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I think that is the full name for their EV sticker package rental version of the not-a-mustang electric CUV. This is no GT350-H, but it is a decent rental car.
I think that is the full name for their EV sticker package rental version of the not-a-mustang electric CUV. This is no GT350-H, but it is a decent rental car.
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You bought a project car, now what?
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Discussing high priority items to fix, inspect, and change after bringing an old car home. Simple tools you should have, and how to use them. Shown on my 1957 Continental MarkII #continental #markii #1956 #classiccar #carrepair #diamondbackclassics #lincoln #ford #vacuumgauge #timing #plinytheelder
1957 Continental MkII Introduction
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I take a detailed look at my new MkII, and take a short drive. I also have an update on my 1964 Mercury Monterey. This is no Lincoln; with the Mark 2 in 1956 Continental became its own brand. This only lasted three years before Continental was a Lincoln again. I have been searching for one of these, never thinking I would get one that is so nice!
Cobra driving clips from North Dakota
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Driving my dad’s Factory Five MKIV Roadster in North Dakota. We built this car together over 6 years. It’s a 351W with FiTech injection, trick flow heads and cam, and a 5 speed T5. We might be up to about 100miles on it, and starting to trust we did a good job.
Verify Top Dead Center Accuracy Using a Piston Stop
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Verifying that my new balancer and timing marker are accurate to true top dead center using a piston stop. Same procedure can be used to verify an old balancer hasn’t “slipped”. This is a 390 Ford, but the process is the same for just about anything.
Wiring FiTech, AODE, fans, and fuel pump with Painless Circuit Boss
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Adding new fused and switched circuits to my 1964 Monterey (Galaxie) to support additional electric components. Easy way to do it without overloading the factory wiring or having to require the whole car.
390 FE Build and 4R70W parts
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390 rebuild for my 1964 Mercury FE and 4R70W trans. Blue Thunder 4V Low Riser intake Kugel Komponents exhaust manifolds FiTech CDI ignition Speed Gems Transmission Adapter to AOD-E Us Shift (Baumann) Quick4 trans controller Lokar AOD adjustable shift lever Perma-Tuned Transistorized Ignition Oregon Cam Grinders Hydraulic Roller Cam 224 525 Schneider Cams Gaterman Lifters Edelbrock stainless ste...
Kid mechanic transmission removal
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Kid mechanic knows the old automatic transmission is toast and needs to be improved. 1964 Mercury Monterey with a Cruise-O-Matic
Kid pulls 390 Engine and gets new parts
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8 year old, Celik knows the old 390 in the Mercury is tired and needs some upgrades. A roller cam, header manifolds, and a Blue Thunder intake will perk it up.
One of a kind wheels on my 1964 Mercury
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I have some spinner center caps customized by Steering Wheel Kris and trim up the mounting kit to make a unique set of wheels for my 1964 Monterey that look like they could potentially be original. Legendary Wheels / Scott Drake GT9 LW69 wheels Scott Drake wheel spinners Steering Wheel Kris custom centers Mickey Thompson Street S/T tires
1964 Mercury Monterey (Galaxie) radio removal, conversion, and install
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Explanation of how to remove a Mercury or Ford Galaxie radio and all the improvements that were made. MCR Conversions rebuilt the internals to add FM, Bluetooth, Auxiliary input, and USB into the factory radio. I added a RetroSound dual voice coil 6x9 in the dash and a pair of Custom Autosound Undercover II speakers under the seats.
Ridetech Shock Install & Review 1960-1964 Ford Mercury
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I replace my nearly new $20 KYB junk shocks with high quality $167 Ridetech HQ single adjustable shocks and review the difference in ride quality. It is worth the 8x price multiplier. I you think you need new sway bars, springs etc because of your ride and handling, you may just need these shocks.
1963-1964 Mercury / Galaxie front suspension & steering fix.
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Using the toe-in Stabilizer bar from Bud’s Classic Car to fix the “Cushion Link” front suspension on my 1964 Monterey; same as Galaxie. This offset bushing causes steering and ride issues on these cars and this is the cheapest way to fix it.
FiTech timing control setup. Rotor Phasing. Proper Ignition Voltage. MSD billet
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Setting up my FiTech 600pa for timing control. Fixing ignition issues, and pitfalls to avoid. Drill a spare MSD cap for phase your rotor. Everything you need to know on a 390 FE in my 1964 Mercury Monterey. Also, the ignition fires based on when the magnet passes the pickup; FiTech reads this signal wave and sends a spark command with the programmed amount advance. The FiTech does not know the ...
Heater circuit shutoff valve to help with overheating.
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Heater circuit shutoff valve to help with overheating.
Convertible hydraulic cylinder ram replacement. 1964 Mercury Monterey
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Convertible hydraulic cylinder ram replacement. 1964 Mercury Monterey
1964 Mercury information drop, Magnante Style
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1964 Mercury information drop, Magnante Style
Carpet Replacement, Chassis Saver, and Kilmat
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Carpet Replacement, Chassis Saver, and Kilmat
Fake Autolite Battery with Correct Mounts
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Fake Autolite Battery with Correct Mounts
FiTech and Edelbrock sump install 1964 Mercury Monterey
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FiTech and Edelbrock sump install 1964 Mercury Monterey
1964 Mercury Convertible Switch Removal
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1964 Mercury Convertible Switch Removal
1966 Ford Wagon Interior Restoration Tips
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1966 Ford Wagon Interior Restoration Tips
1964 Mercury and 1966 Wagon Projects #1
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1964 Mercury and 1966 Wagon Projects #1
Ignition Timing Mistake (Galaxie vs C-Max Bonus)
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Ignition Timing Mistake (Galaxie vs C-Max Bonus)
Galaxie 0-60 Test (Galaxie vs C-Max pt 6)
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Galaxie 0-60 Test (Galaxie vs C-Max pt 6)
Cam info and Tuning (Galaxie vs C-Max pt 5)
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Cam info and Tuning (Galaxie vs C-Max pt 5)
Autolite 4100 & Break-in (Galaxie vs C-Max pt 4)
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Autolite 4100 & Break-in (Galaxie vs C-Max pt 4)
Yes
Wanted one since I was six years old.68 years ago.
WHY DOES THE CENTER HAVE SCREW DRIVER SLOT ?
You can turn the stop up and down, depending on how much reach into the cylinder you need. I had to have it nearly all the way down for the stock heads
@JalopyJockey thanks ,so turn eng CW until close to 0 ,adjust center stud all the way down ,then turn eng until it touches piston . Correct , then CCW rotation an divide marks 1/2 for TDC. I just couldn't understand why it's adjustable but I guess with different heads ,it could be different lengths. I remember using a spring loaded one ,you just watched the tip as it rised/ lowered like a dial indicator ,but where the spark plug goes .thanks
On my 64 Galaxie fastback I took an angle die grinder with a 4" cutoff wheel and with the car on jackstands behind the front wheels and a floor jack under the lower control arm to support it in place, I took the nut off the lower control arm shaft and then cut out the offset section between the control arm bushing and the housing that comes through the frame. I took the housing out the front, then pushed the shaft coming thru the control arm bushing forward and out.
What I find the neatest about these cars is connecting the Original owners to the present owner. my 57 mark 2 was owned by a fellow who worked for what is now NIH and travel across countries several times with It, and I spoke with his son, who fondly remembered it.
Excellent video. Very informative. And that car is very nice.
My favorite American car.
I love these cars
I'm enjoying ur Continental ! Would a 390 or 428 FE match up to the trans and motor mounts in these ???
If I didn't know better, I would say this care is the one my mother had from mid December, 1963 until December, 1965. This is the same color combo.
Was she in Pennsylvania?
