And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Dang, Samoore, I did not know there was one other person alive who remembered this car, let alone, remembered the Breezeway window. Wanna bet that no one else knows of what we speak without researching it? To my knowledge it was unique to that model and year only.
I'll confess to needing to look for a picture to confirm what the Breezeway window was, but I remember a neighbor having one of those when I was a kid (the car was probably 3 or 4 years old at the time). I don't think I've seen more than 2 or 3 since then.
Being a diehard Ford nut, late 50s to very early 70s I've always lusted certain Mercury's. However that look was better left to the space between the garage and the house.There are a few exceptions I think. Rare sedan /fastback model.
I had a 53 Mercury Monterey with a 239 flathead V8, '61 Mercury convertible with I believe a 292, and a '63 plain Jane with a 352....there really used to be a huge difference from Fords, except for the drive trains....
I thought the '64 Monterey Breezeway was the coolest car around.
ReplyDeleteAnd you could get one from the factory with a 427.
Dang, Samoore, I did not know there was one other person alive who remembered this car, let alone, remembered the Breezeway window. Wanna bet that no one else knows of what we speak without researching it? To my knowledge it was unique to that model and year only.
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I'll confess to needing to look for a picture to confirm what the Breezeway window was, but I remember a neighbor having one of those when I was a kid (the car was probably 3 or 4 years old at the time). I don't think I've seen more than 2 or 3 since then.
DeleteDo you remember the commercial with Arnold Palmer chipping the golf ball through the rear window?....
DeleteThe late 50's Lincoln Continentals had the Breezeway windows too.
Deletemy dad owned a yellow montery with rear slide window
DeleteBeing a diehard Ford nut, late 50s to very early 70s I've always lusted certain Mercury's. However that look was better left to the space between the garage and the house.There are a few exceptions I think. Rare sedan /fastback model.
ReplyDeleteI miss those days and the amazing STYLE they all had.
ReplyDeleteI had a 53 Mercury Monterey with a 239 flathead V8, '61 Mercury convertible with I believe a 292, and a '63 plain Jane with a 352....there really used to be a huge difference from Fords, except for the drive trains....
ReplyDeleteAANNDDD gas wuz CHEAP!
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