Mercury – CARS-YDSE.com

1956 Mercury Montclair

Click on the picture to Z O O M in.

When I started this site in August of 2009, I setup some rules about where I would source the photos from. The stated policy I came up with is that I would not snap photos at car shows or similar gatherings. To me it was too much like shooting fish in a barrel. Also, I stipulated that I would shoot photos of rare cars regardless of the condition and update those cars in bad shape and replace them with better examples as they came along. I have not yet gotten one in of these in better shape yet but I have included the photo below as a reference.

capri_as_junkyard_sign

This particular car/home has been parked around the San Francisco Best Buy for about ten years. I have no idea why all the duct tape but I guess it was waterproofing. Perhaps I’ll see one in the near future. Also, I saw this post on Pinterest that was my inspiration for posting this Mercury now.

Long And Low, click here to see a great retro version.

Click on the picture to Z O O M in.

1970 Mercury Capri

Click on the picture to Z O O M in.

As I thought about the cars I’ve seen over the last few years, I knew there was one car that seeems to have virtually dissapered, the 1970 Mercury Capri. My sister bought a brand new Capri from our cousin. Bruce worked at a Long Island Mercury dealer and “got her a great deal on this marvelous new car”. Now I know Bruce did not manufacture the car, but my sister never forgave him as the car proved very un-reliable. In fact, the picture below is of a Capri positioned as a junk yard sign, my sister would agree with this use of the car.

capri_as_junkyard_sign

In retrospect, this was a pretty neat car and handled quite well for its size and price. The one thing that does seem questionable is why one rarely see an early Capri on the road now a days.

Click on the picture to Z O O M in.

Click on the pictures to Z O O M in.

A “Running” Cougar Convertable – 1969

Click on pictures to Z O O M in.

This site has been up for over a year and now gets enough traffic to spot some trends. One of the most popular cars on the site is a 1959 Dodge Custom Royal. I don’t know if it’s the car or the photo, but it gets a lot of hits. Today’s picture was taken on I-280 just south of San Francisco, the same place I took the shot of the Dodge. Let’s see how this 1969 Cougar does in the popularity race.

The third year of production, 1969, brought several new additions to the Cougar lineup. A convertible model was now available in either standard and XR-7 trim. These highly anticipated soft tops proved quite popular and today are considered, by many, among the most desirable of the ’67-’70 production run.

More Information, click here

Also, below is a link to a 360 degree video of a similar car I found on YouTube.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RYjBXy2oHs&fs=1&hl=en_US]