This is exactly what I need . Please Keep it coming. I'm considering picking up a 56 Continental MarkII and can use all the help I can get. Great car and what a history yours came with. I love hearing the back story.
Could you post a link to where you had the power steering rebuild done? I can't seem to find it.
64 is one of my favorite years for full size Mercurys. I also like 66 and 68. I like 64 for the Comet Caliente. And 67 through 69 for the Cougar.
I got a few comments, The Mercury model names were mostly different trim in the model line. Montclair being the basic, Monterey a step up, and Parklane was the top of the line. That equated to the Ford Custom, Galaxie, and Galaxie 500. The Marauder was the sports version, like the Galaxie 500 XL. The production model year ran from the second half of August to the end of July. The Sales Model year ran from the middle of October to October. So in end July of 1963 the assembly plants shut down for retooling and maintenance. In August they started building the 64 models. In October of 63 the 64 models went on sale. The dealers brought them out of where they were hiding them and put them in the showrooms and on the lot. So a December manufacturing date was not a late date, but was in the early middle of the production year. The breezeway roof was the smokers roof, but I don't think that was what prompted the design. One of the features of the convertible is that it has a zipper above the rear window, that is there for two reasons, one is to unzip and lay the clear plastic window in the top well before lowering the top. This was to protect the window from scratces and cracking when puting the top down. The other reason was that you could unzip the window for air flow , but leave the top up to shade you from the hot sun. Since air-conditioning although available in 64 wasn't common in cars because it wasnt common in homes. It was considered an expensive option. Like a convertible with the window down only the breezeway roof with the window down allowed for air circulation, but you had a more ridged top and a quieter ride than with a cloth top. The breezeway top went away later in the sixties when air-conditioning became more popular with the consumers. My last point is that there was a reason for duplicate cars with all those choices of combinations. It was that back in the sixties Ford tried to give the customer what they wanted. So some of those colors and options became more popular than others. As it turned out in 1963, my dad and a neighbor three houses down the street had identical blue four door Galaxies. I would expect there were some paint colors offered that were never used.
Dad owned a '64 Park Lane 4 dr. hardtop, Anniversary Silver. 390, 4-barrel, power windows, power seat. Best car he ever owned!
Are these the charcoal colored wheels? They look almost like they are not painted at all
Those exhaust manifolds will be much more problem free than headers and look great. That Street Master would restrict upper mid range and top end power, the Blue Thunder is better suited for street/strip use.
Great . I've got mark 2 also
Good deal!
Wish I had found this earlier. I wasted money on a Retrosound M2 that simply doesn't fit without hacking up the dash. In the process of disassembling it and boxing it back up.
Great video but one thing is not completely clear. On the adjustable rotor, did your adjustment advance the rotor or retard the rotor? Looking at the instructions for a Holley Sniper (very similar) they say to install the distributor with a base timing of 15* advance (BTDC) and then use a adjustable rotor that’s set with 15* retard.
That is awesome! I wish I would have seen this way earlier. I also have a ‘64 Monterey and had made a custom box for a newer stereo. I’m definitely going to get this done.
Lucky, find there .
You could have used the push in caps and then put the stickers on correctly by following an actual Autolite battery label location.
I have long been in love with the simplicity of design in this vehicle. It sets a European trend for the 1960s era cars carried over by the Europeans, who appear to incorporated its themes, in their own saloon car designs.
Couldn’t agree more. They improved greatly upon the European luxury look of the time, and the euros followed. Unfortunately, Continental lost its way for a few years.
@@JalopyJockey I should add, that I am Australian, and so I don't have any skin in the game. But on this score, the Euro styling houses picked up on a cue, and never acknowledged it. I'm a creative, with an artist eye, so it stands out very obviously to me.
My hearing may not be the best but your lack of projecting or inferior A/V has caused me to exit this video. I love these cars and am intrigued by any story on them but......
