little 49 mercury ......

Saw this at the Bouse Arizona car show yesterday...
a 3/4 size 1949 Mercury two door sedan !!

It's all steel, with Toyota running gear (shortened rear axle). The owner/builder Ernie Adams says it's actually closer to 11/16 scale, and does 80 MPH on the road no sweat.
It's registered as a 2009 Dwarf (Ernie is "Mr. Dwarf Car").

He also has build a dwarf 39 Chevy and a 42 Ford.

 

did it start out as something else or did he build it from scratch? its pretty cool!

 

that's one hell of a go-kart! cool.

 

Here`s the 42 Ford, thats not the owner. It`s Larry.

 

I have seen the 39 Chevy and the 42 Ford....this guy is incredible...a true artist and metal craftsman in my book! If you don't have someone standing by the vehicle you would sware it's just another original size car....

 

Unreal.

 

Love it!

 

I saw the Merc at BTT50s

 

thats friggin awesome! would have loved to had one of those as a kid.

 

Does he build full size cars as well? With metal working talent like that he should be.

 

koooool

 

Cool. Looks to be a ton of sheet metal work. Anyone have any build photos?

 

Man ,that is pretty neat .It looks stock which makes it even sneakier ...

 

He definately has some major skills. The detail on these cars is amazing!
He was driving the '42 all over the fairgrounds at Back to the 50's, a couple years ago... and with over 11,000 cars there, I'm willing to bet that little car drew the most attention. Anytime I saw it parked there were big crowds around it.

 

Dwarf race cars are popular -- Adams created the idea...
http://www.dwarfcar.com/Htm's/Story.htm

 

From scratch - with a Toyota 4 cylinder and narrowed rear axle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt0LboEQXb8

 

He could have just bought a Vedette!

 

That is nuts.....I love it...wish I had 5% of his skills....I want to see build photos,too

 

here's the 39....the 30 type sedan was made from old washingmachine sheet metal...... I to would love to see build pictures...it's my theory that he has a shop full of retired elves from Santas toy shop...

 

I've seen a '39 Chevy at Pomona swapmeet before. Don't think it's the same one though. I think it was burgandy.

 

Well, it's a boring, wet day in the deep South, so I thought I'd resurrect a neat old thread and add a video.

http://www.varietyvideosllc.com/about2.html

Enjoy!

 

You're one step ahead of me! Here's more facts and video-- also includes links to his website and facebook page with lots more fantastic info. What a unique craftsman.



Video: Ernie Adams and his dwarf ’49 Mercury | Mac's Motor City Garage.com

 

Incredible skills.