Mercury S55

[bda55]

Hi, I have noticed a shortage of Mercurys on here. Here is mine.
Mercury's full-size performance car for 1966. Super Marauder 428 engine, C6 and a 9 3/8 diff. 4300 pounds and 5.4 metres long. Did the quarter in high 16's, good for 130 mph. They only made 2916 S55 Fastbacks in 66.

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[snap_point]

Thats alot of car right there!
More pics please. :D

[cluxford]

That is a very cool looking car, definitely more pics please !!!

[anychevy]

What an awesome beast :cool: a rare one as well, definately cool !

[L88racer]

Nice car, very large!!
Is that a factory hood scoop it looks cool.

[RAW454]

Whoa! Never seen one of them before. (Sure I would have noticed if I had with 5.4m of metal & thumping cubes). Nice one Chris! As other will say, more pix please - Keen to see the engine bay & interior of the beast.

[69SS]

Awesome car you have there Chris. x4 for more pic's and welcome to USM.

[69 DIRTY RAT]

Yeah you dont see them everyday...nice! Pix(x5) please!

[67cammy]

That looks magic Chris. Love stuff that is a bit different. What is your history with the car? Recent import or have you rebuilt it? As everyone else...more pics please.

[bda55]

I have lost most of my pic files. I will take some more when I get the chance. I have taken a couple of libertys, the scoop is a modified Plymouth Roadrunner and the bumpers were chrome. Other than that it is correct.

[OldIndian]

That's Beautiful ... and old school with class.

[exXU1]

Thats nice bud, nice to see something other than a Mustang or Camaro!!!!

[bda55]

Here are some more pics, finally.
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[AUSCAMARO]

That scoop looks horn... What a beast!!

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You might wanna press the enter button between each of your pics as that will put them below each other..

[Nev68]

That looks the goods.
I have never seen one before, is that how they look out of the factory?

[AUSCAMARO]

Dyno Don used to race a Mercury back in the day...

[bda55]

The big girl may be up for sale soon.

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Mercury, a division of the Ford Motor Company added the S-55, a full-size performance / luxury vehicle to its S or "Special" line in 1962. The S-55 was first available from 1962 to 19631/2. The S-55 was not available from mid-1963 to 1965. The S-55 was re-introduced in 1966 as its own model. In 1967 while still maintaining a unique model and body code it was now available as a packaged option i.e. S-55 Performance Package. 1967 marked the of the big "S" model.

For 1966, Mercury re-introduced the S-55 as separate model on its own with a 2-door Hardtop and a 2-door Convertible. While the S-55 in its previous years had been an upgraded interior and trim package, the 1966 S-55 was now all about performance. It was based on the Monterey trim level and came with the new for the year Super Marauder 428 V-8 engine that was rated at 345-hp. Dual exhaust for reduced engine back-pressure complete the power package. Ready at hand, a console mounted 4-speed manual transmission or a special Multi-Drive Merc-O-Matic automatic transmission (buyer's choice: optional at extra cost). (NOTE: Information available indicates that all automatic transmissions for the 1966 S-55 were the aluminum cased C6, however early production cars may have come with cast iron Ford "Cruise-O-Matic" or mixed material aluminum bell-housing and tail case with cast iron core Ford "Cruise-O-Matic" automatic transmission rebadged as Merc-O-Matic automatic transmissions.) The interior featured bucket seats and a console with floor shifter similar to what you could find in Ford's luxury/performance full-size car, the 7-Litre. Styling accents include unique body side-striping, deluxe wheel covers and the distinctive S-55 emblem on rear quarter panel and 428 V-8 emblem on the front fender sides. The 1966 Mercury featured "Torque Box" construction—frames individually tuned to minimize noise and harshness. Styling was square and clean "in the Lincoln Continental tradition," as the ads put it. Few S-55's were sold, although Mercury generally had a successful big-car year in 1966.

[GM NUT]

Super Marauder, what cool name for a motor.....sure beats Starfire hey!!

[jaso]

Cool lookin' car mate! now I know where they got the design for the HJ/HX/HZ Statesman tail lights :)
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[6pak300]

Now that's coool! Full size muscle cars ROCK! Any one can make a Pony car fast,but to do it in a full-size....... (For sale maybe? let me know,my bro-in-law wants one)

[6pakdave]

Epic fail...Mopar hood scoop on a Frawd, how dare you ! lol.....

later

[bda55]

Now that's coool! Full size muscle cars ROCK! Any one can make a Pony car fast,but to do it in a full-size....... (For sale maybe? let me know,my bro-in-law wants one)

Open to offers. interior and driveline is original as far as I know. Good driver, but if you were going to give it a hiding it would probably need a mechanical freshen up.

[bda55]

Epic fail...Mopar hood scoop on a Frawd, how dare you ! lol.....

later

Yeah I know, the only ford scoop that was big enough to look right was the teardrop, but it didn't suit the lines of the car. Mopar scoop was the only thing ugly enough. (just jokes)..