1959 Mercury Monterey

1959 Mercury Monterey 4 Door Sedan For consignment a restored 1959 Mercury Monterey 4 door cruiser. Silver Beige Metallic w Pink base coat...check! Wraparound panoramic glass with slightly cantilevered rear roofline..check, Tasteful fins and big chrome...check. Nifty cloth and vinyl interior with dash buttons aplenty...check! 116,775 title verified actual miles...check. Read onward and Ill take the 17 mile drive exit. Exterior With its horizontal shaver rectangle style grille, nice chrome edging up top and a wide bumper the design is what I call simply elegant. Above, lets put open some dual headlights with a visor and a wrap around the front edge wood hood with M E R C U R Y badging and I totally stylin. Super long panels bathed in the Silver Beige Metallic, which Im going to call champagne, shows some age with underlying rust, chip offs and other errors indicative of older respray paint. Chrome is good though as is the front and rear wrap around glass which rises from the center creased front and rear quarters. The cantilevered roofline is painted Glacier White and remains in good condition. On the back we see some futuristic space age canted outward V shaped tail lights forming out of the rear quarter central creases, and have a small Dixie cup backup light on their edges. A large trunk is in the center, and just below another grille like structure encircled with chrome and some ribs with the chrome bumper framing the bottom. Wide whites are covered in their centers with chromed caps and some jet engine ribs in their centers. Woosh! Interior Slipping inside past the brown metal and vinyl door panels that have a spear in cream for their centers, Im enveloped in more futuristic mid century modern design with the wild dash that has 4 tiers of rectangles for instruments, knobs and shifter as well as gauges and the horizontal speedo. The original non cracked or marred steering wheel is fronting this Millennium Falcon-esque dash. The padded dash top is showing some age and has a crack in its center panel where the speaker resides. Seating is a broadcloth chain link tweed in white and black with brown slight tuck and roll inserts for the upper split bench and bolsters. A large long rear bench is in back and has plenty of romper room. Below is nice clean brown carpeting, and above is the original slightly browned mohair felted padded headliner. Ever been to heaven? I can have you there and back by morning! Drivetrain All that glitters is gold and this is true under this hood in the immaculate engine bay. Here resides a 312ci V8 topped by a 2-barrel carburetor with a Merc-O-Matic 3-speed automatic on back. I just love those transmission names from the 50s! The rear is a 3.12 geared configuration. Some gold for the air cleaner cover and valve coverings and we are showing some rebuilding from 2011 and running like a Swiss watch. Undercarriage Some older undercoating, some slight surface rust but all structurally sound as a butterfly house ,shows dual exhaust, independent coil springs in front and leaf springs for the rear, and power disc brakes in front and power drums for the rear. Shall we shag now? Drive-Ability Despite some of its exterior shortcomings on the paint end, the car starts and idles nearly silently. It has nice acceleration, and decent handing considering its weight and thin tires. All was working well during my test drive and behind the dash I felt like I should have been wearing my G flight suit! A great example from a great year with early space age styling, nifty color combo, fab chrome and all named aptly from a place as close to paradise as we can get in the US. Get in Gina we are going for a ride. Happy Motoring! P9TA531043 P-312ci 2bbl V8 9-1959 T-Metuchen, NJ Assy Plant A-Monterey 531043-Sequential Unit Number WARRANTY PLATE BODY 58A-Monterey 4 Door Sedan COLOR 0884-Silver Beige Metallic & Glacier White TRIM 351A-Medium Taupe Cloth & Vinyl DATE 05H-August 5th 1958 TRANS 4-Merc O Matic AXLE 8-3.22 Conventional Classic Auto Mall is home to more than 1,000 classic and collectible vehicles for sale via consignment in a climate controlled 336,000-square foot showroom (thats more than 8 acres!). The largest single location consignment dealer of classic and collectible vehicles in the country is located in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, just 1-hour west of Philadelphia off Exit 298 of the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. For more information visit www.classicautomall.com or call us at (888) 227-0914. Contact us anytime for more information or to come see the vehicle in person. There is no guarantee of mileage. A $299 Dealer Administrative fee is not included in the advertised price. 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