Hello from Finland
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Hello from Finland
Hello from Finland!
I have one 1950 model in Finland.
It is Mercury M47 and it is project car.
It maybe back on the road again in 2009!
Please,take a look at the pictures:
http://www.mercuryman.fi
Jori
I have one 1950 model in Finland.
It is Mercury M47 and it is project car.
It maybe back on the road again in 2009!
Please,take a look at the pictures:
http://www.mercuryman.fi
Jori
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Welcome to FTE
The hood ornament on your Merc project truck:
If the underside of the ornament has a 6 digit number beginning with 3, it's a 1948/51 Packard "Pelican" hood ornament (the base and wings are missing).
No number underneath, it's a JC Whitney item (they still sell it).
The hood ornament on your Merc project truck:
If the underside of the ornament has a 6 digit number beginning with 3, it's a 1948/51 Packard "Pelican" hood ornament (the base and wings are missing).
No number underneath, it's a JC Whitney item (they still sell it).
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From: springfield il
hello there jori . glad to see someone from finland on here . see lots of pics and articles in one of the mags i read of you guys and your rods and iam / have been impressed by all of ya's over the pond 's cars . loved all the merc pics too , all of of 'em yours or other guy's ? good luck on the truck and hang around , you'll soon figure out were just a lil' crazy and touched ....
Roast em' if you got 'em
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
Welcome to the board!!
The truck looks like a good strart for a project. Thats a geat site with great Mercury pics
Bobby
The truck looks like a good strart for a project. Thats a geat site with great Mercury pics
Bobby
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55 f350 ask: -all of of 'em yours or other guy's ?
-Yes all of them are mine!
We have collect Mercurys for a six years with my wife!
We dont sell cars or parts, we only collect.
-Yes all of them are mine!
We have collect Mercurys for a six years with my wife!
We dont sell cars or parts, we only collect.
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
Hoi hoe gaat het!
Hello en onthaal!
Hallo und wilkommen!
Good work... The best thing to have right now is a compressor and a spray gun though - to stop the rust.
I hope you are good with metal.
What you have there is a lot more than a lot of collectors and restorers have to begin with - GOOD FINDS!
A big problem I suppose is that it is difficult to shoot paint there without a heated shop.
~Wolfie
Hello en onthaal!
Hallo und wilkommen!
Good work... The best thing to have right now is a compressor and a spray gun though - to stop the rust.
I hope you are good with metal.
What you have there is a lot more than a lot of collectors and restorers have to begin with - GOOD FINDS!
A big problem I suppose is that it is difficult to shoot paint there without a heated shop.
~Wolfie
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Yes You are right!
The car is inside now because we have a lot of snow in winter!
In summer I´ll take the rust out and put the primer after that I´ll put it back to carage. I´ll start to restore it in next winter so it is back on the road summer 2009...I´ll hope!
We have just now in process Mercury (James Dean model) from 1950 and Ford Maverick from 1973. James Dean will be like it was in 1950.
Maverick gonna be little different. New engine (Ford Motorsport GT-40), new brakes and new almost everything. I´m gonna take out over 400 hp.
The M47 I´m going to restore like it was in 1950!
Thank You all
It is nice to be a member...!!!!!!!!
The car is inside now because we have a lot of snow in winter!
In summer I´ll take the rust out and put the primer after that I´ll put it back to carage. I´ll start to restore it in next winter so it is back on the road summer 2009...I´ll hope!
We have just now in process Mercury (James Dean model) from 1950 and Ford Maverick from 1973. James Dean will be like it was in 1950.
Maverick gonna be little different. New engine (Ford Motorsport GT-40), new brakes and new almost everything. I´m gonna take out over 400 hp.
The M47 I´m going to restore like it was in 1950!
Thank You all
It is nice to be a member...!!!!!!!!
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
Can you splat cheap paint on the rusted areas to stabilise those parts?
Do you have welding and metal working facilities?
Let me find a link for you....
Understand- this is not a link that competes with FTE. it is much different.
These people I believe can teach all of us how to work metal to a depth degree and fine-ness that seems mysterious these days.
They are old time hotrodders, and some of what you find there is profane. They speak as they want, but they know what they can do, and it is amazing.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/
They have what they call the H.A.M.B. (Hokey A$$ Message Board) where they share their skills, and links to metal working places.
I have known of this place for a while. It's a good resource.
They can show you how to make any shape you want or need out of metal, and how to fit and finish it...
WHAT THEY HAVE THERE - is purely and simply the repository of handed down knowlege of customisation from the old days.
How to build and weld together your own fat steel fenders from scratch....
Yes, they can do that.
They are custom metalworkers.
If you go there, be prepared to be offended, and pass it off gracefully. if you really want to learn they will teach you.
Do you have welding and metal working facilities?
Let me find a link for you....
Understand- this is not a link that competes with FTE. it is much different.
These people I believe can teach all of us how to work metal to a depth degree and fine-ness that seems mysterious these days.
They are old time hotrodders, and some of what you find there is profane. They speak as they want, but they know what they can do, and it is amazing.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/
They have what they call the H.A.M.B. (Hokey A$$ Message Board) where they share their skills, and links to metal working places.
I have known of this place for a while. It's a good resource.
They can show you how to make any shape you want or need out of metal, and how to fit and finish it...
WHAT THEY HAVE THERE - is purely and simply the repository of handed down knowlege of customisation from the old days.
How to build and weld together your own fat steel fenders from scratch....
Yes, they can do that.
They are custom metalworkers.
If you go there, be prepared to be offended, and pass it off gracefully. if you really want to learn they will teach you.