A station wagon bowed for 1953, the same year a Siren Red Monterey Convertible became Ford's forty-millionth car produced. The heater and vent controls were changed to levers and placed on a plane set perpendicular to the dash behind the steering wheel, inspired by flight controls in large aircraft.
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Monterey became a separate series and Mercury's top model line, a convertible and four-door sedan were included in the new series lineup. Mercury got a styling and engineering redesign for 1952, such as 18% more window area. Black with yellow top was also available. Two special colors were offered, Turquoise Blue with dark blue top and Cortaro Red metallic with black top. For $10 more all leather seats were an option.
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Standard features included leather faced seats, simulated leather headliner, wool carpets, chrome-plated interior garnish moldings, two-toned dashboard, special black steering wheel, fender skirts, dual outside rearview mirrors, full wheelcovers & gold winged hood ornament. Montereys had either a canvas covered convertible for $2,146 ($23,084 in 2020 dollars ) or vinyl for $2,157 ($23,202 in 2020 dollars ). The Monterey (model 72C) was introduced in 1950 as a high-end two-door coupe as part of the Mercury Eight series in the same vein as the Ford Crestliner, the Lincoln Lido coupe and the Lincoln Cosmopolitan Capri coupe in order to compete with the hardtop coupes General Motors and Chrysler had introduced the previous model year. For 2004, the Monterey nameplate was revived, becoming the counterpart of the Ford Freestar minivan it was produced through the 2007 model year. The only Mercury nameplate to be in continuous production throughout the 1960s, the Monterey was slotted above the Medalist, Custom, and Meteor later, it was slotted below the Turnpike Cruiser, Montclair, Park Lane, and Marquis.įollowing the 1974 model year, Mercury discontinued the Monterey, consolidating its full-size range down to the Marquis and Colony Park station wagon. Over its 22 years of production, the Monterey served as the flagship, mid-range, and entry-level offering of the full-size Mercury product range. During its production, the Monterey would be offered in multiple body styles, ranging from coupes, convertibles, sedans, hardtops, and station wagons. Deriving its name from Monterey Bay, the Mercury Monterey served as the replacement for the Mercury Eight, the debut model line of the Mercury division. The Mercury Monterey is a series of full-size cars that were manufactured and marketed by the Mercury division of Ford from 1952 to 1974.