Customs HAMB Merc Club! who's in?????

I stand corrected. It is a little small for a Barris crest, come to think of it. Cool, that Merc must be motivated by a Cad motor.

 

Correct me if i'm wrong,but from the side shot,it looks like it has those stupid ass Caddy,slotted taillights!

 

Another new member...bigs merc,1964!

 

Count me in! I've got a 49 2door waiting in the shed. Sorry no pics.

 

any more pics of this merc???

 

Great!

 

Yea, I can see that flat shape too. That is odd, everything else on the car is right on vintage style. Those tailights were big in the late '80's/early '90's maybe?

 

I'm sure you have seen this Merc before. It looks great...til you see the rear. I don't have a rear shot,but maybe someone else does. It has those Caddy "slot" tailights...YUK!!!

 

Here are a few more, some of laying out the flames, and a pic from salina, and the last one from greaserama.

 

AWESOME pic's.....

 

count me in '49 Merc 4 door

 

the owner calls this car the sundance merc i think there is a webpage about this car,it was for sale at 150k...

 

I was wondering if you were ever gonna join!!!! How's she running?

 

MercManMario here to join your cause

1950 Mercury Sedan. Found in the woods under an old aluminum shelter. Hasn't been registered since 1985 Planning a 3 1/2 chop, french, nose, deck, and smoothing treatment, and the lowest i can go without bags Oh and also NO SALT FLAT SPECIALS! Here are some pics of the progress so far.


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HEY! You found us......Glad to see you here. Now you have to keep us posted on your progress! WITH pic's...of course,HA HA!

 

Here is the back. Too bad it's one of the best looking carson topped mercs I have seen until you get to the back.

 

I think the gold Merc. has a Norm Grabowski shift knob .

 

Thanks will do! Do tell us how you got your mercs ride height there. Its perfect! i want the same ride height and rake. Beautiful Merc, Bob!

-The Merc Man

 

The front has 3" lowering,1/2 ton Chevy pickup springs.
The rear has Durant,mono-leafs with 4" blocks. I might be changing that soon though. Those mono's are too bouncy!

 

Well thats a great recipe...and low budget....i really love the way your merc sits! I may ask for more details down the road when i get to doing the suspension.

 

I have heard that 1990 Aerostar springs work as well for the front. There was a post about it somewhere on here.

 

Yea,I saved that post. I'm gonna try those and see if it will make it ride a little softer. Bugger put some on the front of his '50 Merc and it lowered it about 3" and rides bitchin!!!

 

Do you know what the title was so I could find it? I think I wrote down the Moog part number so I could find the springs but not sure.

 

I believe you can search...
Cheap and great alternative to lowering 49-59 Fords
Hang on and i'll check if that's it.

Yep,that's it!

 

Thanks!

 

I'll post pic's when I try them out.

 

Bob
If you haven't already, please put me and my son, (catsass) down on your Merc club list.
Thanks
Ol Blue

 

Sure! What do you have?

 

Couldn't find catsass on the members list!

 

Here's a cool story...
I have a Merc scrapbook,that I have been putting together for 25 years. I save all the Merc ads that I find in the Auto Trader and save pic's of Mercs from magazines. I was reading an article about a guy named Kurt who had a bunch of show cars and customs he had found through the years. In the article there was a pic of a Merc he found and bought back in the 70's for $350! I looked at the pic and recognized it! I started looking through my old magazines and found the original ad! It was in a Car Craft magazine want ad section in 1978. Read the acticle pic caption,then read the original ad. It will blow you away!!!! I didn't know Darryl Starbird ever did any Mercs!

Article pic...

"Kurt's zealous efforts have saved many classic customs;this Merc was chopped by Darryl Starbird in the late '50's and discovered in Dodge City,Kansas in the late '70's
Kurt paid $350 for it."

Original Ad...


"SELL-'51 Mercury;Professional chop. Nosed,decked. All bodywork lead. Very good body.Flathead. Nostalgic dream! Restorable with much hard work. All letters answered. Asking $350. Del Bartel,RR 2,Dodge City,Kansas"

Pretty bitchin,huh?