Always admired these squared-edge Mercury sedans and wagons, family cars seating six adults in comfort with more trunk space than you could ever need. This is what America needs today, bench seats and all! Grandpa worked forty years at Ford Motor Company, he always said Fords were OK but preferred Mercury; his last car was a '67 Comet hardtop. Exotic and rare cars are interesting but really nice when you do the common cars we saw and drove daily. Keep up the great work.
St. louis in the late 70s. Our old neighbor was still driving the '66. I was amazed by that back window. A little Elwood Engel hanging on at Ford and Merc even though he was long gone.
What a great example! This is the kind of car many families had back then. Modestly equipped, but roomy enough for the entire family and all their stuff. And I'll take this Mercury in both cases.
I was sad when the Mercury line folded. 2 of my Dad’s cars when I was growing up were Mercurys and I always thought they were special. Thanks for posting‼️👍🏻 EDIT: I liked the 66 and the 62, both of which had one-year-only tail lights
67 Mercury 67 Bonneville I always liked the body style on these. I'm really surprised they never made a Monterey station wagon version. Especially on the 66 with the long straight body length that just screams station wagon possibilities. The 0 to 60 time of under 7 seconds is actually quite respectable for a car this big. You just can't beat those big V8s with gobs of torque. A friend of mine's father had a '67 four-door sedan with the big V8 and sometimes I'd go with him and his family on a weekend trip and it was always a very comfortable ride in that huge back seat in the car. I remember a couple of times when his dad would all of a sudden say "oh my God I'm doing 100 mph I better slow down". Naturally, my friend's mom would be freaking out and we never knew if he was kidding or not. We would never know If he really was going that fast or not because sitting in the backseat it felt smooth as glass. The 60's was a glorious time for automobiles. New models every 1 to 2 years. Lots of innovations and the styling was awesome. I'm so glad that I'm a boomer and I was born in a time when by the time I hit my teens and was ready to drive, there were all these really great cars from the '60s that I had access to and were able to own. The dash layout is so clean and stylish. Understated elegance in these cars. A perfect bridge between Ford and Lincoln.
@@danielulz1640and yeah I just went back and re-listened to it what I was mentioning was the Monterey itself they didn't offer that as a station wagon.
But Mercury DID offer a Monterey style station wagon. It was called Commuter, model 71B as a six passenger and model 71C as an eight passenger, with no simulated wood trim. @@carlmontney7916
My first car was the 67 Monterey Fastback. My dad talked the owner down from 500 to 300 dollars. It was Sky Blue with a black vinyl top. FYI when you first start the car, there is a Blue Light that indicates a "Cold" engine. Your supposed to wait for it to turn off, but I never did. Great ride and plenty of power. Wish I still had it.
Was there last Tuesday and was great talking to you that evening. I did not see that car, but I do remember the 1960 Impala and red Olds. Keep up the good work!
most of us back then had the Mercury Commuter station wagon by Matchbox in this "Lime Gold Metallic" color. As I recall, it had a trailer hitch to tow various Matchbox vehicles with.
Mercury tried to pass itself off as Lincoln's baby brother. Stylings were similar and this '67 definitely has has a Lincoln-esque front end. Often people called these full-size Merc's Baby Lincolns. The 1967 with the hump above the speedo was one year only. The 1968 still had the big round speedo, but the dash pad was flat on top. The one to have was the Park Lane.
1967- The Summer of Love in San Francisco's "People's Park". 1 year later, we pulled over on a sight seeing tour of SF there at Haight & Ashbury to get an eyeful of what was "the summer of love" only to find a hippie peeing on a tree out in the wide open public. We left before he did.
I had a 1970 version of this. Same color with green top and interior. We thought it would be a good idea to put in a medium rise Cobra Jet manifold and 780 Holley on it. Wow!!! That car was fast! I might have got a bad ticket one time. I drove that thing all the way from Detroit to Quad Cities leaking air on the Monroes till I got there.
The prettiest car my father owned was this very model in seafoam green. I still remember the day he brought it home and my mother and aunt admiring its beauty. The saddest day was the day he traded it for a yellow 1973 LTD. In the 1970s, cop shows on TV crashed a lot of these by driving them off cliffs. Oh the humanity! 😢
@@What.its.like. Reading in different places, and watching various you tube videos the numbers vary from 116 to 160 Chargers destroyed the TV producer didn't keep track of the number of cars purchased. Seen pictures of transporters hauling 6 to 8 cars at a time to the location for painting and prep for stunts.
