got some primer on the Mercury ...(lil update)

astounding... i want a car like that when i grow up...

 

thanks soo much for way too much of a compliment 00MACK! the Bettancourt Mercury is so beautiful!

i can only dream of those beautifull Mercurys of the early 50's!

 

That IS looking great!!!I have been thinking about Re-chopping my 50 Merc to get a better flow in the rear window area.After watching YOURS and Flamedabone's chops these past few months makes me realise that MY rear window is really ****ED.Now I have to do it.THANKS for the inspiration!!!!!

 

*****in' body lines man

 

The chop looks fantastic, Sammy....very nice.

 

thanks B***!,,your way too kind!

i can only hope that one day i can do stuff as *****in as you are doing NOW!

come back down to the hot rod reunion this year!

 

Looks good, top really flows right, nice overall look.
You did it right.

 

Looks awesome!

 

Looks great Sam... Makes me want to build another Custom... Hot Rod has kicked my ***...

How do you feel about fade-aways?

 

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! The stance is perfect for the chop, tastefully done man.

 

U-Rule!..u-****....

 

Looks really cool Sam. the chop is right on and the stance is perfect. Just hope I can get my 51 to look that bad a$$. Keep us posted man. Thanks, BOBBY FORD

 

It's funny, the bottom of my fender had the exact same shaped distortion. The car is looking really smooth in primer.

 

Ohhhhh my...that roof line is awesome!
Yeah, the body still needs some work...but that chop makes ANYTHING else you have to do WORTH the effort.
Man...that shape is so smooth it wouldn't raise the dust off a dirt road!

 

thanks fellas!

i love fadeaways on the Bettancourt and Barris Mercs....i think they look amazing and really make a Merc very liquid like...they flow like crazy...and they look easier to do than they actually are!



Sam

 

Looks great Sam! Makes a huge dfference when it's all one color. You can get a better idea what it will look like when done. Candy orange with blue flames....sounds awesome!!!!

 

Super nice! looks awesome

 

I either love them or hate them depending on my mood...

They are not easy to do right. It requires modifying the bodyline for pretty much the whole length of the car. That being said, your car makes me think they'd look good on it.

Sometimes, I think fades remove part of the personality of the Merc and even make the lines look funny. I generally think they look better with a hardtop, but I think with the flow of your chop, they might look pretty cool...

 

exactly,,the taper at the door needs to taper all the way to the back to the end of the body line,,more than just filling the hump

i agree, that is why i won't do them. not that i havent thought about it,,.like i said i love them on the other mercs mentioned , but that bodyline dip is part of the charachter of what drew me to mercurys in the first place


BadBob,, yeah..would probably be cool,,,but i want to keep it with an early 50's look...if it ever gets paint i want it something more subued. i have a color in my head i have picked out if it ever gets that far

 

What do you mean"IF" it ever gets that far? You just have to make it your goal! It would be sad to get it so far and not finish it. Nobody said it has to be done in 6 months!

 

looks good sam....as usual. the back window turned out just right. i read somewhere one time that sam barris said that the fade-a-way was the hardest thing he did to his merc. your right you have to go from the hump all the way to the end of the rear fender (quarter panel).

 

i know,...i know...Bob,you are right.,
its so stupid for me to always be thinking like that,..****....it's not like i have a customer deadline or discoverychannel is filming me or anything! hahaha,
thanks for the vote of confidence .

 

50mercfan,,,you've been working on yours lately? seeing all these merc post recently has got to have you jonezen to get back on it!

 

Looks good man, im stoked for you.

What bare metal primer do you use Sam ?

L

 

thanks,

for the bare metal i use DP series(PPG) and for surface primer i use jp202(PPG shopline ,cheap and your going to block most of it off anyways)

 

If he did he's just sand it all off and paint it red and white or something..

Brian

 

Sam, I had a few questions if you could....

1) How much work have you done the nose on the hood, just de-chromed it or did you 'nose' it too and lay it back a bit?

2) Did you shave the drip rails? Were they originally just welded to the roof? I was wondering what it looks like under there once you cut them off.

3) What does the factory door gap look like between the fenders and the doors, pretty big based on how the doors swing out?

 

Sounds like a plan Stan...

I like sort of 'unfinished' Mercs if that makes sense... Not in the sense of being half-done but just so that it still has some of it's original personality. It makes them look faster to me...

The hardest part of customizing is knowing when to stop...

 

looks great!!!! when are we gona start on mine???

 

Two words,,,,,,,EYE CANDY!!!!!! Keep it up. ETHER