Customs 49 Mercury 4-door converison

Thank you. I appreciate all the support and comments from you and many others. I didn't really want to refer to anyone as haters but just to let them see the finished product before they judge. They can like my car or not like my car thats up to them!

 

heres todays progress. Got the passenger side pretty much all tacked together and ready to weld solid.

 

Heres some more progress on the merc. Pretty much got the 51' Olds 98 Tail-lights all figured out..

 

I LOVE IT, lol keep it up!


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got the firewall and dash painted. Stabbed the engine and trans in. Santa Marias next week!

 

Beer? check. popcorn? check. chair? check. subscribed.

 

A couple pics of my 49' this weekend on my way to West coast cruisin nationals Santa Maria.

 

Just WOW! Great skills! Great car!

 

Wow, that escalated quickly, looking good man

 

Fabulous work, looks great!

 

If it pleases you then you know what the rest of them can do . Great build.

 

I just found this thread when I was looking for a thread on chopping a 4 door merc. Bad ass man is all I can say. Any more progress made in the last year?

 

Haven't posted in awhile heres the latest progress. Got the roof roughed in and primered just been driving the shit outta the car. I recently tore it apart for a tubular control arm and disc brake upgrade because I run it hard on the freeway 95+ mph and it don't like to stop sometimes haha. Hopefully I can get the front end finished and in primer aswell as the drivers side door and were set for awhile until time comes to paint this sucker.

 

Man I enjoyed your post, thanks for bringing us along your journey from 4 door to 2 door and roof chop.

 

I like it. less doors and chopped the shit out of it. great flow!

 

Looking good!

 

You and your father have an abundance of talent.

 

Just read thru your thread quickly ... I'm heading back to the beginning to sift through all the details... you had me hooked from the beginning, but was really loving the taillight treatment ... Beautiful work ... keep it up and keep posting !!!!

 

Sorry for the lack of posts... I always find a way to forget about the HAMB and forget to update you guys. For those of you who have a Instagram and would like to follow along the build more frequently check me out @Bruns.Kustom.City. Anyways I finally managed to finish the frenching of the headlights and get my 54' flares installed and got the front end roughed in some primer for now until I have some more time to get the front pan and hood finished!

 

Who put the wall up, you or the neighbor? Great job!

 

Looks real good. Does the addition of the fender flares help with tire turning radius? I've heard it does, that it's not just for the change in looks, but curious to know how much it actually helps. Your car seems permanently low enough to really tell if it's a big change or not.

 

It definetly makes a big change!! But with the addition of my disc brakes (Lame I know, but I like to stop) it changed the track width about 3/8 of a inch on both sides so technically I regained what I already had

 

My neighbor had it built a couple years back maybe 5-7 and it's still standing! Haha

 

Jimmy, how many inches did you remove from the A pillars? 5 inches? Wondering what the numbers are on your chop.

Thanks
Jay

 

Thanks for the update. My favorite Merc project, it's too kool!

 

sorry I don't log into the HAMB enough!!! its chopped 6" in the front and 7" in the rear.

 

Just hanging out waiting for updates....how goes it Jimmy? LOL

 

Your having to much fun. Great project and your driving it while the work goes on, That's half the battle. With an Oldsmobile engine that's old school. Keep it up.

 

I like that you are driving it as you are building it, and having a blast doing it!