Hi Jay! Can't hardly go wrong with those old Ford/Mercs from the late 60's. The color brings back memories for me since I had TWO cars that color. a 1968 Falcon 4dr. And, my 1969 Fairlane 500 2dr. hardtop. They both had a dark green interior in them. The Merc shown is pretty cool! About the most goofy feature was the steering wheel "crash-pad" that the 1967 FOMOCO products all seemed to have! WYR 1 would be the Monterey, even though I REALLY like the styling on the Olds! #2 Would be the 1967 T-Bird 4 door! Pretty slick machines!
My dad had one one of these in seafoam green. He never wore a seatbelt. One rainy nite we were coming home from a road trip. On the radio was a commercial. Jack Webb was talking about seatbelts. Not 10 minutes later my dad hydroplaned, and spun out. He put his seat belt on from them on
Another of my favorite 60's Mercurys, and in my favorite color, used to be a lot of them in the neighborhood plus some Comets back in my childhood days. The local Mercury dealer in Austin also briefly sold Edsels, he also was the mayor for a while too. First pick Chrysler Newport, second Thunderbird 4 door.
It's funny how cars like this once were almost a dime a dozen, there were zillions of family 4-door sedans roaming about. Nowadays, finding one in decent condition is nearly impossible, because these cars were just appliances, nobody thought to save them. This car looks like it was fairly well maintained, but I'll bet that 390 towed around a large camper or boat back in its day. I like the 66 much better tho, both inside and out. WYR= I'd take the Merc, but that Olds would be ok, but the 67 T-Bird is what I would want out of all of them. Nice job, Jay!
I totally agree it's crazy how they are were everywhere now rarely seen.. late 80s fords Lincoln and Mercury was like that here in the 2000s when I was in highschool it seemed you always knew someone with a green Buick lesabre
I'd choose the '67 Delta 88 and the '67 Thunderbird. My buddy had a '67 Delta 88 and we did a lot of cruising in that car back in the late 70's. It was a comfortable car with sufficient power.
I love the Ford, Lincoln Mercury models from this era. All of the WYRs are awesome IMO, I'd go with this one in the first, in the second, I'd go with the Bonneville, with the T-Bird running a very close second! 😎
Thanks for the video and the memories Jay but I’m scratching my head trying to figure out why you included a Mercury marine outboard engine as there is absolutely no correlation between the two products/companies other than the name and technically it was keikhaefur mercury corporation founded by Karl keikhaefer. Of the 65-68 mercury full size models my favorite was the 66 in the 2 dr fastback parklane marauder so for the WYR i will go with the olds and its beautiful coke bottle styling and in the second option the t bird as it was the best of both worlds, road car and stylish
Ì saw a 2 door the day before this video came out. It was in front of me for several miles. Was being driven by a 20 something woman with long brown hair despite ad saying it's a man's car lol. When the road opened up, free of traffic on beautiful tree lined New England road with foliage beaming, she blasted off in a cloud of smoke. Left me gasping for air lol. First time I had seen one of these cars in a long time. A rare sight
For WYR, it’s the Delta 88 and the Thunderbird. For curiosity’s sake, now I want to get a better idea of how they replaced the breezeway. I thought it was a great idea but I guess they considered it a dated concept by the 1967 models. Not a bad survivor car.
When I was 8, and already had strong opinions about automotive styling, my great uncle bought a new 67 Catalina. I told him it was ugly. I still think it is, never cared for the beak or the split stacked headlights. Pontiacs were beautiful up until 67. Of course, my Dad severely chastised me for expressing my negative opinion to my Uncle.
Hopefully you’ll do a Mercury Capri at some point. I own a Ford Capri which is the model they shipped Stateside to become the Mercury and I’d like to see how it compares/was marketed. We had it sold as a European Mustang and “the car you always promised yourself”
Gotta go with the Olds Delta (my parents had a "Delmont 88", slightly cheaper than the Delta, same color blue). In the 2nd Would You Rather, I'll go for the Bonneville as I really liked the styling then.
