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By kevinwalshe - 15 Years Ago
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I started my 1955 Mercury Monterey today!!! It has been sitting for 17 years!! Started up and revved, idled, and purred like a kitten (aside from the valves that need adjustment). Replaced the water pump, fuel pump, master cylinder/booster, cleaned the fuel lines, cleaned the brake lines, cleaned the hell out of the gas tank, new sending unit, new spark plugs, wires, and tons more stuff I'm sure I've forgotten. I want to send out a huge THANK YOU TO Randy Rundle for supplying me with all the necessary equipment to get her from 6 volts to 12 volts, John - "The Hoosier Hurricane", Daniel Tinder, McTim64 "The Y Block Guy" and everyone else for all your helpful tips and knowledgable insight!!!! Thanks guys!!!!!  I first found this beauty with rat sh*t all over the motor, rusting in a side yard with weeds and vines literally growing all in/outside of it. Without all of you, it would not have gotten this far, nor would have ever seen the road again!!! Not too shabby for a 25 year old with his first Y-block!!
Thanks again!!
Kevin Walshe
Costa Mesa, Ca
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By aussiebill - 15 Years Ago
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kevinwalshe (4/15/2010)
I started my 1955 Mercury Monterey today!!! It has been sitting for 17 years!! Started up and revved, idled, and purred like a kitten (aside from the valves that need adjustment). Replaced the water pump, fuel pump, master cylinder/booster, cleaned the fuel lines, cleaned the brake lines, cleaned the hell out of the gas tank, new sending unit, new spark plugs, wires, and tons more stuff I'm sure I've forgotten. I want to send out a huge THANK YOU TO Randy Rundle for supplying me with all the necessary equipment to get her from 6 volts to 12 volts, John - "The Hoosier Hurricane", Daniel Tinder, McTim64 "The Y Block Guy" and everyone else for all your helpful tips and knowledgable insight!!!! Thanks guys!!!!! I first found this beauty with rat sh*t all over the motor, rusting in a side yard with weeds and vines literally growing all in/outside of it. Without all of you, it would not have gotten this far, nor would have ever seen the road again!!! Not too shabby for a 25 year old with his first Y-block!! Thanks again!! Kevin Walshe Costa Mesa, Ca Well done kev, surely you didnt doubt it wouldnt run well???
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By texasmark1 - 15 Years Ago
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way to go boss! how about some more pics of the Merc? brother had a cherry red and white 56 when I was a kid... have a cool pic of it and will see if I can scan and post for you if you're interesed in seeing it... while in HS, my mom drove a green and white 55 or 56... silly teenager that I was at the time, I didn't appreciate it. no AC, no heat, no pwr steering on that HUGE steering wheel, some holes in the floor... we'd cover up with a lap blanket while driving to school... but in the spring, on the way to school, we drove past a citrus orchird... man, the smell of the blossoms in that windows-down car!! I still have fond memories! Mark
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By kevinwalshe - 15 Years Ago
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I didn't doubt it wouldn't run, I was just afraid that it may have a spun main bearing or a catastrophic failure on start up, but she didn't!!! AussieBill, my mom is from Australia as well, she's from Kerang, Victoria about an hour outside of Bendigo. How do I post pics when I am doing a post like this? Do I have to have a photobucket account and just copy and paste the code?
Kev
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By kevinwalshe - 15 Years Ago
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I hope the pics show up. I'm starting on the body work this week.
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By aussiebill - 15 Years Ago
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kevinwalshe (4/16/2010)
I didn't doubt it wouldn't run, I was just afraid that it may have a spun main bearing or a catastrophic failure on start up, but she didn't!!! AussieBill, my mom is from Australia as well, she's from Kerang, Victoria about an hour outside of Bendigo. How do I post pics when I am doing a post like this? Do I have to have a photobucket account and just copy and paste the code?
KevKev, you might be my brother?? thats nice to know, we.re in NSW next state. check TEDS posts as i think he recently answered the same question re posting pics. best regards with your car. bill
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By rick55 - 15 Years Ago
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yep in Australia, we are all related.
