Completed in an opulent Tuxedo Black exterior, this Mercury means enterprise – not solely by way of the facilities it supplies, but additionally relating to its performance-built powertrain.

The Choose of the Day is a 1958 Mercury Park Lane listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a personal vendor in Billings, Montana. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

“Right here is your likelihood to personal a good looking, unique, and very uncommon Mercury Park Lane four-door hardtop,” the itemizing begins. “This explicit instance is a real unique survivor, that includes unique paint, trim, and inside,” the vendor says.

The Park Lane debuted as a premium automobile for the Mercury division in 1958. It shared a chassis with the Colony Park station wagon and had an prolonged rear deck for under that preliminary mannequin yr. The Park Lane title was short-lived, nevertheless, as growth efforts had been shifted to the Monterey and Comet in 1961. Nonetheless, the Park Lane would later make a comeback within the mid-Sixties.

The one out there engine for the primary yr of the Park Lane was a 430cid (7.0-liter) “MEL” V8 mated to a push-button three-speed Merc-O-Matic computerized transmission. The vendor says (and the picture gallery engine bay picture helps) that this automobile got here with a uncommon and non-compulsory “Tremendous Marauder” bundle. This selection boosted the engine’s output to 400 horsepower from the preliminary 360 – making it the highest-horsepower manufacturing V8 of its time.

“The engine fires off instantly and runs easy. Crisp throttle response and wonderful energy. The transmission shifts easily and crisply, with no hesitation or slipping.”

The itemizing talks a bit about what is understood of the automobile’s backstory as follows: It was reportedly initially offered in Chicago and later relocated to Wyoming the place it remained for many of its life. The vendor says that there aren’t any body points, and the physique is strong. “This is able to make a superb driver as-is. A real time capsule that turns heads wherever it goes.” The odometer reveals simply 48,370 miles, which the vendor says is true and precise.

Included within the itemizing is a two-minute video with an exterior walk-around, an inside overview, and a start-up. The dash-mounted push-button ignition was forward of its time! The next yr, in 1959, the controls had been moved to the steering column.

Even by right this moment’s requirements, a 400-horsepower score is a robust quantity for a four-door sedan. Sixty-five years in the past, the achievement was that rather more spectacular. Right here’s the prospect to personal a uncommon Merc!

The asking worth is $39,500.

To view this itemizing on ClassicCar.com, see Choose of the Day.