“New” Mercury in town…..

This very nice ´56 Mercury Montclair Phaeton arrived for some weeks here in my hometown. A friend of mine has imported this survivor from sunny California. Phaetons were Mercury´s top of the line four-door hardtops. This one is solid black, most was two tones back in that time. The car has its original Y-block, 312 CID V8 engine, although it did not have many miles on it.