1956 Mercury Custom

Go right ahead and send it...gives me something to do in my spare time...lol

 

hood pics

 

I finished up the roof, firewall, passenger door and drivers quarter panel yesterday. I gave them all a shot of primer last night. Sorry for the Shitty pics. I will take some better ones today.

 

I really liked the way the roof turned out after shaving the drip rails. It looks so much cleaner over all.

 

Better pics

 

Dont tempt me! Lol

 

Well the car is looking great! I cant wait to see the body back on the frame.

 

Thanks for the kind words. I cant wait to see it back on the frame either. As soon as I finish up on the body I am going to turn my attention to getting the frame ready for bags and paint.

 

Yeah its exciting to see the body going back on even though I have to pull mine right back off.

 

OK. I'm really thinking about shaving them off. That looks pretty damn good.

 

Honestly I like drip rails. I couldnt do it to my ford....but the merc looks good.

 

Didnt get any work done on the merc this weekend. but I did manage to pick up a set of Air bags. I also got to see one sweet bike and I also did a little trading and got a very cool hemi intake. below are pics of the bike the intake and a better pic of my Merc.

 

another pic of the bike.

 

That bike is pretty sweet!

 

the mercs lookin sweet, love that bike

 

here is a shot of my bags and a couple of my side projects I will be working on

 

Are the bags for the front or back? If they are for the front they should be 2500 series. The teike is cool!

 

The bags are 2500 and they are for the front. what size did you use on the back?

 

I got started on the deck lid and the passengers quarter panel. slow progress....but progress all the same.

 

Ok good. I used 2600 in the rear. Worked well on my car. Our cars are pretty much the same frame and mechanically.

 

This is gonna look hella badass!

 

I got a little work done last night. I re-stripped the passenger side quarter panel and slapped a little bondo on it...I ran out of bondo so I will have to wait until pay day to get more. In the pics below you can see how beat up this quarter panel is.

 

Atleast it is saveable. Nobody makes full or upper quarters for the 55-56 ford,merc or lincolns. Sucks!

 

Yes it does. but I can work out some of the damage.

 

Thanks....I hope It turns out half as good as I picture it to

 

I finished up the deck lid, deck panel, lower valance, and the underside side of the hood. I will have to go back and weld up some cracks in the hood supports. I also put another coat of primer on the hood and dash. I will not get to work on the car at all tomorrow because I am going to Maxton NC with some friends. Sunday I plan to recoat the fenders and I am also going to start cleaning up the frame.

 

Wow, man how much Red Bull do you drink? The car is looking amazing.

 

I don't drink any red bull....I just don't have a social life...lol

 

Maybe you should get one then, you might just have it done in one weekend . You mentioned a dealine of April, is that for the Round Up?

 

Yeah...the round up is the main show I try to hit every year.