1963 Mercury Monterey

[@polycarphunter2257]

growing up in the suburbs of Detroit, my uncle bought one of these new. we called the back window a fart window.

[@michaelatkins9780]

It let the cigarette smoke out as well.

[@kingjames1586]

Dude farts @ 2:08

[@greeneyedwarlock882]

My Mom had one in the exact same year but a 2-door couple in fire engine red. Loved it!

[@user-bx4ru5yn8v]

I had this same color. I got the car in 1985 from my Uncle's garage. It had 61k original miles on it when I got it. It had the rear window feature. It was a tank.

[@mr.toobigformypants8145]

I had a 64 Montclair with factory a/c, power seat, windows and of course the power "breezeway " rear window. It was about 5 yrs old when bought it and average miles but it was a great highway machine.

[@nickdeez8611]

These cars look so nice cleaned up. I picked up an all original turquoise and white 63 last year. Can't wait to get her on the road.

[@onusgumboot5565]

I had an aunt that had one of these back in the early '70's probably. I've been trying to find one just so I could remember the model. beautiful car. They all look the same today. Can't tell a Porsche from a Kia. Other than the price tag.

[@donnieallums4847]

Very nice , A standard 1963 was my first car in 74 . My dad bought it for 150 dollars . My friends called it the red bomb ! Greetings from south east Alabama ☮️❤️

[@gybx4094]

Yeah, as kids back then, we called it the "outer space car" because of the strange window. It was the era of The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits and Star Trek. It always grabbed our attention.

[@barrymorris295]

Great for ladders!!!

[@DTD110865]

I called them "gangster cars," because I was taught that gangsters shot tommy guns out of open back windows, and any car that had an automatic open back window that wasn't a station wagon was illegitimate. The last Mercury Grand Marquis should've had the retractable rear windows.

[@randallfrank5682]

Nice car, somebody loved it and took good care of it. I really like that roof line with the back window that drops down. Classic!

[@RustyRogers]

My dad had one! Brought from PA to CA after his dad passed away. Rear window down in the rain. 210cm skis in the trunk! Awesome vid.

[@DotGuitarist]

The best back window ever. I loved that car.

[@robertlimestone6248]

That cantilevered rear window was pioneered by PACKARD in 1955, in what was planned as Packard's the next generation for 1957. The ill fated Packard "Predictor" was the prototype for what became the 1958 Lincoln: longer lower, wider, and boxy, with a cantilevered rear window. Elements of it influenced Ford, Mercury, T-bird, and Edsel too. . Even Pontiac seems to have borrowed the split grill and "arrow head " emblem from it. The Predictor's full scale model and drawings of it are still at the Studebaker Museum in South Bend.

[@BELCAN57]

I have the "Predictor" brochure. Too bad Packard wasn't able to secure bank loans to tool up for the 1957 model, it killed the company.

[@packingten]

Dad had a 62 or 63 like this had a electric back window in it,He drove it a long time,it had a minor collision Dad repaired lf headlight & fender he loved fixing things others didn't have interest in..😊 RIP Dad 😇

[@georgeursitti6549]

63

[@BrianHoff04]

My Grandpa had one. A memory from when I was about 3or 4 (1967 or 68) was Grandpa's dog always rode in the back seat & that rear window happened to be down. Grandpa heard a noise, looked in the rearview mirror, saw that his dog had climbed out onto the trunk. So he hit the brakes (hard). Dog flew back in, cleared the back rest of the front seat, and slammed into the center of the dashboard with a big yelp. I'm sure when he hit the brake he said "Jesus Christ" 'cuz that was a pretty common expression. All that commotion scared the heck out of me. I didn't really comprehend what had happened until Grandpa told me. The dog was fine but no longer wanted to sit in the back. A very vivid memory.

[@arnepianocanada]

Back window called 'Breezeway' - design tech from '58-60 Lincolns.

[@derekstoll9257]

And 1957 Mercs.

[@pjesf]

So stately and majestic💙

[@TBullCajunbreadmaker]

I had one just like this one. It had a H.O. 390, 4 bbl with factory headers and dual exhaust. If you take and spray the tracks of your windows with some silicone spray it will help and you won't believe how much easier it is on the electric motors, it will keep them from going out prematurely. It's a bitch to change some of them.

[@patrickmckeown3683]

Wow, I had one of these things! Thanks for the show and tell.

[@welcometofpv2241]

This is my dream car. This example is a time capsule looks fucking gorgeous man you really should be proud of that beautiful classic. Nothing like classic American cars. Keep her safe from dumbass drivers.

[@aaronwilliams6989]

MAN! What a BEAUTY!

[@Trapper4265]

OM Gosh! In the late 70s my aunt drove a '63 Mercury Monterey with the breeze way window. She would let me drive it. I fell in love with that left handed ignition switch. Thanks for that trip down memory lane.

[@Brooklyn_Powers]

Such a cool car!

[@robertphillips6296]

She's a real beauty, thanks for posting.

