Went to see the 62 Merc and just got back. Fe, factory air, white with blue interior. Well equipped car. ALL there but needs resto. Here's the kicker, though. I pull up to the podunk holler used car lot and there's a nice African American feller washing a MINT S-55 62 vert off to the side. I mean, this thing is as nice you'd ever wanna see. He sez, "I guess you wanna see "so and so" (owner's name). I say, "I s'pose. I just wanted to look at your Mercury here for a minute", pointing to the hardtop, trying to be coy and not drool over the vert at the same time.
I check it out. Needs a full resto, door panels are coming apart, seats, too. Underneath is solid, but all the pot metal trim is chromer's retirement condo in the Bahama's. The owner comnes out chompin on a cheeseburger and sez the Mercury ain't for sale, sorry.
Ah, well. He woulda wanted too much for it anyway, I could tell the way he acted.
That 'vert sure was nice, though.
