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1956 Mercury Custom

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Kage, May 18, 2011.

  1. Wide Whites
    Joined: Apr 25, 2011
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    Wide Whites
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    from N. Texas

    I have a 55 Merc and it's great to find others
     
  2. 56 ford custom
    Joined: Aug 22, 2006
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    56 ford custom
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    from Socal

    I can try once I get home. I want to get this group up and going big. Kage im sorry, not trying to jack your thread by no means.
     
  3. Wide Whites
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    Wide Whites
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    from N. Texas

    Kage sorry about high jacking your build thread. Keep up the good work man. I love your build!
     
  4. Wide Whites
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    Wide Whites
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    from N. Texas

    Here's a pic of that '56 Merc that was at LoneStar Round Up
    Hope this works. Doing this from my phone.

    [​IMG][/url][/IMG]
     
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  5. Wide Whites
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    Wide Whites
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    Here's another 56 from Austin

    [​IMG][/url][/IMG]
     
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  6. 56 ford custom
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    56 ford custom
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    The black 56 is super clean
     
  7. Kage
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    Kage
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    from Delano, TN

    No worries about highjacking my thread...its for a good reason..lol

    56_ford_custom..please post a link to your facebook group. Ill do a search for it to.
     
  8. Kage
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    Yesterday I cleaned up and painted the drive-shaft. Now i need to get new universal joints for it.

    I also started hooking the brake lines back up.

    I then welded up my panhard and made the mounting brackets for it and got it all welded up. I still need to make my shock mounts for the front and rear.
     

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  9. Kage
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    Kage
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    I seen this Merc last year at the round up..It is a very clean and sweet ride.
     
  10. Kage
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    This one is real nice to...he just needs to add something to the rear...bumper, roll pan something. It would clean it up and look a little better...in my opinion.
     
  11. Wide Whites
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    The orange and cream one had some really nice pinstriping on the truck that I liked. You can barely see it here. I'll try to find the other pics too.
     
  12. 56 ford custom
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    56 ford custom
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    56 ford custom
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  14. Wide Whites
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    Wide Whites
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    nope it didn't work for me :(
     
  15. 56 ford custom
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    56 ford custom
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    If I click on the link it goes straight to it.
     
  16. Kage
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    Kage
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    from Delano, TN

    Here is the link for the "1952-1956 Ford/Merc/Lincoln" group on FB

    http://www.facebook.com/groups/193973717381378/
     
  17. Kage
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    I didn't do a lot this weekend. I got my headlight buckets in. I got one disassembled, cleaned up, painted and reassembled. I still have to fix a hole in the 2nd one before i can clean it up and paint it.

    I also started doing some of the finish sanding on the Merc as well. The deck lid and the drivers fender are ready to be re primer-ed. I still have a little more sanding on the roof to go.
     

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  18. Kage
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    I did get to hit up a small show this weekend. One of the best cars there was "My Blue Heaven"
     

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  19. Kage
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    I've not really done anything to "Bettie" this week. But I did just get a phone call from Alliance Torque Converters. My torque converter has been rebuilt and is ready to be shipped out. I am lucky I sent it to them when I did. It looks like I got the last Hub they had for my style of Torque converter. They told me they have had that hub for a while know and they are now no longer made. So here in the next week or so I will finally be able to drop my motor and trans back in the Merc.
     
  20. Kage
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    I am thinking about making a set of headers for the Mercury like the ones on the Trendero Ranchero.

    What do you guys think?
     

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  21. 56 ford custom
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    56 ford custom
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    You dont like tge red's tube bluck hugger headers?
     
  22. Kage
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    Kage
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    I like red's header...and I'm thinking about getting a set. I'm just exploring my options and I really enjoy fabricating things. And the 1s on the Trendero just look sooo cool.
     
  23. 56 ford custom
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    56 ford custom
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    Yeah I hear ya. I have reds for my car.
     
  24. Wide Whites
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    I'm not so sure about those headers. But to each his own. But I dig the fabrication. I enjoy it to but haven't done it much.
     
  25. Kage
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    I have not got much done over the last few weeks. but I did get my Turque converter back from Alliance. I dropped the motor on to a new stand so I could bolt on the fly wheel, torque converter, bellhousing, and starter. I also bolted the intake all the way down and painted the bellhousing black.

    I am leaving tonight to go to TN to pick up my Transmission. As soon as I get back from TN I will be bolting the trans to the motor and dropping them into the Merc.
     

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  26. Wide Whites
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    Wide Whites
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    Nice, what trans are you going to run?
     
  27. Kage
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    Kage
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    The orginal Merc-o-matic
     
  28. Wide Whites
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    Wide Whites
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    from N. Texas

    That's what we've got. I'm not a fan of it. But seems like a lot of cash to upgrade.
     
  29. sekter1
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    from FL

    Awesome build thread Kage. The work you did looks real clean. I'm working on a 56 Monterey as of right now and want to run the original merc-o-matic with the air cooled converter. How much did Alliance charge for the torque converter rebuild?
     
  30. Kage
    Joined: Oct 18, 2008
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    Kage
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    from Delano, TN

    $150 plus shipping. Shipping it to them and shipping it back...about 25 each way...so I have about 200 in the total rebuild
     

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