1964 Mercury information drop, Magnante Style
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2020
- A bunch of information on 1964 big Mercury. Monterey, Montclair, Parklane, Commuter, and Colony Park. Way too many options, body styles and engines. There were billions of times more possible combinations available than actual numbers sold.
Dad owned a '64 Park Lane 4 dr. hardtop, Anniversary Silver. 390, 4-barrel, power windows, power seat. Best car he ever owned!
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'm glad to see you've done so much work to this great '64 Monterey, and have a Facebook page devoted to the '64s. (I"m a classic Cougar fan and a fan of the '73 big Mercurys, having one of each for many years.) A few things to note about the VIN plate; the consecutive unit number denotes all Mercurys built at the plant that model year, not just Montereys. And, in this era, model year production typically began in late August/early September and ran through the following July. Case in point: my '68 Cougar was built on July 18th, and I've seen others built through the end of month before the plant shut down for new model change over.
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?
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.
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?
Oh, one more thing to find out more about your trim number (code 70), I'd suggest looking at mid-year dealer updates and Ford Technical Service Bulletins from this time period. Also, if you can find a 1964 Dealer Color and Trim book, it may have the information you need (some dealers never put mid-year updates in them, so beware of that).
I’m sure you know with having a Mercury yourself, but literature and documentation is a lot harder to come by. Very little has shown up within a group of 1,000+ owners
I agree! Nice video
I have a 63 1/2 Mercury marauder 2 door that I’m restoring
Love the ‘63s, too. I also appreciate their naming making a lot more sense, and not broken up into three trim levels with “Marauder” available on each
That is a beautiful 64 Monterey Convertible! I have a 65 Dodge Polara Convertible and they have many similarities. I think this is because they are both ultimately designed by Elwood Engle
Thank you! And you’re absolutely right. The basis of my Mercury design is a mashup of his ‘61 Continental and T-bird, which I think are all-time greats. I love his style. I think he really improved the look of Chrysler vehicles when he arrived. The Imperial was really an evolution of the Continental’s design, and the turbine car relates heavily to the Thunderbird. I would say he beat the goofy out of the Polara and made a much more handsome car.
Cool video, we have a 64 2dr Montclair Marauder sitting on our property. Very cool car, unfortunately the car is too far gone and was when it was parked 30 yrs ago. It’s two tone blue & white with a white interior
That’s too bad. So many of these have vanished to rust, landfills, and demo derbies. If you have any good parts there is a 1964 Mercury Full-Sized fan group on FB that might be able to give pieces of the car a new life.
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
Canadian, eh?
Dual Master is a good idea. I’m currently depending on my cable brakes to save me if there is a hydraulic failure. FE and COM are pretty hardy parts. 2bbl Autolite carb?
@@JalopyJockey replaced all e-brake cables too, did all that after brake line gave out in parking lot, replaced everything cables/flex hoses/wheel cylinder/lines/shoes/ hardware so basically brand new brake system. My car was built in Oakville ON, so Canadian when I swapped out F bearings they were stamped made in Canada
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.
I recently posted a video with my ‘57 Continental on just that subject. Take the top off the carb and flush it out, have the tank flushed, and replace any rubber fuel hose. Replace all the brake rubber hoses and wheel cylinders. Replace the coil, plugs, wires, points and condenser (or throw in a Pertronix). Flush the cooling system. You’ll be in for maybe $4-500, mostly in the gas tank flush. Shouldn’t be too bad. After that, you need a vacuum pump, vacuum gauge, timing light and a dwell/tach.
Man, that Monterey is MINT, I own a 1966 Ford Custom sedan which is the very base model Galaxie, it has a stain in the back seat that s very permanent and I am trying to find a place which will reupholster it for me.
I wish the Monterey was as mint as it looks here. I currently have a bunch cut out for rust repair, but we’re getting there. Galaxie stuff is usually WAY easier to find than Mercury anything
For sure! I am actually in the midst of purchasing a 1964 Monterey, I am in love with the subtle styling of the early 60s Mercurys!
@@TheGrumpyGangster excellent, hope it all works out for you
Hi Cody. I just bought a 64 Montclair Marauder Coupe in good shape. Unfortunately the Dash Pad has cracks. Is the 64 Mercury Dash Pad same like on a 64 Galaxie? Those are available as reproduction. Thanks!
Hi, Piotr. The Mercury dash pad is slightly different from the Galaxie. They are close enough that a reproduction Galaxie dash pad will work. The other option is to remove the pad, repaint the metal dash and get a speaker cover for a non-padded dash, and just go without the pad.
@@JalopyJockey Ok that's a great info. I thought about too to take off the padding and repaint the metal dash but it won't be easy to find the correct blue color. I also applied for you Facebook group yesterday. :)
@@23classicscalifornia56 I did this with my ‘62 Galaxie and matched the interior paint. I brought in the glove box door to the auto paint store and had it matched. Used an Aerosol 2K matte clear over the top to reduce sheen in the sun. This was closer to the factory finish on that car. I ended up painting all the painted interior parts to freshen them. Are there other painted surfaces in the Mercury interior to match to?
@@JalopyJockey Thanks for the tip with the Paint. The Merc is not here yet. It will probably arrive in 2-3 Weeks. The Interior supposed to be in really nice shape. Just the Dash Pad has cracks. I just got the VIN and luckily it's a Z-Code. :)