[@geokrpan7527]

My grandpa bought one new. We'd stick out surfboards out the back window. Such a good and comfortable car. My older cousin had a turquoise '64 Marauder convertible, bought new.

[@florinvid]

Great memories, cherish them!

[@douglasjohnson1262]

My grandfather bought a new ‘63 Monterey Custom beige/gold. I remember cruising through the Adirondack Mountains in a steady rain with the Breezeway window down a quarter and feeling like a little king!

[@marvinmartian7281]

My father used to have a 1963 blue turquoise convertible Mercury Monterey back in 1967 a very nice car indeed.

[@speakfreeley4473]

Glad this is a survivor, but still sad few are left. True Detroit survivor!

[@florinvid]

Good old Detroit steel baby!

[@wmason1961]

My Dad had one exactly like this when I was little. I will never forget rolling matchbox (never Hot Wheels) cars out the back window trying to hit the cars behind. Dad would have killed me if I had been caught.

[@lew8067]

Amazing thanks for sharing

[@arthurmccarron4379]

Love. This carr

[@jerzyschorr5094]

I am very impressed looking at this beautiful car. Perfect execution is poetry and art. A real cruiser a real car. Just Bravo 👍🇵🇱. Great respect for the AMERICAN

[@florinvid]

Thank you for your kind words. 👍🇹🇩

[@monarch1957]

Too bad that they don't make cars like that anymore back in the 60 and 70 I loved going to the dealers to see the new models that came out with all the chrome and glitter, now days I don't bother anymore as there is nothing exciting to see anymore.

[@jeffpurtell5676]

That is a beautiful car! Unreal originality and condition!

[@florinvid]

Thank you sir!

[@jamesfox2579]

Beauuuutiful Car!❤️

[@jasonmaravelias6692]

Beautiful vehicle

[@josephseverino674]

I remembered my neighbor had one those breezeway window mercury, when that window and of all the door windows open it felt like riding in a convertible, nice riding car too

[@ronaldnorris2179]

My uncle owned one of these back in the day.

[@timyoung6144]

Real nice Merc 👍👍💯

[@wwrunk5551]

Dang nice ! I had same the car in same color.......Desert Frost. Incredible room in that back seat .

[@ibleebinU]

Another beautiful luxo liner from the days when design was king.

[@slicksnewonenow]

Love those old Breezeway Mercs... I always thought it would have been funny if the ads said something like "HURRY! Time's running out to buy a '58 Lincoln!"🤣

[@Slimjim260]

No smoking in that car. It’s beautiful!

[@florinvid]

You bet! 😉 Thank you

[@robertdicks9127]

Very clean my brother-in-law had a two-door version of the same color

[@drewfife5169]

I've always liked the Mercs, and this is a really clean example.

[@tonygiamporcaro1765]

I remember my Dad taking me to look at ours, as they were prepping it before he took it home,white or off white, maybe a very light yellow.. I have been looking for one to buy.

[@m42037]

Sweet! Just the way it should be not with 20" wheels! 😊

[@brettconner1175]

My mom had a light pink Breezeway hardtop. Our baby sitter would drive me and my brothers to the local beach with us sitting on the trunk with our legs through the rear window on the back seat. What fun!

[@beasleyc325]

1st car was exactly what you got. Miss it. You a lucky guy

[@laststopbeforeheaven]

Gorgeous!

[@ronstewart3431]

Beautiful car 🚗

[@Wixom2200]

Old family Ford's. WOW! A tank!

[@edwardallan197]

One of these parked in the teachers lot of my high school, where I could look down at an angle at it. I remember thinking it was exciting to look at, compared to the other cars. I loved the reverse angle rear window, and space-rocket tail lights. I recall thinking the rear glass gave the whole car a windswept look.

[@raphaelszok8561]

When i was in middle in the early 70's my english teacher had a car like that and the same color.

[@joesmith5919]

Something interesting about your 1963 Washington State License Plate. It begins with the letter "F". That designated that the car was registered in Whatcom County, probably Bellingham area.

[@florinvid]

That is accurate. Very good!

[@toddbonin6926]

Love these Mercs!

[@anderander5662]

That back window is way cool..... I remember a print ad in Life or Look magazine which featured a little girl with a hat and ribbons fluttering out the back of the window

[@packingten]

Probably outlaw the window now the child may get injured by the wind!!!....

[@florinvid]

@@packingten good one! 😄👍

[@seiph80]

@Ander Ander I know the picture you're talking about! It's also in a book I have called "55 Years of Mercury" on page 140.

[@johnnybravoBoyah]

My mom had a white one, when i was like 4 yrs old 👍In Deeeetroit Michigan Thank you lol

[@TheYouTubeTeam]

Beautiful!

[@EristiCat]

beautiful car.

[@errorsofmodernism9715]

that back window is very convenient for disposing of beer cans or bottles LOL

[@SuspenseESCAPEremastered]

LOVE these old Mercs!!!

[@jackdarbyshire5888]

My parents had one of these, i was small but remember my mom pulled on to the highway and got rear ended and i ended up in the back seat

[@stephenwilkinson949]

Love the back electric window ...nifty eh!

