Projects Bought a Mercury on purpose

Local friction shop rebuild. $105.

several years ago, an older hot rod guy gave me a beater 51 merc. Rotted with the rear axle ripped out like in American Graffiti. Had the correct core clutch parts. Amd a std merc flatty
thanks Ralph.
Miss that guy.

 

I'm surmising you must have quite the Backyard collection.

 

A got a few
Came in handy. For the SBC to flathead I had an adapter I bought for $50 over 10 years ago for the heck of it.
Had the correct SBC FW and correct clutch pieces in my junk yard plus a few 3 bolt starters.
Found a nos pilot bushing adapter for $15.
so when I get a new TO bearing I’ll still be under $200 for the swap.
Not bad

 

someone just made the 'maxwell smart' comment about something else-fits here(yes,pun intended)

 

Anthony, enjoying your teacher/student Merc coverage. Was viewing the parts ad and this was posted;
You have insufficient privileges to reply here. Has someone seen my checkbook balance ?
Thanks, Dyno Dave

 

Picked up some H78s last night.


The big pattern ford wheel have been blasted and painted. So that saves a little work.
The h78 is a tad taller but these are fine for now.
Plus I dont need the factory merc wheels that I’ll probably sell now.

 

Makes a huge difference even during mockup.

 

Kinda adds some inspiration
Gotta get off my **** and get that engine/trans in

 

I need to unstack the stuff that is sitting on and around my Merc. That also adds inspiration.

 

Student trimmed the other bezel some fine tuning and well wrap up this part

 

It looks good Anthony. Your students have done a great job so far.

 

Cleaning up the firewall. All the heat and ventilation pieces will probably be painted gloss black. Not sure on the firewall color. Leaning towards semi-gloss black. Not totally against the dark grey metallic that’s on the outside of the car.

the trans adapter hit the firewall where the top center bolt is. My block doesn’t have that hole
So we hammered a small recess for that to clear. Got it little more uniform than in the pic. Will mimic that on the trans cover Didn’t need much.
Frame and suspension will be flat black.

 

Progress . Awesome

 

BEAT ON THEM CARS WITH HAMMERS! Looking good.

 

We gonna start body working these pockets in now

 

Got one roughed out

 

Nice Fit! Good work on the edge to housing.

 

looks good Anthony

 

You do nice work! Thank you for the updates.

 

Headlight work roughed out
Welded by student.
Yep. We use filler.

 

Got some primer on it

we’ll work the upper area of the pocket some more. But overall, it’s gonna work

 

Primer is PPG 2050. Has a lot of texture.
Shot thru a 2.0 tip.
2050 is an epoxy filler primer.

 

Looking good. Must be some thick stuff lumpy like that even through a 2.0 tip.

 

It’s thick. The catalyst looks like mol***es.
It’s a DTM epoxy filler. Ok to use under body filler.
Doesn’t build up as much as a polyester but I like it a lot better than urethane.

 

So invite all the students to a block party..

 

Block party round one

 

Moving on to the next mod