58L-Y8 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 For Sale: 1962 MERCURY MONTEREY Sedan, Six Cylinder - $5,500 - Malabar, FL 1962 MERCURY MONTERREY - cars & trucks - by owner - vehicle... (craigslist.org) For Sale is this Beautiful 1962 Mercury Monterrey Low Rider, Unmolested, runs, drives and stops, you won't see another one around here, very few left, I had so many plans with this car, but due to this pandemic, I'm forced to sell it, has the common rust, but totally restorable, has a Inline six cylinder engine, Automatic transmission, Offered at $5500.OBO, All reasonable offers will be considered, low ballers will be ignored, This is a very collectable classic car and a Piece of American History, I'm a very motivated seller, Let's talk and make a deal, Thank you. odometer: 234763 Contact: Mario (321) 4-3-two-6-two-nine-5 Copy and paste in your email: bc31ebb3be9f350db9346f5c328d1882@sale.craigslist.org I have no personal interest or stake in the eventual sale of this 1962 MERCURY MONTEREY Sedan, Six Cylinder. Note: The 1961 Meteor 600 and base engine for the 1962 Monterey was the 223 ci six cylinder engine. Only 17% of 1962 Montereys were so equipped. For 1963, full-sized Mercurys returned to V8 engines only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Huston Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I wonder how long it will take for the next owner of this unique original Mercury to pull out the 6 cylinder engine and replace it with a 350 crate engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Mark Huston said: I wonder how long it will take for the next owner of this unique original Mercury to pull out the 6 cylinder engine and replace it with a 350 crate engine. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 9 hours ago, Mark Huston said: I wonder how long it will take for the next owner of this unique original Mercury to pull out the 6 cylinder engine and replace it with a 350 crate engine. I agree. Unfortunately, the painted bumpers have already started this car down the long path to non-originality...leading to a place were everything from Rolls Royces to lawnmowers are powered by sbc's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 I'm surprised that at minimum a 352/390 FE engine hadn't already replaced that six. Other than an automatic transmission and a two-tone (white) top, this was about as basic a full-sized Mercury as one could buy in 1962. Its a wonder they didn't trot out the 'Medalist' moniker again for the six. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) I guess there were people with growing families in the early sixties that needed the least expensive full sized sedan possible. I mention this because the Comet sold incredibly well in '61 and '62, and would've been the best way for a car buyer way to go if pursuing economy of price and operation within the Mercury line. But if you had a family of six, a Comet wouldn't be that great. I don't know this for a fact, but it wouldn't surprise me if most of these types of cars were sold during end of model year sales promotions. Left over because, as 58L-y8 implied, most full size car buyers wanted V-8's in the early sixties. Edited February 6, 2021 by JamesR (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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