Here’s another Parking Lot Spotlight.
I love just about any car in a 2 door configuration older than 1975. This two door Monterey is no exception.
1963 Monterey – you can see my newer than 1975 two door in the pic.
Tail light configuration. Love the over hang on the rear electric window.
The Monterey was a large heavy car, even the two door configuration, nearly 4000 lbs. It came in 4 door and 2 door body styles with only about 8000 combined production between the 2 door sedan and the 2 door coup. (The Monterey Custom had 3 separate 2 door models – the Mar fsback coup, hard top coup and convertible.)
Engines were V8’s, mainly the 390 with a bore and stroke of 4.05 x 2.94. Compression was 8.9:1 and managed about 101 hp with a ford C3OF-9510 two barrel. (1963 Mercury used the 427 in their NASCAR offerings, grabbing 1 Grand National win. It was the first appearance of the 427 in a Merc.)
This one will need a little work before it’s ready for the track!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Tim
