Save the Whales! 1962 Mercury

Man.  I hope this gets saved.  Wish I could...Drop in any powertrain and have a fun cruiser. 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/704306630417467/

it says "pending"

would this have been a Ford Y-block, originally?  or an early FE?

Maaaaaaan that's cool. Even like the patina.

In reply to sleepyhead the buffalo :

Base model V8 had a Y-block, with a couple FE available as options, I believe.

Mr_Asa said:

In reply to sleepyhead the buffalo :

Base model V8 had a Y-block, with a couple FE available as options, I believe.

heh.  yeah, I poked around wiki after posting that and found the answer was "yes"

I guess, buy this... find some forlorn 70's LTD... and stir?   edit:  how much spare FE stuff do you have laying around VCH?

In reply to sleepyhead the buffalo :

None, unfortunately.  Seller told me this was originally a 352, so FE engine. 

I shared this link around, so hoping for a good ending to this. 

a-a-a-a-nd, sold!

which is a good thing... because I'm so far out of position to acquire this thing, describing how far includes the word "ocean" 

but, I am banging around at the idea of picking up some kind of pre-68 FoMoCo to tinker/learn with.  The father-in-law has a '54 Lincoln Capri that sleepywife and I used as part of our wedding, that supposedly heads our way someday.  And, something similar to this Merc would probably be a good "learn all the lessons on car".

No access to the book of faces... How much was that? I hope to one day put my wife in a 50 - 60's wagon... would be a good home for a 390 FE I've been carting around for 15 years. But might be awhile!

In reply to 03Panther :

$600, with title... no engine/trans