The Jalopy Journal
So made up a glove-box , seeing as the radio is just a face-plate effectively I need somewhere to put a radio so I used the glove-box area as a...
So after testing the wipers inside the car, I found out I put the arms on the wrong side.... seeing as it hit the body ... so while it was out I...
Some of my chrome came back so now I can start finishing some dash wiring and put the taillight together for good. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
So the wiring is still continuing , it doesn't make for great photos thou. I made a battery box for the rear trunk and included a master battery...
So whats the second worst thing to do besides paintwork in my opinion...wiring... but also one of the most important things. Because one of my pet...
So another little thing, The back glass has the vertical pieces of stainless held in place with this metal backing plate and the trim simple snaps...
So I plan on using the original fresh air vents ; but the original plastic pull tabs had some cracks and the small tabs that keep it in place were...
Its been awhile since any updates , for the most part the last year not much happened between living/working 2hrs away from the car and doing...
So that location is the correct location for a 1949 mercury , but its very faint [ATTACH]
Personal opinion, do as little before its sandblasted and primed as possible because a lot of thing you think are fine end up being full of holes...
So it had a good horn button (brown one) , and i have a nos one (red) that's perfect , the horn ring was unfortunately broken and missing the ring...
So not much in the way of progress...that makes for good photos , I got the brake system plumbed and its done. Cleaned up all the seat...
Could always just sleeve that one cylinder if that's the only problem.
So I cant really speak about making any inspection holes ... So when I did my 49's rear fenders before thinking of welding them on you need to...
It could have burnt the rings , if you check the compression and if all the cylinders have low compression that's likely the cause. That's what we...
So i'm sure this could have been done many different ways but this was how I choose to do it. So to start I wanted these to be more of a flush...
So few more things done... one that was truly horrible ...de-hog ringing all my seats in preparation to get them sandblasted as-well as a few...
So next up was the Speedometer , very simple rebuild basically just clean/paint and grease a weird a squeak in the speedometer mechanism. After...
So I've just been doing alot of different things , Made my transmission mount , used a mock up flathead and got it all bolted together so I could...
Well thank you , if anything I post helps someone else with their project that's one of the main reasons to keep posting everything. I personally...
Potentially the last piece of any serious rust is now done... finally no more rust repair... Now to just start doing a lot of finish work before...
Next task, seeing as its back on the lift was to finish mounting my brake booster... and make it actually work with the stock pedal location. I...
So no much happening just smoothing all the firewall holes that wont be used/needed . I like having a nice firewall that's not cluttered. Now the...
Sure thing Marco, So I started out first just getting the skirts to fit nicely in the opening I had. The idea of how to attach these was kind of...
So what i did with mine was start by boring out the holes to whatever will give you a new true circular hole , then make new pins using hole...
So the transmission rebuild is turning/turned into the project that never ends. So first off this is a 49 mercury transmission and im trying to...
So i got it from "The Motor Bookstore" was 50$ and it has a real nice binding and all the pictures and text are crisp and not like a copy of a...
So basically all that's done is everything is cleaned and ready for reassembly , and everything has been ordered that's needed. The one thing i...
So as far as current updates nothing really... picture worthy (just cleaning parts...but once i start putting it back together ill take photos),...
So basically just doing the same thing to the other sides bumperette. Putting everything back on to see what it will somewhat look like , and...
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The Jalopy Journal
