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2019-03-17 -Short Attention Span Theater-

1960 Mercury Monterey: You'd be glad you bought it every time you looked at it

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-17 06:57|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 More car stories:

The MAIL - Rust bucket 1936 Bentley once owned by RAF war hero who bombed Hitler's Eagle's Nest mountain retreat goes on sale for £200,000 after languishing in garage for 30 years

Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-17 07:17|| 2019-03-17 07:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Drive that old Mercury down memory lane. Some of those cars were a helluva lotta fun.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-03-17 14:09|| 2019-03-17 14:09|| Front Page Top

#3 >V-8 of 312 cubic-inch displacement and producing 205 horsepower fed by a Holley 2300, 2-barrel carburetor.

That's not the biggest Power to weight ratio lol.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-03-17 15:10|| 2019-03-17 15:10|| Front Page Top

#4 As much as we enjoy the memories of how much pleasure we may have had driving these boats if we drove one today our reaction would be "what is POS,"

Posted by Cheaderhead 2019-03-17 17:29|| 2019-03-17 17:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Used to be if you got anywhere near 100,000 miles, your vehicle was clapped out. Now 100K means it's just broken in.

At least back then, cars looked like cars and not melted ice cubes. I blame Ford for buying that super computer way back when.

Posted by SteveS 2019-03-17 20:05|| 2019-03-17 20:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Dunno; tottered around in my old jeep last week. So much quieter...that is, didn't nag me about every little thing.

Thought my visibility was better too

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-03-17 20:40|| 2019-03-17 20:40|| Front Page Top

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