parts car...

I bought a parts car back in November, it was hard to part this one as there were only 1725 Montego convertibles made in 1969, but this on was too far gone to bring back. The more I dis-assembled, the more I realized how bad it was. First pics are the beginning of dis-assembly in my parents garage. Note the old pop cans that fell out of the front fender when removed... LOL... Then we towed it up to a friends garage for the final stripping because he has a lift. Still need to get the front suspension pieces for disc brake conversion, and the nine inch limited slip diff, plus the wheels. If anyone needs a nine inch limtited slip 3.00 Ford rear, I'll have one for sale this spring. Also, a convertible top frame, and other parts... not much at all will go to the scrapper... Project stalled because of bad winter weather.

even more old updates...car show parade

I took my Montego to the Hamilton Car Show and Parade back in July. I was only able to find two pics of my car from the show... Good news... It was the best Montego there... It was the only Montego there....

That is my daughter Mandy behind the wheel there...

some more old updates

Here are some pics of her waiting patiently behind my buddy's garage for me to figure out the carb problems... took about three weeks to sort it all out. Note she's still wearing the Minnesota tags.












































Here is her data plate...
















Breaking the info down as follows...
The serial number at the top
9 is the year, 1969
H is the assembly plant code, Lorain
11 is the body serial style code, 2 door hardtop, formal
H is the engine code, 351 Windsor 2 barrel carb
The next six numbers are the acual serial number, Mercurys started with 500001 for 1969
the bottom row as follows...
65D, 2 door hardtop, formal, bench seat
Q is the color code, medium blue metallic
6B is the trim code, which for some reason can mean dark or light blue vinyl (mine is light blue)
20B is the date code, Febraury 20th assembly
52 is the district code, Los Angeles
6 is the axle code, 3.00 to 1 open
X is the transmission code, FMX

The above info was from http://www.montego-mx.com ... Kevin's website is a great resource for Montegos. He has the numbers decoders there. And a fine looking MX convertible.

Here are some pics of the Montego just after I got her home... This is the worst of the body rust, left rear just ahead of the wheel opening...

This is the worst rust on the underside of her, just behind left front wheel... not bad for a 37 year old car

Here are some other detail pics I took while she was up on the rack...

delayed updates

Sorry for the delay in updating my blog. I lost the password. Now, I can't remember how to post pics... I've gotten the Montego running quite well, and I have taken it to several events, including the Hamilton-Fairfield car show and parade, as well as the Clermont County Pumpkin Run... Plus several cruise ins. I have purchased an Offy 4 barrel intake manifold, but have yet to get a carb for it. Now, for the bad news... I was driving the montego to work for a week, because my Grand Marquis had a deer hunting accident and was in the shop for repairs. Some lady (I use the term loosely) hit it in the left front fender, cutting across onto an exit ramp, because she didn't want to wait in the line of cars. Tried to claim it was my fault, but the skid marks told the story, thaks to it being an old car without antilock brakes. A newer car with antilocks wouldn't have left any marks, and the police wouldn't have been able to determine fault. So, now I'm searching for a parts car, for the left front fender and hopefully one with power front disc brakes, and any other stuff I can use. I will post some more pics later, both before and after the accident...

Hi. My name is Mike, and I suffer from this terrible affliction, Montego Madness. Many years ago, my first car was a 69 Montego MX that had been my father's and he bought it new in September 1969. I started driving it in 1975, through high school and first year of college, but alas, a bad heater care, lack of time and money, and rising fuel prices (yes, it was bad back then too) I traded it on a 3 year old Mustang II Ghia. Just about ever since, I have been watching for a decent Montego to buy. Then out of the blue, I found this one for sale on a website, not only was it in decent shape, it is a virtual clone of my first car! Same colors, almost the same options... Original MX had a 302, automatic, AC, PS, power disc brakes, AM radio, vinyl top... The diference is this one has a 351 windsor, and and non power 4 wheel drum brakes. This one is a California car, so rust is VERY minimal. Currently trying to work through some running issues... dies after a few minutes. Going to put a new fuel pump, coils, cap, rotor, points, and condensor on soon. Already rebuilt the carb. So, as work progresses, I'll update this site.

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