At some point they stopped selling the Monterey on the Canadian market as they were sold as Meteors albeit with Ford dashboards. I'm uncertain about sales of the Monterey in Canada by 1967. Although I was never a fan of Mercury styling during the '60's, I preferred the look of the '67 to the '66. My cars of choice would be the Delta 88 and the Thunderbird.
The ‘67 shares its roof with the Ford Fairlane*, the parking/signal lamps moved from the corner in 1966 to bumper thus losing the side marker light which had to be added for ‘68 rather a regression. *rear window slightly “frenched”
3:21 Always thought the 67 styling brought the big Mercs down a peg vs the competition with a plain Jane result. Like the taillamps, tho! Hmmmm 4 speed sticks should keep a guy deodorized for 30+ days! The dash pad bulge may provide shading to the speedometer so sunlight doesn't interfere with the driver's view. WYR: 1. Olds 2. T-Bird!!
In both scenarios, I would take the Mercury Monterey. In the first scenario, I also like the Chrysler Newport it would be my second choice. Although the brochure offers a manual transmission, the only Mercury in 1967 I ever saw with Manual, transmission was the Cougar, and it was rare in them. Mercurys were luxury cars they offered mostly automatic transmissions in their cars since the 50s. I like the 67 overall better than the 66, but I like the 66 tail light better than the 67. The 67 steering wheel on all Ford products had a round popoff hub. I totally disliked that thing, so it would have me looking for a different year to buy over the others. I would every year look at both the Ford and Mercury models to decide which would be my first choice to buy. In the 60s, prior to 64, it was the Ford, after 64 with the exception of 68, it was the Mercury. Except for the steering wheel, 67 was my favorite Mercury year One other thing I noticed is when you show and get criticism of the knee and leg room in the back seat. The front seat moves forward and back at minimum. They also can go up and down, and the angle changes. So that the room back there will vary. You tend to show in wherever position the seat was left in. So, your tight knee position was a worst-case scenario.
@@What.its.like. all right I was young and stupid I had just scored a quarter pound of weed to deal was in Seattle suddenly cop lights in my rear view my right foot disconnected from my senses I stomped the old mercury to the floor and evaded the law for about 15 minutes hauling ass back and forth through downtown until at least 10 cars blocked the 1st avenue bridge I thought to ram them but I slid in sideways got arrested and did 2 years.i don't recommend this behavior to anyone.
Thank you so much for sharing that story =) You could never do that now too many cameras .. and I swear cop cars have some sort of tracking device on you once they get behind you they can always seem to find where you’re at ( I watch a lot of cop shows the perp never gets away )
I always find myself stopping at the ads and reading the copy. They are artefacts of a different time. Meaning, you just could not use these cheesy lines to attract customers today. I also should add, that I don't find this vehicle at all appealing, Jay. It just looks like a boring boxy car, frankly. However, this is the first car you have ever showed me, which didn't stir some excitement within me. That is a remarkably good run, I think. The rear brake lights did remind me of the running or reversing lights on the Mustang though.
@@Steven-p4j I agree they are kind of plain Jane but it's interesting when you get up close and you see all of the different design it's not like they just made it big and brick like ( like Chevy trucks today )
I'll never understand the stereotypes based on generations. I was born in 1963 and have very little in common with 99% of Boomers. I was programming in C++ by 1984 as a 20 year old and all my friends wanted wives that were professionals not old fashioned wives. To be clumbed in a category of people that don't know squat about computers, IC's and more is wildly insane. I know nothing about the 50's and 60's yet based on a category people assume that I have those values. Oh well....
Yeah, there's different stereotypes for different generation I don't really fall in line with my generation, but that's the way it's always been for me I've always spent time with people from the greatest generation which my grandpa was part of that generation. He was my best friend. Miss him a lot I love the stories that he would share about The world he grew up in, that no longer exists
The front of the car is not to well thought out in relation to where the hood finishes and the fenders brows start, why didn't Mercury not keep them in line for a cleaner look.
The style is already like in 1970ties. To me is the ugliest style. The second ugliest is 1980ties. The third is 1990ties. The most attractive are 1930ties, then 1950ties. In order to accept the style I have to have a station wagon.
Always admired these squared-edge Mercury sedans and wagons, family cars seating six adults in comfort with more trunk space than you could ever need. This is what America needs today, bench seats and all! Grandpa worked forty years at Ford Motor Company, he always said Fords were OK but preferred Mercury; his last car was a '67 Comet hardtop. Exotic and rare cars are interesting but really nice when you do the common cars we saw and drove daily. Keep up the great work.
