Customs The Kirkegaard Merc, 1939 early style custom

Cars badass. The roof and bodylines flow nicely.

 

Very nice detail work on the stainless and the metal work on the chop is awesome!
This Mercury is going to be a classic custom! It just keeps getting better looking with each modification!

 

Kevan this car is looking perfect to me.You know how I have always liked the early style treatment on these 40mercs.I flatout LOVE the post treatment on this car,without a doubt my favorite look on a 39\40 Mercury.Killer job man,keep it up.

 

Hi Jeffsled
I love the way, you are picky, about the details
I am very very happy too
I will still try to find these Tires, if it is still possible to buy them

And still love that 100% relaxed Avatar you have

 

Thanks guys. Sorry I haven't posted for a while, just been concentrating on the car. So Im getting close to being done with the roof and just finishing up some of the small details. The stainless window trim is really close to being done. Here's some pictures of how I reshape the stainless and some pics of the car outside.

Before I heat and bend the stainless window channel I like to weld in a small strip of steel to the open channel. This helps to keep it from warping too much.




Then I make a pattern of the window shape and chalk it out on the table


Next I use some small blocks of steel to hold the stainless while im heating and bending it. It's a very basic jig but it works fine for me.


Next is heating and bending the stainless. It needs to be red hot and and I put pressure on it while heating it. You have to be careful because if you use too much pressure and heat, you can tweak your piece then it's really hard to fix.



It's good to keep checking the shape with you pattern.


When it looks good carefully I cut all the tack welds and clean up the piece. There will always be some warping so I use a chisel and hammer (on the inside of the piece) on a flat surface to straiten it out. Here is the finished piece.

 

Here some pics of the car outside. We're getting close Tim!

 

It is always a real pleasure for the eyes which to look at your very very good work on your cars

 

looks like it rolled right out of the late 40s Barris shop! great work.

 

Those proportions are so spot on.

 

That looks pretty cool.That stainless bending trick was cool too.Thanks for sharing!

 

Wow Kevan that is about as good as it gets!

 

looks good Kevan, but whats up with the tent city in your driveway?

 

Those are my personal project cars. The fuckers weren't paying rent so they got evicted!

 

Sledge, You sure did a beautful job of "hammering" that Merc.

 

Im glad you appreciate me being picky and don't take it the wrong way.I catch a lot of shit from Jimmy about being the pickiest guy in the shop.Its all in good fun though.I think those tires will look great if you can find em.

Wow....Keven the new pics of the car out of the shop look incredible.Im seriously loving this Mercury.I have always said this is my favorite treatment to these early mercs.No offense to the Matranga cars.......this is just very pleasing to my eye and I really want one.

 

You do nice work. Looks Fantastic!

 

Killin it man!!!

 

Getting an education here.. Well done!

As Jeff said: Now "I really want one".

Dave

 

It´s perfect.
you do it the right way, finishing stainless and windows directly.....


/Andreas.....

 

Awesome work Kevan. It's great to see this coming together.Nice to see one get chopped and then all the finishing touches like the trim work get finished too. Tim's going to be one happy fella when it's done.

Paul.

 

Just perfect. Amazing work.

 

nice work Kevan...

 

This build just keeps getting more amazing with every update.

Loving it..........

 

Thanks for the bending stainless class, great stuff.

 

Great tutorial- thanks for showing us!

How did you lower the car? Did you cut the frame and crossmemeber similar to the other project or just blocks? What about the front?

 

Pure class, simple as that. Pure class

 

A unique timeless custom...great work as usual Kev!!
Im sure Tim is counting the days to be at the GNRS..smilin all the way meanwhile!!!

 

Hey Mike, no cutting the crossmember on this one. We just removed the spacer bracket that Mercury's have. It's a 2 1/4" spacer riveted up into the crossmember. Then we got a reversed eye spring from Eaton Spring in Detroit, and some 2" lowering shackles from Vern Tardel.

This is whats left of the spacer bracket after cutting it out.


And some 2" lowering shackles.

 

Sorry for not posting much in the last few weeks. I've been doing some long hours trying to get the car ready for paint. All the little details seem to take forever but it was finally ready enough to go down to the paint shop today.



loaded up and ready to take down to Adam the painter. Looks a little funny without the quarter window stainless.


My merc is getting the boot and coming back home while Tims car gets ready for the full treatment!



Adam (aka Suge White) ready to get to work! By the pictures you would think the car just needs the roof repainted, but it has lots of little flaws and small dings, dents, and other issues so it will be getting the full repaint.


So we got a little over a month to get the car painted, glass installed, headliner redone, interior put back together, new tires mounted, chrome work done, polish all the stainless, lower the front of the car, etc, etc, etc.....

 

oh my god this merc is perfect. I love it with all the side trim and trinkets also. It looks like a really nice stock car. like how it was supposed to be done. im sure it will be lowered in the back though.

man this thing is amazing cant wait to see what more you do