"miss san pedro" In Illinois? couldnt be! could it?

A friend called today and says a Barris merc was at Gears and Ears in Yorkville last week. said the guy had all the old magazines and pictures out to. I did a hamb search and found this. gotta be a clone right?

 

look at the doors.. the corner is curved on one

 

I don't know, but there's definitely a few differences. One that sticks out the most is the door corners!!

Ian

INF , You beat me to it!! LOL!!

 

different car..
probably the insperation for the other one

door, rear bumper and around the licence plate, front bumper different too, stanless trim longer on the blue one

 

The first thing that I noticed was the new car's tailights are level. The original car's tailights slope down more toward the rear.

It's hard to criticize that Merc though, it's a beautiful job.

 

Clone

 

The tailight differences were what I noticed first too. They also seem to stick out further than the original. Maybe not even the same lenses.

 

Both beautiful, but several small differences.

 

yep its a clone

 

Either way, they both look great. I would hate to think that someone would redo a original Barris w/out keeping it original, but who knows?

 

Saw that car at Gears and Ears too and on display in downtown Lombard the week prior. Got some nice shots.Someone told me that car was for sale.

 

shouldn't that be spelled klone?

 

Yep, it's for sale. Nice car, but not the original.

 

That car was posted last year by PsychoBilly, he did some work on it for the builder.

 

the chop is different too, look at how different the rear quarter windows are in shape, plus the Barris badge is missing, I'd be sporting that!
Max.

 

oh yeah, plus the length of the rear side trim is longer on the new car.....little details folks!!!

 

I'd like to see a front shot of this

 

oops i mean member cyclebilly...

pics are in this older thread:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=279816

 

I grew up in San Pedro and know the Dave Bugrain Merc very well and this isn't it. It's a nice near miss clone of the original Merc that was build over a period of time at the Barris shop in Hollywood, CA.
I've been tracing this Merc for the last two years, I have talk to five different owners to date. I'm searching for the last two guys who purchased it in Southern California, this cool old Merc has never left the general area where it was build.
**Guys posts here have pointed out a lot of differences in the two Merc's, the biggest give a away is the East Coast style spots lights which are fake Cal-Kustom types, the real Miss San Pedro had real Appleton's.** Take a close look at the real cars tail pipes and the detail in them, the clone doesn't have the detail work. If, the guy is passing it off as the real Miss San Pedro buyer bewear otherwise a nice Merc.
**Sorry guys big time clone**

Cruiser

 

Differences I can see is the obvious curve in the lower corner of the door,trim length,skirt size,three trim pieces missing on the skirt,Barris badge missing,tail light and rear end treatment,spotlights,rear quarter window shape is definitely different,and the rear bumper and exhaust tips.Hell of a nice clone though.

 

I heard from a friend of mine who worked Dave B's brother that this car went to the crusher.

 

Jeff - this is only a rumor and no proof to date that's it's true. Read my posts on the Merc and the thread "The Lost Mercurey"

CRUISER

 

A friend of mine for many years knew the brother of Dave and according to him he says it was crushed.Thats what the word was around Pedro.

 

Jeff - I also know Dave's brother Carl, Carl traded the Merc for another car. I've traced the Merc through five owners so far and there is no evidence of it being crushed. If, it was crushed, who crushed it, when was it crushed (date - year) it's easy to say it was crushed with no proof. I grew up in San Pedro and never heard this rumor about Dave's Merc. My money on it being a RUMOR.

CRUISER

 

What year did ya trace it to?

 

Here's the photo's of the clone. (almost) You'll be able see more differences.

CRUISER

 

Man I hope you are right! I would love to find out where and if Ms. San Pedro is still sitting somewhere.

 

Where did your last trace take you to ? Any clues?

 

JeffSled / 00Mack - I'm tracing at this time two guys who lived in the Old Los Angeles strip area of Torrance, Ca. So far no proof of the existence or the demise of Dave's Merc. It may all come to a dead end, the guys I'm tracing are not the boys next door types. I have lots of information on the Merc that will be released at a later date in a national small magazine. It takes a lot of time when your tracing an old car and things go slow at times, some clues turn up great information and other fizzle.

CRUISER