1968 Colony Park 482

[My427stang]

Good to see it in one piece!

[Towd56]

Looks great Mark. I give you credit for your persistence to do it right.

[FirstEliminator]

We had a couple hours today to drop it in the car. We installed the trans as well. Getting closer.
 


Mark


p.s. Beaver Springs!!!!

[6667fan]

Mark,
Do you have any Mercs that are not off white, lol? Every car I've seen is that color.

Nice progress,

JB

[FirstEliminator]

    Hey Jim,
     You ought to come visit.

70 Cougar XR-7 460 C-6----------------------white originally blue, will someday be silver
70 Cougar XR-7 conv 351c 4v FMX-----------Deep Gold Metallic, will be black
69 Cougar SS 351w AOD---------------------tu-tone medium blue metallic with white roof
69 Cougar Sunroof Eliminator 351w FMX----Competition Orange
69 Cougar XR-7 390 C-6----------------------Light Gold Metallic
68 Monterey 390 C-6--------------------------Lime Frost
68 Monterey conv 390 C-6--------------------Grecian Gold---will be Augusta Green
64 Montclair Marauder 390 Merc-O-----------Polar White---might someday be Pacific Blue
58 Monterey 383 Merc-O----------------------Parisian Green and White
58 Parklane 430 MultiDrive-------------------Tuxedo Black and White
68 Colony Park 428 C-6-----------------------Saxony Yellow with yacht paneling
68 Colony Park 390 C-6-----------------------Lime Frost with yacht paneling
58 Parklane 430 MultiDrive-------------------Mayfair Yellow
70 Cougar Eliminator 351c 4 speed----------Competition Green
68 Monterey conv 390 C-6--------------------Polar White

[6667fan]

Mark,

Is there a fee to visit the Mercury Emporium? ( I would gladly pay to help with upkeep).

So Mercury calls the special wood grain trim Yacht Paneling. That's cool, what did Ford call it?

JB

[FirstEliminator]

    I don't know, I'm not a Ford guy. ---lol.  Looking around it appears the use of the word "Squire" denotes having woodgrain. Whereas the wagons with no wood grain were called a "Country Sedan". Not sure if the woodgrain had another name for Fords. Yacht paneling is a term I saw in a Mercury sales brochure for 1968 for cars with woodgrain.

Mark,

Is there a fee to visit the Mercury Emporium? ( I would gladly pay to help with upkeep).

So Mercury calls the special wood grain trim Yacht Paneling. That's cool, what did Ford call it?

JB

[FirstEliminator]

A little bit more was assembled this evening.

[475fetoploader]

Great work, love seeing an F.E. with a throttle body.

[FirstEliminator]

https://youtu.be/wkOSR5vD7uI

  Now I'm anxious for spring.

[475fetoploader]

Sounds great! Spring is coming, it was beautiful today, hotrods will be out soon.

[My427stang]

Sounds like a good one now!  Making a movie usually makes them all sound noisy,but it sounds very quiet.

Nice work, too bad the roads of North Adams are likely covered with sand and salt...

[FirstEliminator]

    Watching the video there is a ton of hissing from the suction. I ought to put the air cleaner on.  It sounded like there was a little valve train noise, not so much of ticking, just that parts are in motion. So far, so good!    Well, almost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NheVIkkqiKc

[Towd56]

Like a big sewing machine. Nice!!

[blykins]

I smell a drag race coming....

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8E6oXvHzEK/