hitchhiker
04-02-2004, 03:06 AM
406 Memories...
Years ago I had a 1963 Mercury Montery Marauder (406 Flags on front fenders) with the Breezeway roll-down rear window. It had a 406 with 3 2V carbs. Bought it for $300 from an older friend of my dad's with 33,000 miles on it. It had set for a couple of years in basement storage. Dad didn't know about the monster engine until the deal was already done. It even had A/C!
A little work brought the black paint to a beautiful shine and the old oil seals
fattened up after a couple of oil changes; after that no leaks. The only repair needed was a salvage yard power steering pump from a 1965 Lincoln and I was good to go.
This was one hell of a wild and unique car in an era when Mustangs, Camaros. Chevelles, and Chargers were the in-thing. My black monster sedan was every bit as fast and usually faster! I used to shoot bottle rockets out the back window while going down the road! Drove it like the devil for a year and a half and three sets of tires.
As a teen, I could not afford the gas or shipping to bring it to California, when we moved out west, so I sold it. Still wish I had that car! I do remember being able to see the gas gauge go down when holding it at WOT for a nice long run, but gas was in the 30 cent range back then, for premium!
It was sure fun blowing the doors off the 'cool' cars while sitting on a 'sofa' in air conditioned comfort. The big trunk held a huge cooler full of beer too!
Best Regards,
David
Years ago I had a 1963 Mercury Montery Marauder (406 Flags on front fenders) with the Breezeway roll-down rear window. It had a 406 with 3 2V carbs. Bought it for $300 from an older friend of my dad's with 33,000 miles on it. It had set for a couple of years in basement storage. Dad didn't know about the monster engine until the deal was already done. It even had A/C!
A little work brought the black paint to a beautiful shine and the old oil seals
fattened up after a couple of oil changes; after that no leaks. The only repair needed was a salvage yard power steering pump from a 1965 Lincoln and I was good to go.
This was one hell of a wild and unique car in an era when Mustangs, Camaros. Chevelles, and Chargers were the in-thing. My black monster sedan was every bit as fast and usually faster! I used to shoot bottle rockets out the back window while going down the road! Drove it like the devil for a year and a half and three sets of tires.
As a teen, I could not afford the gas or shipping to bring it to California, when we moved out west, so I sold it. Still wish I had that car! I do remember being able to see the gas gauge go down when holding it at WOT for a nice long run, but gas was in the 30 cent range back then, for premium!
It was sure fun blowing the doors off the 'cool' cars while sitting on a 'sofa' in air conditioned comfort. The big trunk held a huge cooler full of beer too!
Best Regards,
David