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breezeway Archive
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1963 Mercury Monterey S-55: One-Year-Only Bucket-Seat Sporty Version Of Mercury’s Weird Breezeway Roof
Posted on October 4, 2026 | 24 CommentsWhile the 1967–1968 Cougar remains most people’s favorite Mercury, the brand’s most distinctive models were certainly the 1963–1966 Breezeway cars, with their reverse-slant C-pillars and retractable rear windows. Although most […] -
Car Show Classic: 1965 Mercury Park Lane Breezeway Sedan – The Old Neighborhood
Posted on February 5, 2024 | 53 CommentsMy mom and I both live within about 10 blocks of the places that we first called home. Dad, the latecomer, showed up in our neighborhood soon before he married […] -
CC Road Trip: Redemption, Mark Twain, and Loafing At A Car Show
Posted on May 13, 2016 | 38 CommentsIt was a year ago this week I made my 1,100 mile road trip to Mississippi and (almost) back in my then 52 year-old Ford Galaxie. As that trip did […] -
CC Outtake: 1963 Mercury Monterey – Red is the Color of Love’s Unheeded Call
Posted on November 19, 2014 | 75 CommentsThis is precisely the kind of unloved old car that calls to me, and precisely the kind of unloved old car I know I have to stay away from. -
Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercury Monterey Breezeway – The Cure for the Heatwave
Posted on July 26, 2011 | 63 CommentsWhile the majority of the nation is in the grips of a heatwave, it’s another blustery “summer” day in the Bay Area. This would be the day I’d run across […]
![1963 Mercury Monterey S-55: One-Year-Only Bucket-Seat Sporty Version Of Mercury’s Weird Breezeway Roof While the 1967–1968 Cougar remains most people’s favorite Mercury, the brand’s most distinctive models were certainly the 1963–1966 Breezeway cars, with their reverse-slant C-pillars and retractable rear windows. Although most […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/1963-Mercury-Monterey-S-55-2HT-Pink-Frost-Connors-Motorcar-Company-side-right-and-buckets-115x115.webp)
![Car Show Classic: 1965 Mercury Park Lane Breezeway Sedan – The Old Neighborhood My mom and I both live within about 10 blocks of the places that we first called home. Dad, the latecomer, showed up in our neighborhood soon before he married […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/PXL_20230617_162746173a.jpg)
![CC Road Trip: Redemption, Mark Twain, and Loafing At A Car Show It was a year ago this week I made my 1,100 mile road trip to Mississippi and (almost) back in my then 52 year-old Ford Galaxie. As that trip did […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0655.jpg)

![Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercury Monterey Breezeway – The Cure for the Heatwave While the majority of the nation is in the grips of a heatwave, it’s another blustery “summer” day in the Bay Area. This would be the day I’d run across […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/5969481428_33d90e4884_z.jpg)


