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mercury monterey Archive
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![A few years ago, I wrote a series of articles extolling the virtues of the “twenty-footer,” a car that’s presentable but worn-in; in other words, an old car that is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/54799921042_8bc75bab71_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1962 Mercury Monterey Custom: When A Twenty-Footer Becomes a Thirty-Footer")
1962 Mercury Monterey Custom: When A Twenty-Footer Becomes a Thirty-Footer
Posted on October 13, 2025 | 14 CommentsA few years ago, I wrote a series of articles extolling the virtues of the “twenty-footer,” a car that’s presentable but worn-in; in other words, an old car that is […] -
![Hoods and trunk lids that go for days were par for the course for full-size American cars of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. For that extra dimension of extravagance and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1975-oldsmobile-delta-88-convertible-press-photo.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "The Last Full-Size Convertibles – The End Of An Era")
The Last Full-Size Convertibles – The End Of An Era
Posted on March 13, 2025 | 22 CommentsHoods and trunk lids that go for days were par for the course for full-size American cars of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. For that extra dimension of extravagance and […] -
![Every now and then I take my team at work out for lunch, as on this late-spring day. Brandon, one of the software engineers on my team, and I had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1961-Mercury-Monterey-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1961 Mercury Monterey Convertible – You Never Know When Someone You Already Know Is Secretly Another Old-Car Fan")
CC Capsule: 1961 Mercury Monterey Convertible – You Never Know When Someone You Already Know Is Secretly Another Old-Car Fan
Posted on February 1, 2024 | 23 CommentsEvery now and then I take my team at work out for lunch, as on this late-spring day. Brandon, one of the software engineers on my team, and I had […] -
![Photos courtesy of Andrew Tewes. (Update: This model was wrongly identified when this post was first published. The text has been updated). A good number of my hipster students have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PXL_20231001_011615165.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: 1966 Mercury Park Lane Convertible – The Coolness Of Mr. Square")
CC Outtakes: 1966 Mercury Park Lane Convertible – The Coolness Of Mr. Square
Posted on October 4, 2023 | 15 CommentsPhotos courtesy of Andrew Tewes. (Update: This model was wrongly identified when this post was first published. The text has been updated). A good number of my hipster students have […] -
![(first posted 8/29/2015) For two generations, Mercury offered the Villager minivan. A joint development with Nissan, who offered the near-identical Quest, the Villager soon found itself to be one of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mercury-2004-Monterey.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 2004-07 Mercury Monterey – Last Hurrah")
Curbside Capsule: 2004-07 Mercury Monterey – Last Hurrah
Posted on August 29, 2021 | 29 Comments(first posted 8/29/2015) For two generations, Mercury offered the Villager minivan. A joint development with Nissan, who offered the near-identical Quest, the Villager soon found itself to be one of […]
