Sacramento AMBC Winner is MERCULES

Having been in both shows and travelling 12000 miles this is a real disappointment.Can`t post any pics because I didn`t take any photos of it.However I can say that the AMBR winner and the AMBC winner would fit right in if they ever parked together.You get the drift .....Time Bomb John

 

Thats that god awful Mercury from Australia isn't it?

 

that mercury is a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Just a matter of taste really, the guy who did a LOT of the body work likes it.

 

Anybody have a pic of it?

 

Lots of 'em come right up on google...
Very Foose/Bling-y...
Heaping helpings of Trepanier, as well...

 

http://uniquecars.carpoint.ninemsn....D__203009/ArticleID__8048/DesktopDefault.aspx

 

I'm so tired of those god damn mercedes headlights

 

Found this on the "Ugly *** Customs" thread,as it should be....

 

ouch , i seen the same set of lights on a willys not long ago .. not the cars best feature..

 

Sad thing is,I bet many hours were spent on that car by good craftsmen. Too bad the owner had no taste! I will never like those headlights...on anything!!! The hood looks like a 50 Chevy pick-up! YUK...

 

Sad!

 

A fool and his money...
I like tires on my cars, myself...
Like a big, incredibly detailed, painstakingly rendered backpiece on a fat chick . Lots of hard work, still a fat chick.

 

I argued for many weeks with the owner about the twin lights
guess who lost the arguement ? lol

 

lot of hard work but BAD taste,gotta go pukinnnnn,sorry!!!

 

If I put away my traditional monocular I don't hate it.

The side trim looks sorta like something Joe Ballion would have done if '07 was '57.

Needs a bumper, and some WWW's, and Candy Apple Red instead of Blue.

 

Those three things would go a LONG way...
Just HOW big will wheels get, anyway?

 

wow... I mean, I can respect the amount of work that went into it and all...

but that doesnt stop it from being ugly as sin

 

Got a web page with some build pic`s if you wanna see
http://community.webshots.com/user/justrustjohn

 

John your car looked amazing, I studied it for about an hour!

However that Merc was not my cup of tea at all, in fact I did't know it was at the autorama! I must have walked right by it!

 

So...are you saying you had a hand in this?

 

Let me see...
wide whites
bumpers
new fenders with stock or frenched lights
Merc hood(instead of that Chevy pick-up,looking thing)
The interior's gotta go!


give me a minute...i'll think of some more. Couldn't find any pic's of the back. I'm sure it's just as bad as the rest of it! I saw what he started with...the before is MUCH better than the after!!!

 

on behalf of australia im sorry.....

 

I've seen that car and it's ****in ugly. In my opinion. Perhaps if you like Starbirds stuff, mixed with street machines stuff... you might like it. At least it comes from the other side of the country.

 

On behalf of the US...i'm sorry too,LOL!!!!

 

Its an expected reposnse from a trad hot rod site, I'm kind of the same way about it. But its well done for that type of car (non trad) and the craftsmanship is excellent.

FantaC is VERY modest. Its my understanding (correct me if Im wrong John) most of the work is his. Not so much the styling but the execution. Pity the owner doesnt publicly recognise this. which might not be a bad thing seeing the response above. He is quite handy with steel to say the least.

Hey mate where are you in Vic? What car are you driving?

 

LOL
I did about 60% of the body work and designed the interior and built it
Please keep in mind that i am a self taut back yardie
so i am happy that something i worked on is even being mentioned
Wot worst than being talked about ?
Not being talked about lol
Good or bad thanks for your comments
Cheers John Gilbert

 

I looked at his web pic's,and his work is awesome! Just the hardtop work alone,would be *****in on another style Merc. You can tell it was built with skilled hands. It's too bad that your work has to be attatched to that style of car. That just means that the other rats will come to the cheese! Some other rich dumb*** will say "I saw your work,can you build me a POS too?" That's the thing that happens when you have a business. You build what the customer wants...no matter how BAD their taste is. I'd like to see some of your other cars you've done,John.

 

Thanxs Panhead Pete

 

Very good stance...respectable.
It should be, of course, not be a concern anyway, as you, I ***ume, know the veiwpoint of this board...
The eye of the beholder, and all...