Projects 1954 mercury sun valley

so, I have owned this car for 3 or 4 years and frankly just got bummed out on it. when I made the deal to buy it, I paid to have some work done it that never happened. it was supposed to come to me as a runner driver with the quarters fixed. I was given a partial refund and brought it home. threw it in the garage and didn't touch it for at least a year. about a month ago maybe longer I got it running and fixed a brake line. it has posted here for sale for about a month. well last week I bought a new toolbox and needed to move the car before I pick up the box. this weekend I bled the brakes, finished bolting the front end together and cotter pinned everything. then i drove it around the block for the first time ever. the listings have all been taken down and I have made an appointment to get the quarters fixed and some other exciting stuff next month.

some history on the car i found it for a buddy probably 8 years ago he said he wanted a glass top mercury, but it had to be a manual. I literally found this car on craigslist that down about 5 hours away. we went and bought it. he ordered all new jamco super low suspension for it and cut up the driver's quarter. he also built a super nice 312 for it. ( I didn't get buy it) then he got super busy, and it sat. another buddy bought it and never touched it. then I bought it from him. before I brought it home, I used his lift rebuilt the front suspension and installed all the new parts, I also had a new driveline made. I have wanted a glass top car since I was young and when I bought this car I bought with my intension of it being my keeper car. over the years I have collected a ton of neat parts for. restored 552's foxcraft skirts, lee lenses, a bunch of cal custom stuff, nos mercury accessory wheel. any way I'm going to make it happen this thread should gain some momentum in the next 2 months or so.

 

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Righteous.

 

A little twist on the philosophy of @anthony myrick : "I'd fix that."

 

Dang skippy.

just metal

 

My first car was a 54 Mercury.

 

Makes me wish you were close enough for me to do the body and paint

 

Thanks for the positive comments. I totally agree it's just metal. I want this car to be nice and that is above my metal working skills. Stay tuned it's going to get crazy. We have some cool stuff planned.