I had a 66 Monterey hardtop, only 2 doors. That wonderful deep red. Its was my beautiful baby for many years. I miss that smooth and monstrous 390.
67 was such a great year.
St. louis in the late 70s. Our old neighbor was still driving the '66. I was amazed by that back window. A little Elwood Engel hanging on at Ford and Merc even though he was long gone.
Thank you so much for sharing that memory
I chose the Tbird. Always a big fan of the birds. My dad had a 64 Comet. Great car. Thanks for posting.
What a great example! This is the kind of car many families had back then. Modestly equipped, but roomy enough for the entire family and all their stuff. And I'll take this Mercury in both cases.
Sweet choices.. this was a great example of a family survivor
I was sad when the Mercury line folded. 2 of my Dad’s cars when I was growing up were Mercurys and I always thought they were special. Thanks for posting‼️👍🏻
EDIT: I liked the 66 and the 62, both of which had one-year-only tail lights
Detective McGarrett, dig that groovy mid-class entry level full size seat fabric in the new cruisers!
Great video. This car is old school luxury and style. Just pure class.
Thank you happy you dig this video =)
67 Mercury
67 Bonneville
I always liked the body style on these. I'm really surprised they never made a Monterey station wagon version. Especially on the 66 with the long straight body length that just screams station wagon possibilities.
The 0 to 60 time of under 7 seconds is actually quite respectable for a car this big. You just can't beat those big V8s with gobs of torque.
A friend of mine's father had a '67 four-door sedan with the big V8 and sometimes I'd go with him and his family on a weekend trip and it was always a very comfortable ride in that huge back seat in the car.
I remember a couple of times when his dad would all of a sudden say "oh my God I'm doing 100 mph I better slow down". Naturally, my friend's mom would be freaking out and we never knew if he was kidding or not. We would never know If he really was going that fast or not because sitting in the backseat it felt smooth as glass.
The 60's was a glorious time for automobiles. New models every 1 to 2 years. Lots of innovations and the styling was awesome.
I'm so glad that I'm a boomer and I was born in a time when by the time I hit my teens and was ready to drive, there were all these really great cars from the '60s that I had access to and were able to own.
The dash layout is so clean and stylish. Understated elegance in these cars. A perfect bridge between Ford and Lincoln.
Mercury DID offer station wagons. They were even mentioned in the beginning of this video.
@@danielulz1640and yeah I just went back and re-listened to it what I was mentioning was the Monterey itself they didn't offer that as a station wagon.
But Mercury DID offer a Monterey style station wagon. It was called Commuter, model 71B as a six passenger and model 71C as an eight passenger, with no simulated wood trim. @@carlmontney7916
My first car was the 67 Monterey Fastback. My dad talked the owner down from 500 to 300 dollars. It was Sky Blue with a black vinyl top. FYI when you first start the car, there is a Blue Light that indicates a "Cold" engine. Your supposed to wait for it to turn off, but I never did. Great ride and plenty of power. Wish I still had it.
Was there last Tuesday and was great talking to you that evening. I did not see that car, but I do remember the 1960 Impala and red Olds. Keep up the good work!
Awesome
I'm glad you got to go to classic automall so many cool things to see. =) it was great talking to you as well
most of us back then had the Mercury Commuter station wagon by Matchbox in this "Lime Gold Metallic" color. As I recall, it had a trailer hitch to tow various Matchbox vehicles with.
I still love these old cars ! 8 mpg or not and i would still rock them to this day !
Feels like actually driving something, car quality is so cheap now but charge a fortune for them
I love the analogue clocks in the old cars and some not so new vehicles as in the Suzuki Vitara.
Your videos keep getting better and better!😊
Thank you I try =)
Mercury tried to pass itself off as Lincoln's baby brother. Stylings were similar and this '67 definitely has has a Lincoln-esque front end. Often people called these full-size Merc's Baby Lincolns. The 1967 with the hump above the speedo was one year only. The 1968 still had the big round speedo, but the dash pad was flat on top. The one to have was the Park Lane.
1967- The Summer of Love in San Francisco's "People's Park". 1 year later, we pulled over on a sight seeing tour of SF there at Haight & Ashbury to get an eyeful of what was "the summer of love" only to find a hippie peeing on a tree out in the wide open public. We left before he did.