Next time you see my cousin Bill, can you say Hello?
That was certainly Cinderella sitting there in that engine bay. That must have been one real sweet little well maintained car in its day.
What a shock it must have been to find that engine bay in a car with that exterior.
Anyway, great looking car.
If you love a Y Block at 25 they have got you for life. More addictive than nicotine.
Regards
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By texasmark1 - 15 Years Ago
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SON! that baby is FINE!! guess you started with the engine and bay... looks great so far... you've gotta keep us up to date on this restoration! the pictures are great... just the right size for us old guys to see real good. keep it up and update frequently... don't you love that HUGE steering wheel!!?? Mark
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By Daniel Jessup - 15 Years Ago
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Kevin - great work. Nothing like a Y block! I started when I was 16...take the challenge, dis the notion of running a rice burner like some of the other guys your age and keep that vintage steel on the road. NICE!
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By Unibodyguy - 15 Years Ago
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Kevin, glad to hear you got it going, keep us posted on your progess.
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By mctim64 - 15 Years Ago
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Right on Kevin! You've done a beautiful job under the hood of that car. Now for the outside.  By the way I like Video, let's hear it run. 
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By Ted - 15 Years Ago
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kevinwalshe (4/16/2010)
How do I post pics when I am doing a post like this? Do I have to have a photobucket account and just copy and paste the code?
KevHere’s the link to the picture posting instructions. Pay particular attention to why picture sizing is important. http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic34535-6-1.aspx Please insure that pictures are no larger than 600 wide if using an outside picture hosting site. If putting multiple pictures into a post, then use a hard return after each picture so the pictures do not scroll off the right side of the screen thus taking the text with it.
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By RB35 - 15 Years Ago
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Kevin, Nice start and it comes with patina!! Enjoy.
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By kevinwalshe - 15 Years Ago
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I will definitely keep updating everyone! I will try to get some video of it running! I couldn't be happier hearing that beauty purr. And for the Aussies, I lived over there for a while, with my Nanna in Banora Point, which is just up the Tweed River from Cooly. Border of NSW and Queensland.
Kev
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By MikeLongIsland - 15 Years Ago
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congrats Kev !
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By kevinwalshe - 15 Years Ago
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Occzz1m3nSk
Just a quick little vid of my 55 Merc's maiden voyage!!! If you listen close you can here me say, "My car doesn't stop!" The brakes need a little more work to be 100% Thought you guys might enjoy the progress report.
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By oldcarmark - 15 Years Ago
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Thats neat! I wish I had videoed my 1st time out!Bet your thrilled!Nothing like the 1st time(especially after 50)!
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By TEDDYP - 15 Years Ago
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keep going looking good
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By mctim64 - 15 Years Ago
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Cool! It's a lot of fun isn't it, even more when you get brakes.
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By MoonShadow - 15 Years Ago
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Come on! Grin a little Chuck in NH
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By kevinwalshe - 15 Years Ago
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Got me some new plates too. Yessir.
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By charliemccraney - 15 Years Ago
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Who's Mr. C?
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By kevinwalshe - 15 Years Ago
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Sarcasm?
1955 MeRCury
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By aussiebill - 15 Years Ago
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kevinwalshe (7/7/2010)
Sarcasm? 1955 MeRCury I would just think funny!
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By mctim64 - 15 Years Ago
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My wifes plate reads AMZN LV as in Amazing Love (John 3:16) and everyone says Amazon Love. Go figure. 
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By Daniel Jessup - 15 Years Ago
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Schweet! Love it Tim!
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By YukonCor55 - 15 Years Ago
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Well done Kevin, she's a beauty! See, that 12 volt conversion stuff wasn't too hard after all!!
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By kevinwalshe - 15 Years Ago
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The 12 volt conversion was relatively easy! It was just time consuming. Still trying to figure out how to use the stock radio and keep it cheap. I'll probably just mount a cd player under the seat and leave the stocker disconnected.
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