Hello folks.

Im Paul. I reside here in the UK.

I have a 1959 Mercury Monterey with a 312 Y Block.

My car was imported from McCool Mississippi, via Billoxi in 2003. A solid car that required a full interior re-trim & body paint/re-chrome etc. But was an ok runner & solid in all the right places.

I am the importer & sole UK owner. Word on the street is there are about five '59 Mercurys here in the UK.

Currently the engine is out & about to be rebuilt. So Im likely to be bugging you chaps for advice!!

Parts for my car are (as you would expect) are not available in the UK, so I have to import everything.

Here are some pictures.

This is what it should look like . . .

The body & interior restoration took place between 2003 & 2007.

Look forward to chatting & begging for your experience fellas !

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

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

g,day paul welcome aboard this is a great site the only site that has one letter that say,s it all. ( y ) hot rodding,s a great life style, you imported your car from the usa,the 56 vicky i,ve got was imported from england in 2003 to australia

    RAY. Y,S ALWAYS

Blimey that covered some miles!!

I chewed with the idea of an Aussie car a couple of years back. Leyland P76.

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

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

g'day paul

welcome to the site love your car only worrying thing is you were going to buy a p76 isnt many left & we didnt want them when they were. ask all the questions you want there's a wealth of information here 99.9% you will get an answer we also like a bit of a joke as well.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

Thanks for the welcome fellas.

Todays update.

Today we seperated the engine & gearbox.

I scraped the last few tons of Mississippi mud off and thoroughly soaked the engine & gearbox in de-greasing fluid.

Undoing the gearbox bolts.
Once these and the torque convertor bolts were removed the box came off easily.

Note the light tan blob on the top of the tailshaft.
Thats remnants of a Potter wasp nest. The whole car was full of them when I did the bodywork.

Torque convertor removed.

Gearbox scraped & de-greased once more, and left out in the rain to wash!

The engine was then hoisted up onto a work bench for stripping down.

All the components taken off the engine & gearbox are laid out methodically in my garage.
Note the brown marks on the torque convertor.
Not rust, but Mississippi mud from Potter wasp nests!!




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

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

Gorgeous...simply gorgeous!!!

A.J.

South Jersey

SMSgt USAF Retired 
1955 Ford Ranch Wagon & a couple of old guitars...Life's Good!

A rusty old mucky engine? Ha Ha you one strange dude !!

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

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

My friend I was referring to that beautiful 2 tone Merc body!  However, I have no doubt that you'll make that "old mucky" engine worthy to be installed within such beauty!! 

A.J.

South Jersey

SMSgt USAF Retired 
1955 Ford Ranch Wagon & a couple of old guitars...Life's Good!

As we say here in old Blighty. Cheers old chap !!

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

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

Welcome Paul, It is nice to see another member from the Common Wealth join the site! Beautiful car, enjoy!!!

Rob

I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning!