You know, “Barn Find” has become a generic term in the old car world. It seems that everyone and his brother who has a car to flip calls it a “barn find”. That’s OK; you savvy readers know what’s what in that department. In an attempt to offer some diversity to the collectible car arena, we do feature many non-barn finds here on BF, but this 1952 Mercury Monterey convertible seems like ‘da real ting! (Ok, maybe it’s more of a garage find, but it’s the same difference.) Thanks to Zappenduster, we have this Golden Colorado convertible to review, and it’s available here on craigslist for $2,800.

While not exactly rare with 5,200 units produced, a ’52 Monterey convertible could be called uncommon – especially today, 72 years after the fact. Mercury offered two trim levels in ’52, the Custom and the Monterey. Montereys were available as two-door hardtops and convertibles as well as four-door sedans. Faux-wood sided six and eight-passenger station wagons were also offered, and both wore a Monterey badge. The images of our subject aren’t very clear or comprehensive – there’s too much detritus hiding the very aspects that one would want to pictorially review – this is no way to seriously promote a sale candidate. Regardless, what can be seen of the exterior seems sound. The seller adds, “Pretty solid car for its age, been stored inside.” Obviously, the power-folding top fabric is missing, and the seller makes mention of some powder-coated parts that are included in the sale.

As an added bonus, a ’52 Custom two-door sedan is included as well. Not all body parts will interchange between a convertible and a sedan, but there will be some crossover – and that’s helpful, as I imagine the drop-top is likely missing a bunch of stuff.

The interior is not very visible, so there’s no 411 on the seats/frames, door/upholstery panels, dash, instrument panel, etc. There is one floor pan image included, but I can’t tell if it’s from under the rear seat or up against the rear seat from a trunk view perspective. The seller does mention the inclusion of power windows.

Yes, there is a 125 HP, 255 CI flathead V8 engine, married to a Merc-O-Matic automatic transmission present, but it’s not under the hood where it belongs. It looks like it’s missing some parts, too, so that’s definitely a matter to consider.

The seller opens the listing with, “Barn find car in need of restoration. Been in storage a long time, would be a beautiful car finished.” Yes, it may be beautiful when finished, assuming someone wants to take this project on. It would seem that somebody, at some point, started down a redo path on this car and then gave up, and as a result, here it sits. Yes, it will be a challenge, but I’d suggest a worthy one, though not likely a compensatory undertaking. What’s your thought, at $2,800, a worthwhile pursuit?