if you could built the coolest merc... what would you do

chucklehead al- its only a online magazine. i told those guys they should at least put one coffe table book in print

 

I like the way I built my 49 Merc , shown here in the snow
in Michigan.

TwoChops

 

Wow Mike, you know I like your Merc as it sits, but that photoshopped version is too cool! You should get started on that ASAP and I'll look for it at Paso in May!

 

Sure, see you in May, as in May 2009. I forgot to add, it would have to be a hardtop chop,

 

I was with you until the wire saftey gl***. WTF? Sounds like the door to the high school cafeteria.

 

Sorta like this

 

It's my white trash in me coming out. I just like the way that stuff looks as side and rear windows. No good reason to use it really. I would probably tint it anyway.

 

Though his brain is obviously running in a different universe to mine, Javiers Merc is high on my favourite list.

 

Javiers Merc is *****in...

mikes51 let's see more pics. of your Merc, or does anyone else have anymore???

 

Well of course it gets chopped. Tip the posts or hardtop it, either is kool. I like the use of the 51 grille. It just adds some nice balance to the front without gettin too busy with differnt themes. The design should focus on craftsmanship instead of changes. An absolute must is rounded hood corners and other touches done by the masters. Leave the drip rails. Be careful with the use of chrome. If not perfect awe-inspiring black then something frosty that makes the lines wake up. They get chopped for a reason...they just look better that way. While there are "standards" for chopping a Merc, maybe deviate from that in a way that says "why didn't I think of that?" Fab up some totally different bumpers that add to the "swoop" of a chopped Merc.
Wow, I'm sayin chop a lot here, huh? Wonder why? Put a Lincoln motor in it. Do a trick interior. Man, you got a lotta work to do...

 

A**** sleds, I don't think the Quesnel car has ever been improved upon -- but Javier's car is the best one built in the last 50 years, for my money.

But I've already learned that I'm not a sled kinda guy, or even a Merc guy. If I had one, I'd follow C9's thinking and do a hot rod. Say, starting with something like this picture: bigger rear tires, nosed and decked, louvered hood, '50 hubcaps. Wide whites, yes; and powered by a Chrisman cammer. Vroom.

 

If i could build the coolest Merc.....I'd trade it for something LESS COMMON. Come get me, ****AS

 

groucho- can i be your harpo, and just honk the horn

 

i would do minezz like rocky in "cobra" or crater face in "grease"

 

THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY posts, and you've only been on here 20 minutes. You can be my ANYTHING!!!!!

 

groucho-whats the record ? i once tryed to break the giuness record for the most hours on a teeter-totter but i fell asleep and my parnets brought me back in side the house

 

Funny! I don't know the record, but you've got FIVE more posts in the last 3 minutes(?). So, if there's a record, A-you either "killed" it, or B-you're reinventing it. Oh yeah, what's a parnet?

 

Groucho- a parnet is what carl and mike were in the 'BRADY BUNCH"

 

WTF's the Brady Bunch? By the way, just how FAR off topic are we?

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149495&page=4 back to mercs

 

the purple merc "midnight sensation by john d agostino http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149495&page=5

 

Perfection is Sam Barris Merc. and also the Mejia Merc absolutely *****en.

 

3" level chop.......& use a 50 rear gl*** ,no matter what year Merc it was.....
slightly slanted B posts with rounded door top
leave the drip rail alone.
No fender skirts or spotlites or fake **** stuck on it.
frenched 52Merc Hlites.
frenched 49 Merc taillites
stock bumpers and 50 grille
Black paint about 9 feet deep, like Roger Ward would do.

 

choprods, I like that description...gonna have to remember that formula. Kinda sounds like the one we're doing now...

 

http://images14.fotki.com/v192/photos/2/223020/2720015/P9040095-vi.jpg?1128528319
http://images18.fotki.com/v342/photos/2/223020/2720015/P9090075-vi.jpg?1157816675
http://images15.fotki.com/v234/photos/2/223020/2720015/PA090045-vi.jpg?1128929489
From my hometown and a legend in his time; Mandy Holder built this car at Barris' shop. Then came home and started a shop that was the place to go for custom work. I worked for him in High School. Car dissappeared, Mandy died too young. I'd restore or clone this car if time and $$ allowed.

 

This was a koncept of my more door Merc.

Olds bumper with Lincoln fenders.


Happy Trails,

Mick

 

Mercs look best in my opinion...with subtle differences.

Here would be my recipe.

1. lowered down really really low.
2. decked and shaved
3. 49 dash
4. white interior
5. accessory wheel...
6. 49 turn signals
7. Stock bumpers but with bumperettes removed
8. lincoln tailights
9. chrome reverse (15's or even 16's) and wide whites like 4 inchers
10. side trim would have to be custom probably the lincoln trim that no one can find..
11. no skirts
12. no visors
13. louvered hood
14. Grill would have to be lots of chrome...

that's it..

hey thaty kind of sounds like my build...

ha

tok

 

im really happy with mine, but plan to change it this winter. the picture with the scallops is what it looks like now. the other is still my car photoshopped with canted quads, side trim back in place, and no scallops. however the quads are out of my price range so it will just get new paint and side trim

 

Bring back to life an ol 51 Merc customized in the 50's. Nosed, decked, door handles, rounded hood corners, 54 Chevy 15 teeth, frenched head and taillights, lowered, whites with Dodge Lancer caps, 51 Merc fender skirts.
Ol Blue

 

Please build that. It ****in rocks!!!