Thank you so much for sharing that memory
And THAT's why you remember the sixties!
And I’ll bet that peeing hippie is a cut above what’s in San Francisco now.
I had a 1970 version of this. Same color with green top and interior. We thought it would be a good idea to put in a medium rise Cobra Jet manifold and 780 Holley on it. Wow!!! That car was fast! I might have got a bad ticket one time. I drove that thing all the way from Detroit to Quad Cities leaking air on the Monroes till I got there.
Yeah man! We filled the trunk of this car with fire wood and went to the Nascar race in Michigan. Go Cale!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing that story. What a cool memory!!
The prettiest car my father owned was this very model in seafoam green. I still remember the day he brought it home and my mother and aunt admiring its beauty. The saddest day was the day he traded it for a yellow 1973 LTD. In the 1970s, cop shows on TV crashed a lot of these by driving them off cliffs. Oh the humanity! 😢
Definitely hated the waste, so many perfect cars in TV and movies back then.
I wonder how many general lees were destroyed
@@What.its.like. Reading in different places, and watching various you tube videos the numbers vary from 116 to 160 Chargers destroyed the TV producer didn't keep track of the number of cars purchased. Seen pictures of transporters hauling 6 to 8 cars at a time to the location for painting and prep for stunts.
@@bparksiii6171 holy crap that's a lot more than I thought
A true survivor 67 Newport - T' Bird
Totally agree great choices
Hi Jay! Can't hardly go wrong with those old Ford/Mercs from the late 60's. The color brings back memories for me since I had TWO cars that color. a 1968 Falcon 4dr. And, my 1969 Fairlane 500 2dr. hardtop. They both had a dark green interior in them. The Merc shown is pretty cool! About the most goofy feature was the steering wheel "crash-pad" that the 1967 FOMOCO products all seemed to have! WYR 1 would be the Monterey, even though I REALLY like the styling on the Olds! #2 Would be the 1967 T-Bird 4 door! Pretty slick machines!
Sweet choices. Thank you so much for sharing those cars with us.
The Thunderbird is my pick… hands down. Great channel!
Sweet choice
Happy you dig this channel
My dad had one one of these in seafoam green.
He never wore a seatbelt.
One rainy nite we were coming home from a road trip.
On the radio was a commercial. Jack Webb was talking about seatbelts.
Not 10 minutes later my dad hydroplaned, and spun out.
He put his seat belt on from them on
Great story
1967 Chrysler Newport.
Another of my favorite 60's Mercurys, and in my favorite color, used to be a lot of them in the neighborhood plus some Comets back in my childhood days. The local Mercury dealer in Austin also briefly sold Edsels, he also was the mayor for a while too. First pick Chrysler Newport, second Thunderbird 4 door.
It's funny how cars like this once were almost a dime a dozen, there were zillions of family 4-door sedans roaming about. Nowadays, finding one in decent condition is nearly impossible, because these cars were just appliances, nobody thought to save them. This car looks like it was fairly well maintained, but I'll bet that 390 towed around a large camper or boat back in its day. I like the 66 much better tho, both inside and out. WYR= I'd take the Merc, but that Olds would be ok, but the 67 T-Bird is what I would want out of all of them. Nice job, Jay!
I totally agree it's crazy how they are were everywhere now rarely seen.. late 80s fords Lincoln and Mercury was like that here in the 2000s when I was in highschool it seemed you always knew someone with a green Buick lesabre
many great cars in '67
1967 Mercury 2nd scenario.
Although not my favorite model I always loved the Mercury.
I'd choose the '67 Delta 88 and the '67 Thunderbird. My buddy had a '67 Delta 88 and we did a lot of cruising in that car back in the late 70's. It was a comfortable car with sufficient power.
Sweet choices =)
I love the Ford, Lincoln Mercury models from this era. All of the WYRs are awesome IMO, I'd go with this one in the first, in the second, I'd go with the Bonneville, with the T-Bird running a very close second! 😎
1967 Pontiac bonneville
Very good video thank you
Thank you happy you dig this one =)
Thanks for the video and the memories Jay but I’m scratching my head trying to figure out why you included a Mercury marine outboard engine as there is absolutely no correlation between the two products/companies other than the name and technically it was keikhaefur mercury corporation founded by Karl keikhaefer. Of the 65-68 mercury full size models my favorite was the 66 in the 2 dr fastback parklane marauder so for the WYR i will go with the olds and its beautiful coke bottle styling and in the second option the t bird as it was the best of both worlds, road car and stylish
I did that strictly for a head scratcher lol it was a good advertising piece
I was looking for an advertising piece that had all of mercurys offerings
10:00 I like the front end of that Merc. Simple. Reminds me of (of course) the Lincolns of the era.
