting an end to a brand with over 70 years of history behind it.
Even after the Mariner heads off into the automotive sunset, Ford says that it will continue to manufacture a handful of Mercury models for fleet and government service for a while longer, though mum's the word on how long we can expect that practice to continue.
Interestingly enough, according to USA Today, most incentives on Mercury vehicles have all but dried up, even as the brand's August production increased by 120 percent compared to July's figures. Instead of cash on the hood, some areas are offering no-cost maintenance or similar programs. Even so, Mercury has continued to out-sell Lincoln right to the end - besting Ford's luxury arm's sales by nine percent in August.
NHTSA upgrades Ford floor mat unintended acceleration probe
Mon, 17 Dec 2012According to a Bloomberg report, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded an investigation into complaints of unintended acceleration lodged against Ford vehicles. The investigation began in June of 2010 when just three complaints had been received and it only concerned the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan, but this was at a time when the phrase "unintended acceleration" made grown men go pale. With 49 additional complaints received since then, the investigation has been reclassified as an engineering analysis - the last phase before a recall - and it has been expanded to include the Lincoln MKZ, making for a total of "around 480,000" units affected between the three sedans from the 2008 to 2010 model years.
The ostensible cause is that floor mats are trapping the accelerator pedal, but according to a Ford statement at the time, the entrapment is due to owners placing the optional all-weather floor mats, or aftermarket floor mats, on top of the car's standard floor mats. NHTSA has backed up that assessment, pinning the blame on "unsecured or double stacked floor mats."
On the face of it, it would appear that NHTSA has upgraded the status not because of Ford's error, but owner error, and Ford has stated publicly that it is "disappointed" in NHTSA's move. On top of NHTSA still being skittish after that other unintended acceleration debacle, it could be seen to be taking its time investigating all of the variables: it's reported that Ford changed its accelerator pedal design in 2010, a "heel blocker" in the floorpan has been considered a potential culprit in how the floor mats could be trapping the pedal, some drivers have said the floor mats weren't anywhere near the pedal, and according to a report in the LA Times, in "a letter sent by Ford to NHTSA in August 2010, the automaker said it found three injuries and one fatality that 'may have resulted from the alleged defect.'"