In 1953, Mercury stopped whispering and started crooning. Jet-age glitter met working-class grit, and the Monterey became the mid-price siren that made Buick owners look twice and Ford buyers dream ...

John Higgins is a native Californian who, after 36 years as a manufacturer’s representative in Hawaii, sold his business and retired with his wife, Judi, to Redwood City in 2010. Yes, he knows he got ...

Take a closer look at the 1953 Mercury Monterey, a classic American automobile known for its distinctive styling and vintage ...

Posting an ad from a dearly departed automaker is always bittersweet. Though it pains us to recall the Nashes and Studebakers that have fallen victim to Shumpeter's swift and unavoidable blade of ...

Q: Greg, I have a 1953 mercury convertible that has been customized. It has a 1987 Lincoln 5.0 roller engine, rebuilt and bored .30 over. It has a small cam and 3:55 rear gears. It also has air ...

A 1953 Mercury Monterey, is this fantastic or what! Look at this thing, it screams the '50s. Bright colors, long and low, looks customized but it's factory original, skirts, spot lights, glasspack ...

The Mercury car line was started by Edsel Ford, Henry’s son, in 1938. By this time Ford Motor Co. owned Lincoln, which manufactured one of the most expensive cars made in America. The Mercury was to ...

I’ve been in the market for a Huracan for a while. The guys at ECF came thru big time with a beautiful spec. The process was easy and the team was incredibly pleasant to work with. I hate the car ...

There's a solid line between cutting up some sheetmetal and bolting on a bunch of miscellaneous components, and building a custom. All you need for the former is a garage full of random parts, a car ...

1953 was a pretty interesting year. Eisenhower became president, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, Josef Stalin died, and Russia set off its first hydrogen bomb. I was 5 years old. And in 1953, a few ...

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