So I found a great 47 Mercury dash for my 41 Merc.....problem is the speedo and clock bezel where damaged in shipping (see pictures). My question is can these parts be welded back together? I know some parts on some cars are pot metal, I've read that these are aluminum, so I assume they can be welded back together. Any help would be appreciated.....Thanks, Eric
Some extra pics for your enjoyment. The speedo and clock gauge are just resting in the hole with a loose nut holding them on, so they are not sitting where they are supposed to.
Hi, I'm restoring a 47 Merc convert. And have a similar problem. But the spedo, center speaker grill and clock were surrounded originally with a plastic bezel. Yours appears to be an after market product that looks like "pop metal" they are still selling these pieces today on Ebay. The dent on the spedo can be fixed. The cracked "pop metal can be soldered together with a special solder and flux for pop/white metal. There are videos on u tube showing this. Good luck. My problem is my plastic bezels around the spedo and clock are good. The center speaker plastic grill is toast. Anyone have one?? Don Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
I checked. I have two sets for my 1946 Mercury coupe. They are plastic and more toasty then yours I'm sure. It gets brittle with age. Mine came from Peoria. Sorry.
Mine are plastic also and the speaker grill is toast, i (think ) ford is stainless and will fit, now that i stuck my neck out some one will know better and correct me,( nothing new there)
Looks like diecast - never heard of a way to repair that. My '47 Ford is stainless steel side to side. Grille over speaker is separate piece held by two sm bolts from underneath. Frame around gauges same.
Try this guy.... http://www.muggyweld.com/ You'll probably have to replate, but this should save the castings.
Steve, Tanks for the information on muggyweld. All the vintage cars had pop metal and silversoldering or your muggyweld is really a good solution. Still looking for the center plastic radio grill for a 1946-1948 mercury. Someone has to have this in the garage or honey hole!
Dennis Carpenter catalog page 117 has plastic and diecast speaker grilles ($55) but I could not tell for sure that they fit Merc - phone them to see. I've seen them in other brand catalogs.
I am looking for mercury dash trim pieces, specifically the two bezels that go around the clock and speedo. You posted on a thread you had a few sets. DO you still have any? What price if you do?
Actually, not the same. While both cars use the same basic dash stamping, the trim is markedly different. You can use the Ford trim if you drill some additional holes. There was somebody here on the HAMB a while back that was offering reproduction Mercury dash trim (in plastic like the originals), but they were big $$$... I see there are some repros available in die-cast, so all is not lost....
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