Meanwhile, the restoration project began with the repair of the trunk, rear fenders and floors. I do not have a second car, so I can not do without the merchandise for a long time and the money does not grow in the trees! And as usual, the floor is a gruyere cheese
My friend Diego Orozco and his workshop manager showed off every detail of the new film and in a very short time: 4 weeks! And as you can see, in the end he "cleaned his face" to the merc to go out and show it while the next stage of the restoration is reached.
And from that moment I enjoyed it and traveled wherever I could running without problems and as you could see, I installed a propane-butane gas carburation equipment to save for its final restoration, (here in Mexico the gas was expensive)
Meanwhile, the fruit of my savings made them a motorcycle, to have a good time in the meantime. First a Honda Shadow 600 and then a VLX 1300...
At this point I was very afraid of getting the tone I am looking for, very close to the legendary blue Washington, but with a touch that distinguishes it from others. Here I have seen many threads of these cars and I have seen magnificent colors, but as the final destination of the merc is mild custom, I have decided something more classic and correct.
Awesome work! Buy that painter a respirator. That dust mask won't protect his lungs from paint fumes.
And as already said here: the correct way is with the right engine, I looked everywhere for a flathead and believe me that they are scarce in these places. And the friends who already knew about my project helped me find one and found one 750 km away. I was riding and working on a 1943 Ford truck for the distribution of construction materials, I contacted the owner and he sent me a video in which he looks and listens working great, hence I extracted this pic
Sure friend, without a doubt it is the right thing, but as you will see in this thread there are very curious things that happen all the time with the workers here in Mexico, but that does not doubt their quality with their hands.
Want to see the short video? Tell me in what format I can share it here, I tried to upload it and it indicates an error
After a little research I think you can see the engine running in it's donor truck What do you think fellas?
And the rust goes on and on, new blade whatever is necessary until the end. And separating the body to clean the chassis and make it new from below ...
A labour of love and a beautiful car you have there, Pacorro! Please keep us informed of your progress. I will follow with interest. All the best, Harry
New problems I found in the process: The two bumpers are the same! Pfff both are rear. We will perform a surgery so that they are correct and then go straight to the chrome.
Trivia for the HAMBOHOLICS: my friend Pepe has a merc that I have seen since it was a lot of garbage and I think it will be the car that all custom lovers would like to have. I present to you Pepe and his famous in HAMB merc 50 '. The trivia is: Who has seen this merc in a thread here? It is very easy to fall in love with this wonder!
While the body is moving, the engine has its correct style Cleaning, sandblast and some custom pieces¡
A C4 is good for this engine, but it is necessary to make it, handmade of course! My friend Gil helps me in this madness taking care of the engine, start from scratch¡ Hopefully it works!
Customized 2x2 intake manifold manufactured from strokes, Let's make the project a little more exclusive and unique, what can go wrong?
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