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Mercury Archive
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The Little Engines That Could, Part 5: Mercury Died By A Thousand Cuts; Here Are Six Of Them
Posted on October 21, 2022 | 80 Comments(first posted 10/21/2016) Welcome to Part 5 of this venture in examining relatively small displacement engines in various trucks and passenger cars. One commonality of the passenger cars scrutinized so […] - 
			
Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1976 Mercury Marquis – John and Margie Come Visting From Cut And Shoot
Posted on August 12, 2022 | 81 Comments(Mildly revised since first published on July 11, 2012) John Johnson always fascinated me. Married to my grandmother Iris’s older sister, Margie, he worked in the oil business in Houston, […] - 
			
Curbside Classic: 1962 Mercury Monterey Custom – No Respect
Posted on June 22, 2022 | 151 Comments(first posted 10/24/2012) What is it about some people? Some folks just get no respect. Comedian Rodney Dangerfield made a career out of that observation. It is the same with […] - 
			
Car Show Coverage: The May 2022 Mid-Missouri Old Car Club Cruise-In – Follow The Yellow Brick Road
Posted on June 3, 2022 | 46 CommentsThe other day I realized, not even accounting for that little viral thing, it had been several years since I had been to a car show. While that isn’t always […] - 
			
Car Show Classic: 1956 Monarch Richelieu – Canadian Royalty
Posted on March 9, 2022 | 68 Comments(first posted 3/9/2016) The Meteors are probably Ford of Canada’s most well known product but there are a couple more Canadian Ford marques including Monarch. The smaller Mercury 114 (and […] - 
			
Curbside Classic and CC Drive Report: 1969 Mercury Monterey Custom – Buy Yourself A Mercury And Cruise It Up And Down The Road
Posted on January 8, 2022 | 106 Comments(first posted 1/8/2016) As George Washington once said, I cannot tell a lie. Saying I don’t have a certain, indescribable attraction to full-sized Mercury models between roughly 1963 and 1978 […] - 
			
Curbside Fiction: The Next Passenger – Part 2
Posted on November 6, 2021 | 31 Comments(This has become a serial; the first episode can be found here.) (first posted 11/6/2015) Louis Broderick stopped the black 1987 Chrysler Fifth Avenue when he encountered a red light […] - 
			
Curbside Classic: 1968 Mercury Colony Park – Ahoy There, Matey!
Posted on October 5, 2021 | 106 Comments(first posted 6/16/2012) Despite the fact that at the end, there was not much left to Mercury Division, I still miss them. While Mercury was a fancier Ford for […] - 
			
Curbside Classic: 1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – If It’s Good Enough For Ben Matlock…
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 88 Comments(first posted 5/27/2013) It seems like CC has had B-body after B-body over the past few months–or is that years? Delta 88s, Caprices, Bonneville Broughams, over and over. Well, CC […] - 
			
Curbside Classic: 1971 Mercury Montego – Henry Was a Grouch After His Zeppo Lighter Fell and Bounced Off His Harp, Leaving Marx on His Chick
Posted on June 30, 2021 | 82 Comments(first posted 6/30/2015) In the time I have been writing articles here, my affinity for Mercury has prompted a few accusations of my having Mercury poisoning. For that, I can […] - 
			
Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 1
Posted on June 19, 2021 | 35 Comments(first posted 6/20/2015) Doesn’t time quickly slip by? Having had the realization I can remember my father as being significantly younger than I am now, it seemed wise to […] - 
			
Curbside Outtake: There’s No Escaping The Monochromaticity
Posted on May 22, 2021 | 16 CommentsApparently someone found a good thing and decided to stick with it. It’s not quite a trifecta of Escapes as the one on the right is the Mercury Mariner sister […] - 
			
Curbside Classic: 1973 Mercury Monterey Custom – A Great Name’s Last Ride
Posted on May 12, 2021 | 151 Comments(first posted 9/8/2011) What’s in a name? A car name, in particular. Pick a beautiful, exotic locale, and smack that name on your top-end model. If it does this, a […] - 
			
