1968 Mercury Colony Park (s)

The beige car has some hubcaps that say Ford Motor Company. They are wrong, they don't look appropriate, but they are better than nothing.

The body is good on the beige car. What doesn't work are the power windows, power seat, a/c and heater, intermittent wipers, liter, odometer, gas gauge and various other things. One of the other annoying things is the previous owner (before the guy I bought it from) loved to put everything together with self tapping screws. A piece of trim falls off and it gets put back on with ugly screws across the surface.

Anyway, I have no regrets about buying the car. It will be great someday.

Mark

 

I owned a nice 1968 Mercury Parklane with the big motor too. 4 door HT, what a sweet ride. well made and really a great highway car.

Welcome to wagon diehards!

This guy might be helpful for hubcaps and light lenses, he'll answer any emails too:

http://www.taillightking.com/

 

When we bought our 86 Colony Park. It's previous owner was giving us the tour. There was a drink holder/coin organizer on the hump in the floor. He said, "I got that because the car didn't come with one, but it kept flipping over when it had a drink in it. So, I screwed it into the floor with self tapping metal screws four inches long. Just to make sure it'd just sit there." He also said, "But then, I realized those screws were pretty long, so I took the car to my mechanic friend. We lifted it and checked. The screws were long enough to reach the transmission, but they only scratched the outside of the housing. So, it's okay." He was also the guy who used a brown marker and brown model paint to fix worn out spots in the woodie. Would have been nice of him to pick shades of brown that matched the woodie.