# Looking at a 1951 Mercury Monterey

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-at-a-1951-mercury-monterey/56230>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mercury, monterey\
**Created:** [October 11, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-at-a-1951-mercury-monterey/56230 "2010-10-11T17:45:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![stormyville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@stormyville](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stormyville)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-at-a-1951-mercury-monterey/56230/1 "2010-10-11T17:45:55Z")

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Seller says it has a Nova clip- what is this?

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-at-a-1951-mercury-monterey/56230/2 "2010-10-11T18:09:52Z")

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I think the seller is referring to a Nova subframe being installed where the original Mercury suspension once resided. I have seen several of these conversions using Nova, Vega and Mustang II suspensions in place of the originals on older cars and trucks. Why not call the seller and ask?

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-at-a-1951-mercury-monterey/56230/3 "2010-10-11T18:27:32Z")

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MM’s right, they do this to get an independent front suspension under the car, along with ease of installing a Chevy smallblock V8 - does it have that?