Found on Craigslist

"boredalways" (boredalway666)
06/07/2018 at 17:00 • Filed to: Found on Craigslist, Mercury Montego, Chicagoland

‘71 Mercury Montego 351

Is very nice!

Don’t think I’ve ever seen one before, either.

https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/rare-mercury-montego-71-mint/6583245813.html

DISCUSSION (21)

Chariotoflove > boredalways
06/07/2018 at 17:06

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!

And I didn’t even look at the listing yet.

Chariotoflove > boredalways
06/07/2018 at 17:07

Dude, I need you to buy this. I’ll be down in about 6 weeks, and I’ll Turo it from you for the two weeks I’m there. C’mon, help an Oppo out.

For Sweden > boredalways
06/07/2018 at 17:09

Assuming the underbody is not 100% rust, NP

boredalways > Chariotoflove
06/07/2018 at 17:19

Would love to but I only have that much in Kinja dollars and they aren’t even worth as much as Doge Coin!

WilliamsSW > boredalways
06/07/2018 at 17:26

Tentative NP, needs a much closer inspection for rust (just like any car this old).

Where is MontegoMan??

boredalways > WilliamsSW
06/07/2018 at 17:31

Chicago

WilliamsSW > boredalways
06/07/2018 at 17:32

No, I meant this guy - he’s in Michigan somewhere, this car is up his alley:

https://kinja.com/montegoman562

Chariotoflove > boredalways
06/07/2018 at 17:43

lone_liberal > boredalways
06/07/2018 at 17:54

I have a slight pet peeve about people listing 351 Ford engines without saying whether they’re Cleveland or Windsor. I mean how much effort is it to type a C or W? Less than me inspecting the valve covers and thermostat housing. Anyway, that’s a good looking car for sure and ‘71 and earlier is always nice.

boredalways > WilliamsSW
06/07/2018 at 18:32

I was not familiar with this Opponaut

boredalways > lone_liberal
06/07/2018 at 18:39

Good point

WilliamsSW > boredalways
06/07/2018 at 19:27

He has been less active lately, but he’s still around - he used to have a Montego, a couple of years older than this one I think.

Future Heap Owner > lone_liberal
06/08/2018 at 03:45

What’s the difference?

lone_liberal > Future Heap Owner
06/08/2018 at 11:47

They’re completely different engines with different blocks and head designs. The Windsor is basically the same as the 302 with a higher deck block to allow for a longer stroke while the Cleveland was totally unrelated.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > WilliamsSW
01/29/2019 at 16:53

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Every once in a long, long while i’ll search “M ontego” on here to see who found what.

M ine was a 1968 Mercury Montego MX with Cyclone Package and had a 302 in it. Great car. One day the Capri will be equally if not more awesome....when it’s not -30 outside I might work on it.

This one is a cool green !

Also, we might need to become facebook friends at some point so we don’t miss things for so long...

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > boredalways
01/29/2019 at 16:54

I show up every once in a while, my work keeps me off OPPO a lot more these days than it used to.

As I said above, i owned a 68 Mercury Montego MX Cyclone Package that I sold a few years ago and bought a 1982 Mercury Capri RS 5.0 4 speed that’s (slowly) becoming a rallyX car.

WilliamsSW > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
01/30/2019 at 17:03

Haha - I figured you’d like this, sorry you didn’t see it sooner!

I look forward to seeing more of the Capri soon - unfortunately, though, I don’t really do FB (have an account that I don’t use).

Any thoughts about bringing the Cask back by chance?

Stay warm! !

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > WilliamsSW
02/04/2019 at 12:01

I have been considering launching it as a stand alone website actually. It is too much work/investment to have it keep getting lost in kinja. Interested in investing? lol

WilliamsSW > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
02/04/2019 at 12:18

I would sign up for that!

As far as investment goes, the best I could do is send a bottle to try every once in a while. Speaking of which, I just bought this on the recommendation of my local store, but haven’t tried it yet.

Kinja'd!!!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > WilliamsSW
02/04/2019 at 13:26

Fascinating, let me know how it is!

And I’ll let you know if something comes about. If I got bottles sent in there would DEFINITELY be a hat tip/call out to the donator.

WilliamsSW > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
02/04/2019 at 14:44

Will do! May be the weekend before I get to it--