Customs 50 Merc build

Thought Id post some pics of a car Ive been working on for a bout a year and a half now on nights and weekends. Its a 1950 2dr Merc I bought from a friend of mine in Mississippi. Pretty rough to start with but price was right and hell its a learning experience. Heres what it looked like when I got it.

Had the original flathead and 3 spd with overdrive in it yet

 

Any current photos to see the progress.

 

Once I power washed the frame there was more rust than metal so I decided to make my own using 2x4 tubing and mate it to the original front stub.


custom built frame table

 

Im putting air suspension on it so I made the rear kickup over the axle blend in with the flow or the frame. Heres the Merc clip welded on. Everything lined up really well.

Im using a 500 Cadillac motor so I decided to run a rack and pinion setup which required a $hitload of modifying to the front clip.

 

rear kick up

rear 4-link from suicidedoors.com I made all the mounts on frame and rear end

 

Once I got this done I started on the floor, or lack of floor. I had to replace the inner rockers and body mounts too. Basically the entire floor pan and firewall.

 

homemade body mounts

 

I used a 500 Cadillac motor and a 400 auto transmission. I got this all set in place before doing the floor.

Motor mounts I made



trans mount

 

rear seat area

 

Im using the stock steering column and Im gonna try and make the stock shifter work with the auto transmission using a cable or some kind of linkage. Not sure yet.
Heres the steering column mount and also the brake pedal ***embly I fabbed up.

 

Good job so far,

hay you want to do a frame for a 52 ford for me????.........ha ha ha

 

Front frame horns made different so the radiator will clear the hood. I got 2 16" electric fans from my work that fit perfectly.

 

Thats where Im at so far. Ive been slacking for the last month trying to get my bike all finished up and re wired. I still have a long ways to go but its alot closer from when I started.

 

500 Caddy huh? That is gonna be killer man. I can already smell the tire smoke. Nice work so far so keep postin it

 

thats bad!!!!!!

 

***!!!!!!!!

 

wow! your doin a killer job man , keep us posted on the updates!

 

Sweet as, Nice work there for sure.
Thats going to be one Killer Kustom. Keep the pics comming.

 

Great job so far, the stance is badd! That 500 caddy should make that thing a bullet.

 

Wow! The fabrication detail is amazing! Great job brother!

 

thats great!! i know how much work mercs take in that condition to build. its looking *****n !!

matt

 

The fabrication looks great!!

 

Stofer Your work is great....Thank you for joining the HAMB and sharing your progress.
I'll be following this build for sure.
___Trout

 

Excellent workmanship on this. I can't imagine having to build that frame from scratch.

 

That is really really nice metal work!!! You are doing a fantastic job! Hope to follow your progress...

 

Lookin good!

 

great work!

 

Very cool thread.

I have a '49 Linc coupe that I have just dropped a 500 caddy engine into.
My ch***is has been fully boxed with new crossmembers and a Jag front subframe graft and jag diff.
Love them caddy 500's.

 

great build, i have a caddy 425 planned for my '51...any more shots of your rocker build?