1964 Mercury Montclair

1964 Mercury Montclair Description:

The Mercury Montclair is a full-size automobile that was produced by Mercury from 1955 to 1957, the M-E-L Division of Ford Motor Company 1958 to 1960 and by the Lincoln Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company from 1964 to 1968. The vehicle name was introduced in 1955 and applied to Mercury's premium automobile line. Ford historians are at a loss as to where the name originated; the consensus is that it's taken from the upper class community of Montclair, New Jersey.
The three-spoke steering wheel has a horn button on each spoke while at the hub is the Roman numeral XXV, signifying the 25 years since the first Mercury appeared in 1939. With it's 'very sporty' fastback styling, it's difficult to think of a car that comes within a half-inch of 18 feet as sporty but the Mercury, with sharply pointed fenders, successfully pulls it off. Atop each front fender, incorporated in the stainless-steel trim, are turn signal marker lights to alert the driver that the signal indicator is activated. Eleven-inch drum brakes at each wheel stand ready to reel in the speeding car on 8.00x14-inch tires. The Mercury rides on a 120-inch wheelbase. Four headlights are mounted in the pointed grille, which mimics the pointed front fenders. At the other end of the big Mercury are what appear to be six taillights, the two inboard lights are disguised backup lights. The Mercury features a 300-horsepower, 390-cubic-inch V-8 engine with a four-barrel carburetor and is mated to a 4-speed automatic transmission.