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My brother had a 57 just like that.
My favorite 57 ford style
Here's my 55 merc custom 2door with the 50 ford top project
Thank you all for your help. The information available from all of you has been a big help to me. Great bunch of people
I was raised on a farm, Dad had 1930's farmall tractors, so I was always playing with the main jet in the carburetor. Plus the timing on the mag...
I have never tried this but I have seen guys set the idle jet mixture screws with a vacuum gauge. I have always set them by ear. Which is the...
Did I do something wrong??
I live in a town of about 5000 people. A few years ago they started to have a motorcycle show once a month. They parked their motorcycles around...
1955 merc with the 1950 ford top fitted. Has the rear window and trims. No upholstery. No seats. Trims is there. South west iowa . Camero front...
1960 merc factory skirts
Do any of you use a viscosity flow device when thinner paint? I'm using summit urethane paint and the thinner i mix it the better it flows....
I will try the rubber insulators. If I wrap it in sound proof insulation will it get too warm and damage the pump
Has anyone used the jegs electric fuel pump? The 15901 is advertised as super quiet. I am using the holley blue electric pump and it's louder...
I wrecked my 51 merc coup in 1960 on a icy road. I was 14
My 60 merc. I think these arefactory merc cruiser skirts because of the slight flare at the wheel well.
I dont have the top replaced yet. But i do have a new top, black.i was thinking too how a starlimer roof would look
I converted from automatic to a 3speed floor sjift i got the shifter arms on wrong so now low gear is to the left and forward!!. Maybe an...
After 2 years i got the merc running. I goofed up the paint on the trunk so it has to be redone. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
thanks for sharing that with us. I fell in love with bonneville when I was there last summer.
Years ago I restored a 1939 Zephyr coupe that had the factory installed upholstered trunk.
You will need a 1953 lincoln to win it like Stropp did way back when! Good luck !
blizzard??
Play nice little boys. Lol
I put 351c pistons, 302 rods, 302 crank. Cleveland heads ,2v is fine, an aftermarket boss 302 intake and headers for a Cleveland. Use a original...
I used to drain the tank then fill it with aninert gas, maybe freon ? ??.maybe argon, not oxygen!!
be sure to clean all the oil passages and the rocker shafts. They store sludge.
the Victoria. then the 3-window!
Cars they won't drive! To each his own. Great hotrod
My Dad's 1941 ford 2 ton straight truck had a graph on the speedometer that showed the maximum speed in each gear
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