The Rotunda Times Volume 8 No. 3 The Official monthly Publication of the Ford & Mercury Restorer’s Club of America March 2018 march Feature Article Tim Cleary ’s 1965 Mercury Monterey fine with four-wheel power drum brakes. It has power steering and full wheel covers and a rear radio speaker. I have put 5000 miles on it the last two summers and have had a great time corresponding with the founder of the 1965 Mercury registry, Eric Olson. He knows everything about these cars, and I have given him 15-20 VIN numbers I have found which makes him very happy as he grows his registry. You can visit his web site at 1965mercuryregistry.com. I have replaced the exhaust but I kept the single exhaust which it came with and even found a NOS have always liked the 1965 Mercury full he 65 was the first model to use the rear I T muffler for a 1965 Mercury from Green sales size cars ever since my Dad brought home coil springs instead of the leaf spring in the in Cincinnati. I like to keep them the way numerous Breezeways at lunchtime when he rear, and the front suspension introduced that they came from the factory. worked at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn year was used all the way into the 1991 model as a Chassis Engineer. He also twice brought year and was used in NASCAR applications Also, there is a Facebook page started home a full size Mercury with the wrist- for decades. I had a 64 Mercury Montclair, by a woman in Norway for the 1965-1968 twist steering system which replaced the and the 65 is a much more enjoyable car to full size Mercurys. That is a fun page to conventional steering wheel. The driver drive. visit. These big cars are much appreciated in would place their thumbs inside the small six Sweden and Norway. When I go to car shows hen I moved to Seattle two years ago, inch steering wheels mounted on either end W I occasionally find some parts for a 65, but I began to look for an older car to enjoy. The of a pod. There were small chains inside the those are pretty rare. pod that connected the small steering wheels full size cars seem to be a lot better value than to the center link steering gear at the steering the pony cars, except for the station wagons, Overall, I am having a lot of fun with column. They were power assisted and you which have gone way up in price and are hard this old big boat and I hope to keep it on could steer the car with one hand on either to find. the road for a few more years. There a few in the International Mercury Club, but you wheel. This system was purportedly dumped found this 1965 Mercury Monterey in I hardly ever see one at the local shows. The because of the new collapsible steering Kennewick, Washington. The owner ran a car 66 is the same general body and interior with columns that were on the horizon in 1968. wash and it was sitting out in front when we a different hood and grille. Also, in 1966 you pulled up. My wife loves blue, so she loved The big Mercs were redesigned in 65 to could get the new factory installed 8 track the blue car with a blue convertible top. We look more similar to the Lincoln, and more player. Maybe I better get one of those! importantly to my Dad, received a much drove it back 3 hours to Seattle. It stalled improved suspension front and rear. three times at the red light in front of his business, but then made it all the way home without a problem. There were 4,762 Monterey soft tops built in 1965. The base price was $3,165. Mine has the tilt wheel and variable wipers which were both first year options. The tilt wheel was a design purchased from Saginaw steering gear, a division of GM. Ford would not have their own tilt wheel on the full size cars until 1967. 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