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Auburn radials are great, but they are truck tires. So for light weight cars, you will need to play around with the pressure to get a comfortable...
Took a lot of pictures of the fatman bracket last time I had it apart. Too bad i didn’t take any measurements. But it shouldn’t be to hard to...
I chased the rough ride on my model A for three years, and reworked the suspension 100s of times. For the front, I ended up removing one of the...
I used a 30amp relay for off-road lights and hid it under the original cover.
I had lots of brake fade, so for the cost of new drums and shoes I could purchase the disc brake conversion. I’m running the 1976 master cylinder...
Had the exact same problem. My spring was to long and it rode rough. I ordered a extra narrow reverse eye spring from Posie. took out a couple of...
Daily drove my 1950 merc for 9 years. Built it for my 20 miles to work and my 20 miles return. Stock rebuilt 283 with triple deuce carbs. Summit...
Energy suspension has a pair of urethane bump stops for Jeeps. They are a almost perfect fit. I’ve been running it in my 50 merc for years.
I cut and shortened the original linkage and moved the mount. Been that way for a long time.[ATTACH]
1949 and early 1950 are Dana 41. Late 1950 and 1951 are Dana 44. I changed the gears in my Dana 44 to 3:55 and left everything stock.
[ATTACH] I'm running the fatman bracket and a 1977 mustang manual master cylinder. The masters are getting hard to find and usually need to be...
Air bag it so you can lay the frame on the ground.
Brake pads are D215 from a 1983 to 1990 Celebrity
[ATTACH] This picture is from a mustang master cylinder but all you have to do is take off the cap and look inside, you can tell which port goes...
I drive my 1950 merc every day since 2009. I have had many late nights fixing things so I can get to work the next day, but that comes with the...
Floor is a little dirty, but Im running a 350 chevy with a 4 speed saginaw and the pedals connect to everything under the floor.
I had about 2" to 3" of clearance between the crossmember and the pavement. The construction grate overlapped a little higher than that.
Just run a sbc, you can get lots of different headers for those.
My Merc got very wet at work, it looks like a wet dog under the car cover. Driving with vacuum powered wipers is alot of fun too.
The 49 to early 50 merc rearend is a Dana 41 and there is very little parts for those. The late 50 to 51 mercs had a Dana 44, lots of parts for...
Didnt seem to move the wheel out any further than before. If it does its not noticeable.
Just installed the Jamco front disk brake kit on my 50 merc. Real nice kit, it all installs right into the stock metal brake lines. The stock rims...
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5 years of lurking, and this is my first post. When it hits 10 years, I might add a picture.
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