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1966 Mercury Park Lane Four Door Hardtop
Posted on May 5, 2021 | 74 CommentsA couple of weeks ago when viewing the ’66 Chrysler Newport Town Sedan, Aaron65 commented that it’d be hard to go wrong with anything from ’65 or ’66 and thinking […] 
				![The Little Engines That Could, Part 5:  Mercury Died By A Thousand Cuts; Here Are Six Of Them (first posted 10/21/2016)    Welcome to Part 5 of this venture in examining relatively small displacement engines in various trucks and passenger cars.  One commonality of the passenger cars scrutinized so […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1961-Mercury-Ad-05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1976 Mercury Marquis – John and Margie Come Visting From Cut And Shoot (Mildly revised since first published on July 11, 2012) John Johnson always fascinated me.  Married to my grandmother Iris’s older sister, Margie, he worked in the oil business in Houston, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/P6220710.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1962 Mercury Monterey Custom – No Respect (first posted 10/24/2012)     What is it about some people?  Some folks just get no respect.  Comedian Rodney Dangerfield made a career out of that observation.  It is the same with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1962Mercury01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Coverage:  The May 2022 Mid-Missouri Old Car Club Cruise-In – Follow The Yellow Brick Road The other day I realized, not even accounting for that little viral thing, it had been several years since I had been to a car show.  While that isn’t always […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_2659.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1956 Monarch Richelieu – Canadian Royalty (first posted 3/9/2016)     The Meteors are probably Ford of Canada’s most well known product but there are a couple more Canadian Ford marques including Monarch. The smaller Mercury 114 (and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ddmjh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic and CC Drive Report:  1969 Mercury Monterey Custom – Buy Yourself A Mercury And Cruise It Up And Down The Road (first posted 1/8/2016)    As George Washington once said, I cannot tell a lie.  Saying I don’t have a certain, indescribable attraction to full-sized Mercury models between roughly 1963 and 1978 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mmmmn.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Fiction:  The Next Passenger  –  Part 2 (This has become a serial; the first episode can be found here.) (first posted 11/6/2015)     Louis Broderick stopped the black 1987 Chrysler Fifth Avenue when he encountered a red light […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/khng.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 Mercury Colony Park – Ahoy There, Matey! (first posted 6/16/2012)    Despite the fact that at the end, there was not much left to Mercury Division, I still miss them. While Mercury was a fancier Ford for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ambc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – If It’s Good Enough For Ben Matlock… (first posted 5/27/2013)    It seems like CC has had B-body after B-body over the past few months–or is that years? Delta 88s, Caprices, Bonneville Broughams, over and over. Well, CC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aa-3-30-2013-001-1024x682.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic:  1971 Mercury Montego – Henry Was a Grouch After His Zeppo Lighter Fell and Bounced Off His Harp, Leaving Marx on His Chick (first posted 6/30/2015)    In the time I have been writing articles here, my affinity for Mercury has prompted a few accusations of my having Mercury poisoning.  For that, I can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mercury-Montego.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 2 (first posted 6/20/2015)    Yesterday in Part 1 of this two part series, we covered the cars of my father from 1946 to 1981.  Today we shall cover 1983 to the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1983-Mercury-Full-Line-041.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 1   (first posted 6/20/2015)    Doesn’t time quickly slip by?  Having had the realization I can remember my father as being significantly younger than I am now, it seemed wise to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Jasons-dad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Outtake: There’s No Escaping The Monochromaticity Apparently someone found a good thing and decided to stick with it.  It’s not quite a trifecta of Escapes as the one on the right is the Mercury Mariner sister […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_7812.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1973 Mercury Monterey Custom – A Great Name’s Last Ride (first posted 9/8/2011)    What’s in a name?  A car name, in particular.  Pick a beautiful, exotic locale, and smack that name on your top-end model.  If it does this, a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1973MercuryMonterey03-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1966 Mercury Park Lane Four Door Hardtop A couple of weeks ago when viewing the ’66 Chrysler Newport Town Sedan, Aaron65 commented that it’d be hard to go wrong with anything from ’65 or ’66 and thinking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_1597.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


