Art & Inspiration some old iron left for dead in a field ! even a merc with a flattie !

yeah i planned on pullin the flattie and seeing if there was any thing good left of it , the hood was on we'll see ?

 

got bored after i got off work tonight so i grabed the john deer gator equipped with a winch and headed out to see if i could free anything up ! started to tug the pickup cab but i need to do some diggin it was coming free but i didnt want to bend anything up , since it was on its roof the bottom of the truck is amazingly good ! between havin shorts on and there being a ton of itch weed ,and the mosquitoes helping themselves to a couple pints of blood i didnt acomplish much ! i plan on taking the loader tractor and several tools and a shovel next time ! pulled the dipstick on the merc and it still had oil in it , and with having the hood on nhopefully the crank is good ! will post updates when i get the stuff out

 

FlamedABone can fix it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

With the mercury style carb the rain might not have got in the engine. Also the mercurys commonly has the rare one piece steel bellhousings. Cool find OldWolf

 

grab the gravel shield uder the grill -100 bucks on ebay-repops are made of gl*** around 60 bucks

 

Strangely, I live for these moments.

 

That merc looks amazing for an iowa car..wow. Seen worse saved.

 

Jim sibley could fix that merc.

 

I dunno, have you seen the car on here one guy is building, the p***enger side of the car is GONE, completely rusted away. There was also a thread awhile back where a fellow was bringing a merc back to life that was nasty bad. Get it home, then post some pics, you might be suprised.

 

porta power the roof and drive it!
lol..looks pretty solid.

 

Ya I think I did enough drugs in my youth that I would try to restore that Merc.

 

Dude there is SOOOOOOOOO much saveable metal on that merc. Get the dash, fenders door. rear bumper, taillights. push guards and the motor is rebuildable if it aint cracked, even if it's siezed.

 

pulled the flathead and trany this weekend ! sold right away ! torch ran out of oxygen still gonna grab the dash , steering box , pedals, column and wheel ,bumpers and some trim ! we actually rolled the car on its side with a loader and the frame is in great shape ! not sure if its worth dragging out though

 

Maybe not today, but it may haunt later if you leave it. Pick it clean, haul it all off, HAMBers always need merc patch panels.

 

I could be interested in the dash unless it's super rusted. I'd scavenge the whole car if you have the room to store the parts.

 

Did you get the wagon? Someone already asked about it, but if he doesn't want it I do. Dean

 

Check that 41-47 1st Chevy truck grille carefully. It may be one of the very rare stainless steel barred grilles rather than chrome-plated. Big bucks there.

 

That Merc grill shell is virtually worthless, maaybbe $80 or so. The one paulie boy is thinking of is the '49-50, which would yield a few hundred dollars easy in comparison. There are a slew of parts that could be sold for coin off there.

 

try listing the whole car for sale before you cut it up & sell pieces. Like a few guys have said already, there have been much worse cars saved in the last few years & a merc is a pretty desirable car. I bet it would bring more $$ than you would think in one piece. probably have guys fighting over it.

 

I never took the time to realize there was a differance in 51. Thanks for pointing that out. Learn something everday.

 

Good one!

 

a 12 pack , couple buddies , a couple hours , and a few ticks later i had the main thing i was after the merc flattie and trans ! torch ran out of oxegyn so i need to go back for the rest ! not a bad way to spend a sat afternoon

 

Get the job done before the deer ticks come out!

 

I would part that Merc out for sure... drag the whole thing home and soak all the bolts.