Vehicle Description
FROM THE SOUTH TEXAS BASED RICHARD L BURDICK COLLECTION
FITTED WITH NEW BRAKES
NEW SUSPENSION SYSTEM
STUNNING NUT AND BOLT RESTORATION IN APPROXIMATELY 2005/2006
NEW FUEL SYSTEM COMPONENTS
FACTORY CORRECT DI-NOC MAHOGANY CENTERS HIGHLIGHTED IN ASH WOOD
SIMULATED TRIM
HERE IS A 1954 MERCURY MONTEREY STATION WAGON FINISHED IN PARKLAND
GREEN OVER COMPLIMENTING GREEN/IVORY INTERIOR! THIS EXCEPTIONAL
CLASSIC MONTEREY COMES FROM THE ESTEEMED DICK BURDICK COLLECTION,
BETTER KNOWN AS DICK'S CLASSIC GARAGE BASED IN SAN MARCOS, TEXAS.
AFTER HIS PASSING FEBRUARY 2018, HIS OUTSTANDING COLLECTION,
TOTALING NEARLY 100 CARS DATING FROM 1901-1959, WAS SOLD TO FUND
THE RICHARD L. BURDICK FOUNDATION, AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION
HELPING WITH GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING INDIVIDUALS AND
CHARITIES IN NEED. MR. BURDICK WAS AN AVID CAR ENTHUSIAST, WHO
SINCERELY LOVED TO DRIVE HIS CARS PARTICIPATING IN THE GREAT
AMERICAN RACE (PREDECESSOR TO THE HEMMINGS MOTOR NEWS GREAT RACE
PRESENTED BY HAGERTY) 25 TIMES, EARNING GRAND CHAMPION HONORS 5
TIMES, AND WORLD CLASS CHAMPION IN 1995! AN ASTONISHING
ACCOMPLISHMENT WITHIN THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD!
IN FRAME OFF FASHION, THIS CLASSIC MONTEREY FOR SALE WAS TREATED TO
A STUNNING NUT AND BOLT RESTORATION IN APPROXIMATELY 2005/2006. THE
FRAME HAS BEEN FULLY REPAINTED AND FITTED WITH NEW BRAKES, FUEL
SYSTEM COMPONENTS, AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM. THE BODY WAS STRIPPED AND
BRILLIANTLY PAINTED IN PERIOD CORRECT PARKLAND GREEN (ORIGINALLY
GRANBY GRAY) SHOWING SUPERB RESULTS. THE EXTERIOR FAUX WOOD SIDE
TRIM CONSISTS OF FACTORY CORRECT DI-NOC MAHOGANY CENTERS
HIGHLIGHTED IN ASH WOOD SIMULATED TRIM. INSIDE THE CABIN, THE
INTERIOR MATCHES BEAUTIFULLY IN IVORY AND GREEN WITH A FULLY
CARPETED INTERIOR FLOOR. THE ENTIRE CAR WAS FULLY REWIRED WITH
CORRECT CLOTH-COVERED WIRING HARNESSES, BUT CONVERTED TO A COMPLETE
12-VOLT, NEGATIVE GROUND GENERATOR CHARGING SYSTEM FOR OPTIMUM
LIGHTING AND AMPERAGE.
FEATURES OF THIS CLASSIC MONTEREY STATION WAGON INCLUDE FACTORY
CORRECT 256CI OHV V8 ENGINE WITH "TWIN TORNADO" COMBUSTION CHAMBER
AND ALUMINUM PISTONS PROVIDING A STOUT 161 HORSEPOWER. ALL OF WHICH
GENERATING A TOTAL OF 238 FT. LB. OF TORQUE THROUGH A HOLLEY
4-BARREL CARBURETOR. THIS ENGINE SET ITSELF APART FROM ITS FORD
COUNTERPART BY HAVING AN ADDITIONAL 31 HORSEPOWER, WHICH MEANT
BIGGER, BETTER BRAKES WERE IMPLEMENTED BY THE MERCURY TEAM. OPTIONS
ON THIS CLASSIC MERCURY INCLUDE AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER
BRAKES, PUSH BUTTON AM RADIO, CARPETED FLOOR MATS, LUGGAGE RACK,
REAR FENDER SKIRTS, WINDSHIELD SUN VISOR, SUN-X TINTED GLASS, FULL
WHEEL COVERS, AND UPGRADED BF GOODRICH SILVERTOWN RADIAL WHITEWALL
TIRES. ADDITIONAL FEATURES INCLUDE UNDER DASH AUTO GAGE ENGINE
GAUGES TO MEASURE OIL PRESSURE, TEMP, AND VOLTS; TRUE DUAL EXHAUST
SYSTEM, OFFENHAUSER FINNED ALUMINUM VALVE COVERS AND AUXILIARY
TRANSMISSION COOLER. TODAY, THE ODOMETER READS ONLY 414 MILES
INDICATING THE MILEAGE SINCE COMPLETION. A NEW BATTERY WAS
INSTALLED IN APRIL 2019, ALONG WITH NEW ENGINE AND OIL FILTER. IT
REMAINS A TERRIFIC ROAD GOING EXAMPLE WITH ALL THE EYE APPEAL IT
DESERVES. WE ENCOURAGE MERCURY FANS TO ACT QUICKLY ON THIS STUNNING
CLASSIC AS MOST OF THE VEHICLES WITHIN THE RICHARD BURDICK
COLLECTION ARE FOUND ONLY AT AUCTION.