In Canada, Ford Canada had a Meteor Division, a cross between a Ford and a Mercury.
Ì saw a 2 door the day before this video came out. It was in front of me for several miles. Was being driven by a 20 something woman with long brown hair despite ad saying it's a man's car lol. When the road opened up, free of traffic on beautiful tree lined New England road with foliage beaming, she blasted off in a cloud of smoke. Left me gasping for air lol. First time I had seen one of these cars in a long time. A rare sight
Sweet story thank you for sharing that memory
For WYR, it’s the Delta 88 and the Thunderbird.
For curiosity’s sake, now I want to get a better idea of how they replaced the breezeway. I thought it was a great idea but I guess they considered it a dated concept by the 1967 models. Not a bad survivor car.
I had a white one and I paid $150 for it in 1980.
Sweet what engine did yours have and what did you think of the car
When I was 8, and already had strong opinions about automotive styling, my great uncle bought a new 67 Catalina. I told him it was ugly. I still think it is, never cared for the beak or the split stacked headlights. Pontiacs were beautiful up until 67. Of course, my Dad severely chastised me for expressing my negative opinion to my Uncle.
Like a king sized waterbed, in more ways than one.
So totally true
Hopefully you’ll do a Mercury Capri at some point. I own a Ford Capri which is the model they shipped Stateside to become the Mercury and I’d like to see how it compares/was marketed. We had it sold as a European Mustang and “the car you always promised yourself”
Definitely would love to cover a Capri the goal is to cover as many cars as possible, especially the cars off the beaten path
I like the '66, Jay~!
Sweet =)
Gotta go with the Olds Delta (my parents had a "Delmont 88", slightly cheaper than the Delta, same color blue). In the 2nd Would You Rather, I'll go for the Bonneville as I really liked the styling then.
Sweet choices that Pontiac looks interesting
I will take a 66 please.
At some point they stopped selling the Monterey on the Canadian market as they were sold as Meteors albeit with Ford dashboards. I'm uncertain about sales of the Monterey in Canada by 1967. Although I was never a fan of Mercury styling during the '60's, I preferred the look of the '67 to the '66. My cars of choice would be the Delta 88 and the Thunderbird.
Great information and insight
The ‘67 shares its roof with the Ford Fairlane*, the parking/signal lamps moved from the corner in 1966 to bumper thus losing the side marker light which had to be added for ‘68 rather a regression.
*rear window slightly “frenched”
Great insight =)
1966 with gages
Which was federal mandated for all car for 67.
What was mandated?
1967 Oldsmobile Delta 88, please!
3:21 Always thought the 67 styling brought the big Mercs down a peg vs the competition with a plain Jane result. Like the taillamps, tho! Hmmmm 4 speed sticks should keep a guy deodorized for 30+ days! The dash pad bulge may provide shading to the speedometer so sunlight doesn't interfere with the driver's view. WYR: 1. Olds 2. T-Bird!!
Sweet choices
@@What.its.like. Thanks, Jay!
Hi Jay . I am your #2 like!! Haha!Looks like a good one. Will try to see you at Hershey.
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Yes Charles I'd love to meet you at hershey I'm going for the whole thing now Tuesday through Friday
In both scenarios, I would take the Mercury Monterey. In the first scenario, I also like the Chrysler Newport it would be my second choice. Although the brochure offers a manual transmission, the only Mercury in 1967 I ever saw with Manual, transmission was the Cougar, and it was rare in them. Mercurys were luxury cars they offered mostly automatic transmissions in their cars since the 50s. I like the 67 overall better than the 66, but I like the 66 tail light better than the 67. The 67 steering wheel on all Ford products had a round popoff hub. I totally disliked that thing, so it would have me looking for a different year to buy over the others. I would every year look at both the Ford and Mercury models to decide which would be my first choice to buy. In the 60s, prior to 64, it was the Ford, after 64 with the exception of 68, it was the Mercury. Except for the steering wheel, 67 was my favorite Mercury year
One other thing I noticed is when you show and get criticism of the knee and leg room in the back seat. The front seat moves forward and back at minimum. They also can go up and down, and the angle changes. So that the room back there will vary. You tend to show in wherever position the seat was left in. So, your tight knee position was a worst-case scenario.
