{"id":899,"date":"2016-08-02T18:11:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T22:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=899"},"modified":"2022-11-30T18:14:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T23:14:27","slug":"mercury-falling-the-mercury-breezeway-sedans-ate-up-with-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=899","title":{"rendered":"Mercury Falling: The Mercury Breezeway Sedans &#8211; Ate Up With Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A brief history of the Mercury Breezeway sedans with their reverse-slant C-pillars and retractable back windows.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/ateupwithmotor.com\/model-histories\/mercury-breezeway\/\">Mercury Falling: The Mercury Breezeway Sedans &#8211; Ate Up With Motor<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>My dad bought one f these; I recall being ~7 or 8, so in Elliot Lake.  It was red with a black vinyl top, which I think made it cool.  This was the car that the gas tank fell of while we out in the logging roads north of the mine dad worked at; we we driving on pretty good  gravel road, hit a bump over a culvert nothing too seriouis, then ~10 seconds later car coughs and sputters and dies.  look back, gas tank sitting on road.  if memory is correct, dad &amp; roger?? got it back installed with logs to lever it up and coat hanger wire to secure it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_rear3q.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_rear3q.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24017\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=24017\" class=\"wp-image-24017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_rear3q.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_rear3q-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_side.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_side.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24018\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=24018\" class=\"wp-image-24018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_side.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_side-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_front.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24019\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=24019\" class=\"wp-image-24019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_front.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_front-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_rear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_rear.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24020\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=24020\" class=\"wp-image-24020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_rear.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1964_Mercury_Montclair-Breezeway_rear-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ad-1963-mercury-breezeway.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ad-1963-mercury-breezeway.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24022\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ad-1963-mercury-breezeway.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?attachment_id=24022\" class=\"wp-image-24022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ad-1963-mercury-breezeway.jpg 648w, https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ad-1963-mercury-breezeway-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brief history of the Mercury Breezeway sedans with their reverse-slant 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