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An Eye for the Classics: Guy Lamarche and his

1966 Mercury M-250

By Casey Leger The tale of how he came to own
his Mercury is an interesting one.
“I’ve been into classic vehicles Guy was always on the lookout for
ever since I was a child,” says Guy a classic pickup, always kicking
Lamarche. “My brother Raymond tires. Timing, luck, and circumstance
and I often read Hot Rod magazines.” finally came together for him in 2012
The Lamarche family has a real while he was working on a project
love for classic vehicles. Guy’s wife, in Eastern Ontario. He had found a
Sandra, and his brother, Raymond, truck he was ready to buy at a small
both own classics that they acquired automotive repair shop. It took a little
decades ago: she has a ’73 Triumph detective work on his part to locate
TR 6 (which her father, who also had the owner, and once he did, it turned
an interest in classic automobiles and out that he would have a 7-year wait
who owned a couple himself, bought before he could put his plates on it.
for her), and Raymond owns a ’69 “She wasn’t ready to part with the Photo Submitted
Mustang convertible. “Currently I truck,” says Guy, of the owner. “She
own a 1966 Mercury M-250,” says did drive it often and said she enjoyed
Guy. “I always drove and liked driving it. So, for the next few years,
pickup trucks.” if I was in the area, I’d either call
Guy has a particular affinity for her or stop by. In the early spring of goal was to be able to use it as a daily for the winter, Guy’s Mercury is still
1960s Ford pickups. “A Mercury,” 2019, her husband told me she was driver. I did what I could myself, then ‘a daily driver’. “It runs very good
he explains, “is the same as a Ford ready to sell the truck to me. She told took the truck to professionals do the and is solid,” he says. “It’s a pleasure
with different name plates. Being a me she wanted it to go to me as she remaining work: Jim Read of D&R to drive. It has a 352 V8 with a ‘three
Mercury and a 3/4 ton makes this [his knew how much I wanted that truck.” Welding, Mario Doth of Auto MD, on the tree’ manual transmission.
’66 M-250] a very rare truck. It is my It turned out that the truck was in and Alain Pilon of Al’s Body Shop. It still has its original Oil Bath air
understanding that Mercury trucks relatively good shape, requiring only These fellas were very helpful and
were built in Canada from 1946 to a few repairs. “I wanted the truck to be did excellent work.” cleaner.”
1968,” he says. sound mechanically,” says Guy. “My Today, although it is stored indoors Happy motoring, Guy.

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