Projects My "1927 Mercury" phantom - not a hotrod...

The Coupe is coming along slowly - funds have dried up for the engine though...

 

That's such a nice combination of body and fenders. It really looks like a factory built car.

 

You sure do nice work. Especially like the hoods.

 

Loving the coupe

 

Thank you for displaying your work, as it's an inspiration! (Great thread also!)

 

The coupe looks great. Be interesting in seeing what you had to do to fit the rear fenders to the body.

 

very nice cars ! so what do you do in your spare time ? if you find an off the shelf clutch , let us know ..
steve

 

Oh just stuff. Y'know. A bit of housework and fixing the bus. Messing with the Fordor (just built a fresh diamond B for it), and a bit of double bass playing.

 

Followed over here from my brake thread. Really superb. The touring car looks factory and I love seeing the cars used.

 

Wonderful build, creative and practical!

 

I eventually redid the top - shortened the rear irons 3" and lowered the header 2" over the screen. It's still tall...
The Coupe has been the weapon of choice for the past couple of years. So much so that I've run a rod and had a white metal exodus from the mains on my favourite diamond B block. Mind you it's had twelve years of enthusiastic driving in three different vehicles, with a cam that likes to rev, and a foot willing to follow it...

 

Not sure how I how I missed this thread, but what great cars you build!

I'm interested in those SU's on the ally manifold, did you get them to work ok in the end?
I'm having problems with chilling and condensation with twin down draught Zeniths on a fabricated steel manifold, and wondering if that style of ally manifold help with that?

 

alot of bandwidth , but very nice car !!

 

Wow, two nice cars, you do great work, any tips on building the hoods?

 

I tried the downdraft SU's on a Riley twin carb manifold for a Model A. I'd run a single before quite succesfully. They sort of worked - never did get them quite dialled in though, and vibration kept rattling the float bowls loose. Not good over the exhaust...

Find a cheap supply of aluminium...
Made mine from some panels left over at a local sheet metal company. Just big enough so no room for error without actually having to buy material! I used 1.5mm thick.

Formed the hinges and rolled bottom edge just beating it over a length of flat clamped to the panel with the rod resting on top to form an overfold and then gradually rolling it to fit. Top was rolled over various gas bottles and large pipe.