anyone know this 49 merc from michigan

im shocked no one recognizes this merc

 

I recognize it,but don't know anything about it.Seems like maybe I saw it at a KKOA show or two in the 80s.I always took ton of pics,but doubt I have any of that one.Someone should know the story of it,other than the obvious

 

my buddy is having it saved at serinos brothers i think

 

I don't think I ever seen that in Michigan,... And beleive me,... I wouldn't forget it,... no matter how hard I tried.

 

x 2 ....

 

Can't wait to see this one live again. The future looks bright.

 

Yup a great save. No different than starting out with a rusty one.

 

did it have 66 galaxie station wagon tail lights? holy mother of god...

looking good now though

 

sure can tell it is from the "EAST" coast...lol .. good thing all the windows were mudded in. What a great improvement, already will be saved from the 80's, soon.. good save

 

It looks like a heroic effort, and they're off to the right track. Damn,,,,that car needed saved.

 

Are you just saying that because you don't want anyone to know you used to cruise it on Woodward while you lived in Detroit. Fess up, all of us have a couple of skeletons in the closet.

Frank

 

AH Nuts !!!!!!

Ya' caught me Frank,.... That was when I had a Fu-Manchu mustache, Bell Bottoms, silk shirt and platform shoes,.... You know,.. like the stuff you still wear,..

(Frank knows this, cause he use to ride shotgun )

 

Wow. I laughed. I threw up in my mouth. I cried.
I've never seen that car before. I'm thankful. I would have been traumitized!
Looks like he's on the right track to save it.
Can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

I think if this gets the proper traditional stance of laying frame it would improve the car tremendously.I didn't like the little rear window and im glad it's out but being layed out would really help this poor mercury.

 

U B killin' me Jeff! Did you try to siphon gas by mouth and get all goofy in the head the last few weeks? I think you might need an MRI or sumfin'.....maybe u got a brain tumor, cuz u just ain't been right lately.

Good save! Looking forward to how it comes out.

 

Jeff, Put the glue down and step back.........

 

"I think if this gets the proper traditional stance of laying frame it would improve the car tremendously.I didn't like the little rear window and im glad it's out but being layed out would really help this poor mercury."

Don't you get it guys...? its a joke..! (at least for awhile)

 

Something has gone horribly horribly wrong! Please for the love of god fix it or shoot it!

 

NOOOOOOO! Don't chop it, clean it up and make a nice Mild custom out of it!! Too many chopped and skirted mercs out there, too many '32 roadsters with SBC and Torque thusts, too many Juiced 64 Impalas...etc. Too many "DONKS", period.

I can't really say that about gasser willys and 55 Chevys though, we need more of those, so disregard all of that if you must.

 

I feel sorry for that poor merc
The guy that did that should be.........

 

Hey,

The Susan Boyle of Mercs

It's kinda too bad this one's gettin' dragged into 2012! Someday ''Freekshow Kustoms'' will be like black primer & red wheels, the next big thing! Ya know, it's like when ya see a super hottie standing next to a butterface, and suddenly the hottie's index jumps ten points.

And the story with Jeff.........................I've seen this kinda thing before, when I usta paint aircraft for a living, I guy's gotta leak in his spray mask, a small leak, but a leak, still. By the end of the shift he's gone total ''broken arrow'', full on gonzo!

" Meanwhyle, back aboard The Tainted Pork "

 

The great thing about owning a car like this is that you can make wonderful improvements merely through the application of repeated strokes with a BFH!

 

Depending on the final look, I think this one will be right up there with Mick's before and after transformation of his car.

 

Ive never seen it.

Thats a face only a mother could love.

 

Except maybe some 24's & them donk wheels with spinner hubs .

 

I wouldn't fucking admit it either.

 

Cut us a break man , Michigan ain't the East Coast.

 

I can't believe nobody has claimed the bondo opera windows and chicken-wire reinforced rear window surround. Quite elegant... name your price, I'll take them.

 

Those taillamps look like 66-67 Fairlanes but have no place on an early Merc but not near as horrendous as the quad-square headlamp setup.
I first thought this was a Hillbilly Jail Transport car until I noticed the unbelieveable window panels that lived over the expanded metal.
The car has a future but not with those lights.
You've got your work cut out for you but the reward of changing such a nasty dream into a custom reality will make it all worthwhile. Enjoy.