Thank you so much for sharing that insight I'm with you on the 67 steering wheel never really liked that but prefer it over the 68 wheel
WYR: All of them.
Nose evokes a coffin-nosed Cord 810. WYR: Olds, Pontiac.
Maybe plug the Strat into a Fender amp with a dash of trem for the after party?
That would be awesome if I knew how to play guitar.. I took a few lessons, but I’m not good. I wanted to play the drums and my mom bought me a guitar.
I had one back in 80 I got into a High speed cop pursuit did pretty well until I hit their roadblock.
Crazy story
@@What.its.like. unfortunately it's true.
Story time? Do you care to share the whole story
@@What.its.like. all right I was young and stupid I had just scored a quarter pound of weed to deal was in Seattle suddenly cop lights in my rear view my right foot disconnected from my senses I stomped the old mercury to the floor and evaded the law for about 15 minutes hauling ass back and forth through downtown until at least 10 cars blocked the 1st avenue bridge I thought to ram them but I slid in sideways got arrested and did 2 years.i don't recommend this behavior to anyone.
Thank you so much for sharing that story =)
You could never do that now too many cameras .. and I swear cop cars have some sort of tracking device on you once they get behind you they can always seem to find where you’re at ( I watch a lot of cop shows the perp never gets away )
did I miss something, is this one with the new style breezeway back window?
I'm not sure I don't think this one had it
Breezeway rear window was only available on the Merc Marquis Brougham.
I would take the Chrysler car and the Tunderbird.
Sweet choices =)
Tune in, turn on, and drop out, baby. - BAD IDEA, IT"S A TRAP! :)
basic working mans quality car
The 1966 dash is better. Then, the Mercury and the T-Bird. First year for that body style.
Wyr 1 the Merc
Wyr 2 T-Bird
I always find myself stopping at the ads and reading the copy. They are artefacts of a different time. Meaning, you just could not use these cheesy lines to attract customers today. I also should add, that I don't find this vehicle at all appealing, Jay. It just looks like a boring boxy car, frankly. However, this is the first car you have ever showed me, which didn't stir some excitement within me. That is a remarkably good run, I think. The rear brake lights did remind me of the running or reversing lights on the Mustang though.
@@Steven-p4j I agree they are kind of plain Jane but it's interesting when you get up close and you see all of the different design it's not like they just made it big and brick like ( like Chevy trucks today )
I take the Pontiac
Sweet choice
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Sweet choices
A tank
I'll never understand the stereotypes based on generations. I was born in 1963 and have very little in common with 99% of Boomers. I was programming in C++ by 1984 as a 20 year old and all my friends wanted wives that were professionals not old fashioned wives. To be clumbed in a category of people that don't know squat about computers, IC's and more is wildly insane. I know nothing about the 50's and 60's yet based on a category people assume that I have those values. Oh well....
You're a remarkable individual.
Yeah, there's different stereotypes for different generation I don't really fall in line with my generation, but that's the way it's always been for me I've always spent time with people from the greatest generation which my grandpa was part of that generation. He was my best friend. Miss him a lot I love the stories that he would share about The world he grew up in, that no longer exists
@@What.its.like. Yeah, I think I made that comment before coffee. I'll enjoy your videos and thanks!!!
67
I choose the 67' Mercury Monterey out of all of them because it's very basic and like plain Jane classic cars
WYR 1: None of them. If forced to, I guess I would take the Olds, but was never a fan. WYR 2: hell yeah, give me that Fordor T-Bird!
Awesome choices =) I love the four door t bird
The front of the car is not to well thought out in relation to where the hood finishes and the fenders brows start, why didn't Mercury not keep them in line for a cleaner look.
The style is already like in 1970ties. To me is the ugliest style. The second ugliest is 1980ties. The third is 1990ties.
The most attractive are 1930ties, then 1950ties.
In order to accept the style I have to have a station wagon.
I think the 67 and 68 Mercurys are the best looking