1965 Mercury Montclair - BaT in MN

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  1. moparandfomoco

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    that is nice. love that exterior and interior colors.
     
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    Funny this gets posted, I just bought a 66 Mercury Monterey Breezeway.
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    Funny copy-writer mistake - 'Power rear-view mirror on driver's door......." I'm guessing the copy writer is young and had never seen a cable-operated remote mirror control. Sees the little lever and assumes it's got an electric motor in the door......

    Which begs the question: When did the first ELECTRIC rear-view mirror come out?
     
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    Neat car - good color too! Is that dark blue factory? Looks original and it'd be a stunner repainted in that hue. I'm partial to 60s Mercs myself. had a bunch. Currently have a 65, 67 and 69.

    Awe man - let's see some more pix!
     
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    No thats an earl scheib job... Original color is similar to this one.
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    That 65 Montclair is just beautiful but it has the plainest looking dash I believe I have ever seen in a Merc.
     
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    Cadillac specifically lists the option for the Eldorado in 1979, before that it was a cable operated one. Lincoln I believe was around 1981-1982 or so. There may have been more obscure or different models that did it earlier, but those 2 are the big luxury cars that always introduced gadgets and trinkets

    The twilight sentinel auto-dimmer for the mirror on the windshield I remember being optional on the Mark VII starting in like 1984 or 1985. Cadillac I don't believe had that as late as 1989.
     
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    BID TO $8,600 ON 6/21/21.
     

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