Featured Customs Amazing Garage Find Merc at Detroit

I hope the owner is enjoying all us talking about his ride.

 

I recognized the 55 Chevy Park lights, & thought the grille bars might possibly be 56 Chrysler grille bars.

 

So difficult with a find such as this to leave it as Mother Nature intended.

 

It wouldn't hurt to clean the mildew off the seats & interior, what really impresses me is if the mildew wasn't present the interior looks like it could have been done recently.

Beautiful car and it really does need a paint job. HRP

 

53 Olds wheel covers, 54-56 Buick side trim swoop. Can anyone ID the quarter panel stainless trim? Would help establish the earliest possible build date. Looks to be a late 50's era build.
Possibly the Windsor grille was stored inside the car/trunk as the gold paint lasted much better than the body paint? The dash almost looks as if it has been repainted (though the column has peeling paint).

I'd eventually repaint the car but would be in no hurry while out enjoying the car and taking it to shows.

I'd see if a good upholstery shop could dye the seat inserts. Would really make that chrome piping pop!

Brass radiator, cloth covered wiring, correct era hose clamps, bolts, etc. for the engine compartment...

Car looks like it drove right out a late 50's TV Guide sized little pages such as Rodding and Restyling!

 

The grille bars are stainless, so I'm guessing the paint held up better because of the lack of corrosion.

 

Prett damn cool. I'd enjoy as is and eventually paint it and give the interior a good once-over. I really like it.

 

This thing is amazing

 

I wonder if the original builder would vote for "patina", or redone to look the way he wanted it?

 

I'm sure that's old lacquer primer on it which left alone and washed or outside it will rust under neath I drove my '65 Ford pony for a year or so in primer back in high school and ended up sanding and priming a few times before I picked the color since in '78 we only had Imron for urethanes and not urethane primer yet.

 

I used Rust-Oleum professional grade on a boat and put urethane hardener in it with the reducer and it works.

 

Whatever I wear, I prefer that it doesn't look like I spent all week wearing it to shovel shit. If it has a rotted out exhaust system, would it ruin it to do something about that as well?

 

Awesome, thanks!

 

I reckon you've nailed it Mark. You can see the join where the curved section meets the straight section near the front and the back end has the angle cut to meet up with the vertical fin trim pieces on the '57.