Thanks Chuck. You're a top bloke.

I have some restoration pics from 2006 - 2007. Sadly none of the main body being painted. I have olde style pics of that not on computer but in an album. I will try and get those scanned. The bod was taken back to bare steel, with only sections let in to the sills (rocker panels) , rear arch on one side and a small bit in the rear floor. The car was pretty good generally. I then bought a painted shell with poor trim. Most work was trim etc & replacing the windshield. New bits & pieces have been replaced as and when i find them. The interior was completely retrimmed top to bottom, so nothing from 1959 except the seat frames and steel dash are left.

Some of what I have.

  Picture taken in 1960. Funnily enough it still looks like this!

1959 Mercury Monterey 312 Y Block.   NORFOLK, ENGLAND, UK.

Looks good. I hope my '59 gets same shine in some day.


Hyvinkää, FI

On thursday I tidied up the bulkhead (firewall) area with a lick of blue and a good coating of Hammerite on the chassis area.

Today however, I with the help of my friend Nigel overhauled the cylinder heads.

Pulling the valves out.

Cleaning up the heads & gasket faces.

With the valves checked & found to be in perfect health I cleaned them up & re-ground them in.

New valves stem seals.

Re-fitting the springs. Again these were checked & measured and were still in A1 condition.

Cylinder heads ready to go back on.

Time to start re-building the block.
Nigel fits new piston rings and re-installs the pistons.
The pistons are again in A1 condition so left pretty much alone.
The carbon build up on the crowns will be scraped off when they are back in the block.







  Picture taken in 1960. Funnily enough it still looks like this!

1959 Mercury Monterey 312 Y Block.   NORFOLK, ENGLAND, UK.

Really nice pictures... It looks like you cut the top off the gas tank and cleaned it up and welded it back together? Am I right? Gerry

Lake Forest California  5th inf 77 Armor Div. VN 68/69

If you put your town and state in your signature

help might be closer than you think.

You are 100% correct Gerry. Couldn't locate a new tank, so had to do what we do best. Repair the old.

Meanwhile . . . .Todays update,

Wet flatted the inner wings and mixed up some glossy black 2 pack.
The areas visible when the engine goes back in will be glossy & smooth.
The hidden areas will be thoroughly Waxoyled.
I would have done this today, but I broke my shutz gun.





  Picture taken in 1960. Funnily enough it still looks like this!

1959 Mercury Monterey 312 Y Block.   NORFOLK, ENGLAND, UK.

Across the sea Y-Guy:

                     What I would like to know is what brand of parts washer you have?

       For that thing to hold up your Y-block while you assemble it, that's awesome!!!

                     Just a joke, I really enjoy all the pictures and hard work you've

       put into your "Sweet" ride.              Bill

Bill

Pelham,Al

We have a 30 year rule down under. It can stay left hook as long as it is 30 plus years old.

Nice work and great pics, keep up the great work.

Regards 56 Effie

Hang loose and enjoy the ride.

Brisbane Australia

Today was Waxoyl day.
With my new compressor rigged up & a canister attached to my shutz gun.
I blasted sticky Waxoyl into all crevices, & holes in the chassis.
Coated the inner wing lower corners & the A posts.
Lovely stuff running into all areas aided by the heat.

Sadly I developed an allergic reaction to Waxoyl. Not the first time.


  Picture taken in 1960. Funnily enough it still looks like this!

1959 Mercury Monterey 312 Y Block.   NORFOLK, ENGLAND, UK.

DUDE, looks like you have been partying to much.!! Just joking, sorry about your allergy.





Johnson Rod



Southern California

I remember looking like that one sunday morning after about 24 Kilkennys.... Do you drink Kilkenny?????

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