[@wralford]

A now elderly lady bought one new, liking the fact that the back window could be lowered for added ventilation [most cars didn't have A/C back then] and the slant made it so snow wouldn't accumulate.

[@barrymorris295]

This was my first car. Purchased for 300 bucks as is off the back row of a dealer. At six years old not worth fixing to them. Now I'm driving a 21 year old van, and a 33 year old Landcruiser.

[@timothyconwell7529]

SWEET ASS RIDE!👍👍👍✌❤✋

[@northwoodsmanbybobolink336]

NICE!! 👍

[@kenlichtig8024]

Parents had black on black '63 Monterey w/Breezeway

[@viarnay]

is bigger than many appartments in NY X_D

[@AJ67901]

Every automaker had their own version of that color in the late 50s and early 60s. I always thought the roofline on these made them look funny, but I completely understand the breezeway rear glass.

[@timothyconwell7529]

Had Same Car 63 Convertible!!✌👍❤

[@johnwingate8799]

My dad bought one used with the 352.fun car.transmission slipped.

[@danielulz1640]

My folks had about a four-year-old 63 Colony Park. Sadly, for only a short while as the carburetor leaked and caught the car on fire. It was a great car while it lasted.

[@PalaminoHills]

Actually, this is a Monterey Custom, sitting between Monterey and Park Lane. Nicer interior, etc. BEAUTIFUL, Thanks!

[@TairnKA]

Now imagine a station wagon with the tailgate with that window arrangement? The hardest detail is the end glass (can't leave them on the "tailgate"), so have them swing away over the wide pillar (inside) once the center glass doesn't need the support, then they spring back, before the center glass moves. ;-)

[@KawaRider88]

There’s a green one sitting on Detroit’s west side and I want it bad. Very cool car!

[@keithwilson9743]

Were at I'm in redford. Would like to check it out.

[@thomasmacy3146]

I can tell you from experience.....if your riding in the back seat going 100mph down a dirt road with that rear glass down.......you WILL get dust in your beer.

[@gillgetter3004]

Land barge some good old Detroit iron!

[@packingten]

You guys are so disrespectful!.

[@georgewilson1184]

My parents bought a new 62 Mercury Monterey because they just loved the style they traded a 56 for the 62 the service manager actually told them they were making a huge mistake the man named Earl my mom told me said to her you are trading the 56 which was a perfect car for this 62 lemon old Earl the service manager at Montclair Lincoln Mercury on Grand Avenue in Chicago Illinois was right that car was always on a hook truck or in the service department the car was a super lemon no kidding

[@jasonpitt7249]

Sweet ride.

[@timothykeith1367]

My parents had a two door of this model. Breezeway coupe

[@graemeking7336]

Steve Miller Band - Mercury Blues

[@markramsey3684]

Nice bro

[@florinvid]

Thank you

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

roll down back glass ruled.....

[@JeffJasperVO]

And if you're in the front seat wondering where that cigarette-butt odor is coming from....

[@user-of3ip6gf2h]

Not running to smooth. Put a little Silicone spray on the side rails of the back window and it will not stick.👍 3:38

[@guywill7875]

That car is so "Mildred"

[@demostheodorakakis6328]

It is amazing how engineering thought then.

[@GenerallyGeneralLee]

Halfway between a Ford & a Lincoln.

[@deandupont5503]

I just had a cargasm.

[@davef.2811]

Nice! what's under the bonnet?

[@florinvid]

Ford fe 390 ci

[@brucear]

5 Easy Pieces

[@brucear]

Only 1 person gets this, so far.

[@florinvid]

@@brucear 😄

[@brucear]

Jack's car

[@2packs4sure]

What motor??

[@florinvid]

Fe 390ci

[@brucear]

I doubt it is an electric car.

[@brucear]

@@florinvid That or maybe a mel engine.

[@2packs4sure]

@@brucear They only used the MEL's in Mercurys from 58' thru 60'.

[@2packs4sure]

@@brucear Lol,, I just wanted to know what it had since it wasn't shown or mentioned.

[@timothycampbell4152]

Do you still have the car. I have a very nice 1995 ford customize van I would trade you for it. I had a 63 with the high output 390 with the 4 speed automatic. It easally outran a roadrunner. My uncle used it as a policecar in the 60's.

[@Stucifer]

Disappointed the hood never gets opened. Whenever I see a video showcased car, I expect to learn what engine the car came equipped with.

[@danm2173]

What an awesome car! I'd be washing & waxing it just for the excuse to touch it & rub your hand across the lines.

[@tallslimguy]

Very nice but the steering wheel is on the wrong side 😂🤣😂

[@florinvid]

I'll have to disagree on that 😁

[@tallslimguy]

@@florinvid That's the wonders of free speech in our democratic countries - We can agree to disagree 🇬🇧🇺🇲

[@florinvid]

@@tallslimguy exactly my friend 👍

[@caulkins69]

It needs Karen Black in the passenger seat.

[@ZINHAz]

O sr. Tem um carro