I hope the audio on this video improves. If you purchased this in the 20"s you did well unless the chrome needs work then you are screwed. Then theses were only a two year car of limited production so forget finding replacement parts. I hope you do a continuing story on the progress of this project. The 56 and 57 Continentals were beautifully unique sporting clean lines and luxurious appointments. They have stood the test of time.
1956 MARK II , $10,000 PRICE ! 2023 PRICE ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION, $100,000 !
Almost $120,000 by now. Closer when you add in A/C which was $595. (About 1/3 the cost of an entire VW beetle)
I have a 64 Monterey, it’s been in my family since it was bought off the lot. It’s been sitting for a while at my grandpas. I have no idea where to start. Any suggestions? im 16 by the way. But I know my way around a motor.
She's a beautiful automobile but how about more video of the car and less of your face. No offense but video edits with voiceover would be far more effective when you're featuring such a fine car...
Hard not to take offense. Glad you like the car, though.
@@JalopyJockey Dude it's a CAR video. You are a good presenter but the car should ALWAYS be the focus. Check out the 'history of' vid on the restore your Ford channel for some perspective on how iconic your b-day present really is...
My dad had a 64 Breezeway in that same color blue he like it so much he kept it for 17 years.
It drives very nicely.
still driving my 64, Merc Meteor, all original, outside redid brakes and put in a dual master cylinder, body, engine, tranny all original, mind you she has only bout 70K on her, runs and drives like a dream
Hey brotha I have a 64 ford galaxie, the bracket that holds the steering stabilizer broke off. Having trouble finding a diagram and what it should look like. Could you post a video of yours?
Is that the hydraulic steering Ram? Looks like: www.ebay.com/itm/115161209949
@@JalopyJockey it looks like that might be it!
How much do you need to thread it into the plug hole? All the way at the bottom?
And, with this particular intake - remember to grind down the 4 'ears' in the plenum, for better flow and velocity, it makes quite a difference!
Edelbrock advertises that no fuel return is required. Is this true? You have no return line to the fuel tank, from the Edelbrock pump or the fitech throttle body? Thanks
That’s not totally true. There is a fuel vent line that needs to go back to the tank. I ran a rubber fuel hose back, following the fuel line. To get it into the tank, I drilled a hole in the fill tube and used some copper tube hooked through. It seemed to work well enough. Edelbrock instructions say vapor and some fuel needs to be returned through that hose
My dad had a 64 Meteor 4 door Breezeway in the same color as that one. It had a 352 220 hp V8 engine in it and 3 speed automatic. Mercury had a great choice in the 60's.
Canadian, I presume?
Hi Cody Great video, I bought one of the continentals in uk ! Great to share info and maybe a little help off you sorting parts from usa Regards Steve
@@JalopyJockey Hi Cody Don’t know if you have looked but the markiiforum is great for information and support Regards Steve
Great video. Your enthusiasm is very evident, and you should be proud of this find. It’s one of the most beautiful cars ever built. When Cadillac was giving in to the excesses of fads, Ford kept it steady with this design; clean, and elegant.
I have been an admirer of the 1950s classic cars for many of my 72 years, My favorite is the Mark II Continental, of course. I first saw one in 1964, light blue with blue and white interior. Our neighbors, who owned "The Fountain Pen Shop" in downtown LA, had a 1957 Lincoln Premiere, with AC, cream white with turquoise and white upholstery and a Continental kit, making it too long to fit into their garage with the door closed. Later, I learned about the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham through magazine articles (long before The Internet and UA-cam). In 1998 I came across one, in a lakeside restaurant parking lot in Texas, dark blue with the stainless steel top and the huge "Dagmar" front bumpers. The owner was very obliging in showing everything off. All of the amenities, including ladies' compact, cigarette case, perfume atomizer, notepad and pen, magnetic bottom cups- were all in place. I got to look inside and under, in the trunk and under the hood. , A family friend, who loved Packards, had a 1956 Caribbean convertible, white and coral, with red and white upholstery, torsion-bar suspension and (very rare) factory AC, from vents on the top of the dashboard. That was a cruising car. I look forward to seeing this beauty through the restoration process.
