1966 Mercury Monterey S-55 Low Reserve on 2040-cars
Brecksville, Ohio, United States
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1966 Mercury Monterey S-55 428 Super Marauder project car. Frame and body are solid with the exception of rear quarter panels and some rapairable spotting on the floors. Only 2,916 of these vehicle were produced for the 1966 model year. Hood has a cut out for scoop that atually looks like the car had a blower on it at one time and was raced with tow attachements in the front. Car is very restorable. The frame was proefessionally inspected and is solid. Left rear quarted and rear deck need solid bodywork but there only surface rust on the car except the bottom of the quarters and some pitting in the floors. Easily repairable. Car comes with a c-6 transmission. Not sure what condition it is in internallt. /came with the car when I purchased it a couple of years ago. The car did not come with an engine when I bought it. There is no engine with the car. I do have several 390 and 428 engines I have collected for this and a couple other builds I was planning. Bare block, short block and complete for a sperate purchase. For 1966, Mercury re-introduced the S-55 as separate model on its own with a 2-door Hardtop and a 2-door Convertible. While the S-55 in its previous years had been an upgraded interior and trim package, the 1966 S-55 was now all about performance. It was based on the Monterey trim level and came with the new for the year Super Marauder 428 V-8 engine that was rated at 345-hp. Dual exhaust for reduced engine back-pressure complete the power package. Ready at hand, a console mounted 4-speed manual transmission or a special Multi-Drive Merc-O-Matic automatic transmission (buyer's choice: optional at extra cost). The interior featured bucket seats and a console with floor shifter similar to what you could find in Ford's luxury/performance full-size car, the 7-Litre. Styling accents include unique body side-striping, deluxe wheel covers and the distinctive S-55 emblem on rear quarter panel and 428 V-8 emblem on the front fender sides. The 1966 Mercury featured "Torque Box" construction—frames individually tuned to minimize noise and harshness. Styling was square and clean "in the Lincoln Continental tradition," as the ads put it. Few S-55's were sold, although Mercury generally had a successful big-car year in 1966. |
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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.
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