Customs Let's customize a 51 Merc Woody wagon

I am thinking of going more of a mild custom on this one. I want to get a Fulton visor and plan to make a nice custom floater for the grille opening.

 

Well I thought I would bring this up for the morning guys/gals in case any of them were interested in this build.

 

less is more!!!

 

Jeff thanks man . Hey do you still have the visor?

 

i still have that visor!

 

Lockwood ...The book I would reconmend is AUTOMOTIVE WOODWORKING by Roland Johnson it has more info on woodies than any other book I've ever seen........I just thought a guy named Johnson writes a book on Woodies now that just funny..........

 

Have you looked at the price of that book!!! WTF! 160 pages for $80 to >$200. It better have a happy ending with it. And I don't mean the fairy tale kind!

 

Oh and Lockwood, I'm jealous of you. I have a shoebox woodie of the 49 variety. the only car I think I like more is the Merc version! I'm subscribed for sure.

 

Oh and Lockwood, I'm jealous of you. I have a shoebox woodie of the 49 variety. the only car I think I like more is the Merc version! I'm subscribed for sure.

 

Thanks Plywude I will check it out for sure.

 

Thanks

I may just try and see if I can find it somewhere used.........lol

 

I had this visor given to me from my friend they same guy I got this Merc from. So I thought I would temporarily tape it to the car and see how it would look with a visor....lol

 

looks good..

FYI.. I have the woodworking book. I dont think it will be of a great deal of ***istance with this project as theres not alot of discussion about the bending process (as I recall)

 

Thanks Jeff I have some ideas going on in my head for wood and also for the heads up on the doors. The bad thing is they are for a Ford. But if you ever see or know of the rear panels being available I am under the impression they are the same for both Mercs and Fords.

 

Ok I have been stalled on the woody for a while.............mainly because of the cost of the wood kit. ......so I have been thinking about using this new process I have been toying with. Besides I got a nice Fulton visor coming and a got a new grille for her so I believe it deserves some much needed attention.

 

a couple other shots of the Steel Wood

 

shhhh!!!

 

IN MY OPINION-A woodie should never be a Kustom/Sled.....
Also if A stock one =IS= chopped [which BTW they need chopped].....The top of their windshield needs raised to eliminate that horrible "Ambulance" looking cap above the W/S gl***....

 

Thanks for your opinion. I am a good sport about this hobby and everyone is en***led to their opinion. But I am gonna build this car the way I want........

 

I also like the visors on the shoebox woodies. I sectioned a Fulton a little bit to bring it slightly closer to the shape of the roof on my 51 Ford. And added a few louvers.

 

I have a Fulton visor coming for it

 

The louvers really set it off

 

[Hey!! That's my car in the early 80's~! $300.00 & I drove it home!! QUOTE=Rikster;5477006]I have always liked the woody to sedan delivery conversion on this one. There are dress up details that I would not have done... but it proofs it can look very nice. So much in fact that I built a 1/25 scale model based on it... many years ago.

Sorry about the poor photos of the real car... all I have been able to find.










And this is the model I based on it.
Of co**** this one was based on a sedan model with its lower top profile, which I think suits the custom version much better.




I was young (15-16) when I built this one.. and the 59 Caddy taillights is something I would now never consider using on a 49-51 Merc... oh well.



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