They certainly leave a mark (pun intended). The Premier, Eldorado, and Caribbean are all fantastic cars, as well. I’ve been more attracted to the early sixties cars, until I saw the Mark II.
The yblock had oiling issues
I'm building an FE for my 60 Edsel and have been thinking about an overdrive trans as well. I'm concerned about the transmission just physically fitting in the car, the bell housing area/firewall is pretty shallow in my car, do you think you'll have any issues there? Anyway this video is a year old so maybe you have conquered that fitment issue. I hope it has all gone well, we are on the same path because I'm also going with a TBI injection and was also looking into headers but those Kugel manifolds have me rethinking that for sure. Thanks for the video because you turned me onto several FE parts I was unaware of, been a chevy guy until this car, the FE is much harder to shop for than a big block Chevy.
@@gwrider18m92 you know, I pretty much stabbed the engine in and sent it off to paint and body work. I installed the engine with the manifolds on. I’ve installed heads with manifolds on with the engine in the car, and just the manifolds. They fit each and every way. That was with my ‘62 Galaxie and ‘64 Mercury. I believe the Edsel will be a bit different. They come with high temp paint. It might protect them for a while. If you want them to always look nice, ceramic is the way.
That is beautiful, I have been saying and will always say, the 56-57 mk2s are the most beautiful cars ever built
In full agreement!
Awesome build. All of your ideas have me excited to get this Mercury Cyclone I have been looking at. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! Cyclones are cool. What year?
I was a high school freshmen in 1972 when the Continental Mark IV was outselling the Cadillac Eldorado, a fitting successor to the Continental Mark III. But that got me wondering, there obviously must be a Continental Mark II as well as a Mark I - but I had no idea when those cars were produced. The school librarian made a quick search and sat me down at the microfiche viewer to read an old copy of Mechanix Illustrated from November 1955. I was amazed, it was like being at the controls of a time machine reading about America's finest automobile.
That’s a cool story. I used michrofiche viewer once in my life at a library. Google is such an unbelievable improvement, huh? Some people get upset when a MKII is called a Lincoln, because Ford called Continental it’s own brand those years. When you look at it being one Mark in a series, it’s clearly a Lincoln.
@@JalopyJockey After I recovered from "discovering" the Mark II, it was an issue of TIME magazine, "The 10 Best Automobile Designs in History", that introduced me to the Mark I, because no one calls it by that name. The first Lincoln Continental of 1940 was simply outstanding. Here's a 1948 example: ua-cam.com/video/a5IjwvhQOuU/v-deo.html
Couldnt you run the fuel pump off the relay side of the circuit boss rather than its own relay?
Not really. If I ran the fuel pump off the circuit boss relay, it would be on any time the key is on. I want it to come on when the FiTech directs it: initial prime and then when it senses RPM.
Bismarck?
Valve covers weren't blue either til 66...
Hey, thanks for this man, I am working on a 64 Monterey, it is a 4-door but it is beautiful! The interior is pristine and it still has the paint/ coating on the underside! I am working on making it as smooth of a driver as possible, the engine is in perfect condition but the carb is completely messed up. I have been working on fixing it and just finally today I got it finished! Save a few adjustments, I am done working on the carb!🥳 While testing it and running through everything, I took it to a quiet stretch of highway, and planted the gas, I hit just about 102 mph! I can't wait to see more of your merc, it looks like tons of fun and is very helpful for referencing to! Thank you!
Hey, I appreciate it. You don’t seem very grumpy at all! Have you seen Carburetor Mike’s carb rebuilds on UA-cam? He has great videos rebuilding 2100 and 4100 Autolites. These do seem to like a bit more timing than the Ford book says. Help with off idle transition. Also, need the accelerator pump to hit immediately with throttle movement. Join the 1964 Mercury Full-size fans page if you have Facebook.