History A few small movies of the MERC GATHERING...

At the Sacramento Merc Gathering I made - besides over 1000 photos - a few small movies of some major cars driving in and out of the building.

The photo post will come... I just have not had the time to sort all the photos I have taken, but I have uploaded most of the movies that I made so I can show those here...

Hirohata Mercury being unloaded from its trailer on Wednesday...

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And leaving again on Sunday...

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The Wally Welch Mercury was not done and did not have an interior/dash so it needed to be pushed inside. Thats Axle with the red jacket on the right.

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And the Sam Barris Mercury leaving the building...

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Hope you all enjoy these as much as I did see these cars run/move

 

Kool,Rikster
I really think that seeing these cars rollin' improves our appreciation of their beauty.Hate to quote that sickly sweet tune,but they really are poetry in motion.
Paul

 

They look so much better moving....thanks Rik

 

When you see those cars at night on the road it is a whole new perspective.
You dont get the same feel when they just sit under the lights.

 

its sad to say but when i saw the hirohata merc driving i thought to myself "wow so it still runs??" for some odd reason i had thought of it only being a museum piece lol. Good to see and hear it thanks

 

A few more....

Completely restored Stardust driving from the trailer to Building C where the Merc Gathering was held.
The car was restored and improved by Brizio and had a gorgeous black Cherry paint job by Darryl Hollenbeck... the car was finished two days before the show... and I think it needed another inch lower in the back, but other than that it was just perfect.

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One I posted in another thread already was this one of the Hirohata Merc... with the light on and Jim getting in to drive the car into the building...

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The Sam Barris Mercury arriving at the building...

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more ????

 

I was thinking she looked darker, One perfect 40 coupe.

 

Wow! Thanks Rik. Very cool. I can't imagine how cool it must have been back in the 50's watching all these cars cruise around the streets. Can't wait to see your pictures.

 

True beauty thanks for posting!

 

I thought so too... in fact I looked at the car when it was still in hte trailer, and it looked black. Then later outside it already came to live (but there was an overcast that day).
Then at the show I took one photo using my flash light and it came out like this...

 

Man, I just got goose bumps watching them.

 

Great movies.

The Hirohata Merc scrapes just like mine coming off the trailer, so we do have something in common.

 

Rik ... Dank u voor het tonen van deze films!

 

Those are awesome! I agree, seeing them move makes them that much cooler. Thanks so much Rik.

 

I like watching them move, too...sometimes I have the wife drive into the garage after I get out and open up the door and for some reason it just looks twice as cool moving with the lights on. I also like driving by huge glass windows so I can check out the reflection!

 

Just like watching a porno!!!!! Cool videos,Rikster!!!!

 

HA HA HA! There's a building in Seal Beach that's all glass,right off PCH and when I drive by,I ALWAYS check myself out,LOL!!!!

 

Careful doing that Bob, I had a buddy of mine who had a 54 chevy hardtop( it was a beautiful car) anyway he was checking himself out in a window like that turned back and saw nothing but brakelights in his face. He was lucky and was able to turn out to the right ,cause there was no way he would of been able to stop. I was riding shotgun and I almost shit my pants.

 

it really is nice to see them moving...Thanks Rik...

 

poetry in motion...thanks for posting

 

great clips rikster. does anyone know if bob hirohata is still around? just wondering. thanks, mike

 

No Bob is not alive. I believe he was murdered.

 

Thank you for thinking to capture these great cars actually moving and making the sounds expected. What a concept - just what they should be doing. You do the business Rikster.

 

Thanks for taking the time. Awesome videos! I too love seeing them drive, even though for short bit, very cool none the less! As stated, one can only imagine what it was like in SoCal in the late 40's thru the 50's.

Ken

 

x2!!

 

Thanks Rikster, I lived here in those days. Sure is nice to see them driving with the sound also.
Ron

 

Thanks for the clips! Great to see them moving!

 

True Kustom history on the move! Man I love it!!! And to think back in the day I kind of took them for granite, now I want to see them in person as much as I can. Seeing these cars again I know why kustoms were my first love growing up in Southern California..... Beautiful! Just Beautiful. Thanks Rikster.

 

Thanks Rikster for taking the time to post these. It's great hearing them and watching them roll by. So many cars we view are just static displays. Nice to see the historical ones actually moving with sound. It really made me appreciate them so much more. Keith