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Send me money
So I can go buy this truck before he starts selling off parts.
Vintage 1946 1947 Ford Truck Grille Mercury Truck Grill 1946 1947 Complete Vrare | eBay
Vintage 1946 1947 Ford Truck Grille Mercury Truck Grill 1946 1947 Complete Vrare | eBay
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Just buy the grille. I'll send you ten bucks for your fund. The truck is probably just a worthless tonner pickup with those dumb 17" split rims and an 8' box with those 5' long teardrop rear fenders and those long, rust free running boards and stainless hub caps, not to mention one of those gas guzzling dinosaur flathead V8 engines coupled to a stupid noisy crash box tranny. Who would want such stuff? 
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1500 for that Merc grill is probably cheap. I'd love to have a Merc pickup and 46-47 is the only model that had a unique grill. The rest were just the hood letters and regular Ford grilles.
And yeah, the rest of the truck is just jailbar Ford except I doubt they had the Ford embossed on the hood so probably a unique hood too.
And yeah, the rest of the truck is just jailbar Ford except I doubt they had the Ford embossed on the hood so probably a unique hood too.
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The grill would be nice to have, then you would need the tailgate and the hood; I see the nose piece is damaged on the hood. If you were building a one tonner then things would really get crazy. If money was no object, a one tonner merc would be ultra cool.
I see this has a 3-ton hood side piece. I have two 2-ton merc hood side pieces. Would be nice to have 1-ton or 1/2-ton pieces to be worth much.
I see this has a 3-ton hood side piece. I have two 2-ton merc hood side pieces. Would be nice to have 1-ton or 1/2-ton pieces to be worth much.
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Just some information for you Willowbilly3. The '48-'50 Mercury truck grill is not like the Ford grill. Mercury name on the tailgates. And the front fenders are different from the Ford fenders.
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I agree, it's pretty much a Freddy Krueger kinda deal. Happy halloween.....
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I've never had my hands on one up close so I'm sure there might be lots of tells to the experts on Mercs.
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Believe it or not, it looks heavier than it is. The heaviest piece is that chrome piece that sits on top, it's heavy die cast. The bars themselves are stamped sheet metal. At one point I was going to turn one of my extra trucks into a Mercury clone. I grabbed all the Merc specific parts, including the dash emblem and 1/2 ton hood side pieces. Was going to use a non-Ford embossed hood I have here from a '43 G8T
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