1949, 1950, 1951 Mercury Pictures

Nice cars. I never really cared for Mercs without skirts. I've always thought they looked naked without them. especially lowered ones.

 

Skirts are for cheapsters that wanna hide their 1/2" Radial white wall behind.
Skirtless, say it with me, sounds good don't it?

 

That is the nicest Merc i've ever seen,without skirts,Gringo.

 

im a little late on this post i was out o town here is a few

 

couple of more. joes monarch when it overheated.. and a secret stash

 

Hey Matt that is some stash......WOW

 

Well, one thing is certain. Mercs NEED whitewalls. The cars with blackwalls look like they're running four spare tires, don't they?

 

ya now i just need the guy to sell them all to me for a low package deal price!!!

 

Love mercs with no skirts.Its kinda' refreshing seeing they do have rear tires.

51Gringo...I love that car,beautitul merc!!

 

Rob this picture off of another post. Wish I could see more pictures of this kool hauler..

Happy Trails,

Mick

 

Here is one concept of ´50 Merc I did two years ago:

 

My dad's merc in high school. My dad's merc that he bought almost 4 years ago. Would be nice if the porta-potties weren't in the background.

 

So...who's the chick? Your mom?

 

Great! now I have to back to the garage after viewing this.

 

Yay....someone I dont know mad far away put a picture of my Merc up, and a shitty old one at that.

Here it was years later....now? Somewhere in Texas. Loved that car.

 

Nice car!

 

Love the look of the car!Hope you dont mind me asking,but how much did you lower the lid by?

 

Her is one without the Port-o-potties

 

Side view of the "Halloween Merc". So original!

 

Hey thats me in this picture in the green shirt... i'd have smiled if i saw someone with a camera



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This is my ALL time favorite. The "Halloween Merc"! It belongs to "hotroddaddy",here on the HAMB. Such craftmanship. Trick or Treat anyone! LOL!
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Really? I see a little WTF,look on your face. Is that "hotroddaddy next to you?
"...then I took a sawzall,and..." LOL!!!

 

Yup thats him and yeah i think the conversation went something like that. You see I just bought a merc last month and he was telling me what not to do

( sorry hotroddaddy i had to.)

Honestly in person the car isn't as bad as everyone thinks. its kind of fun. Not what i want for mine. but i can appreciate originality.

 

these are awesome.

thanks for sharing folks.

-W

 

Originality? That's what they call it?
What year is your Merc? Condition? Plans?

 

Hey no problem agent12, now you just need to let me loose on your new merc, ha ha.

 

i picked up a 50 4 door in excellent shape. unmolested. crate 302. solid rockers, couple of small rusty spots, solid frame.

Planning on a 5-7" chop (i can't remember the exact rake that i saw i liked) i want it real tight. and a nice fastback line. I'm considering a hard top pillerless. But trying to figure out the logistics on a 4 door (only seen one done so far) and i get a lot of rain in florida so i need something watertight.

Also deciding on if i'm going to subframe it or not. i've seen a lot of bad clip jobs with the wheels out too far... but i need power steering for my girlie arms and i want disc brakes in the front at least and i want to bag it, so its looking like the best option so far... i just don't want to pay the ridiculous price for the fatman clip

any suggestions...warnings..

 

Wow, some really nice cars, and some that really miss the mark too.

I love Mercs....

 

Heres a picture of one I took today at the Mooneyes BBQ,


CBB

 

Hard top on a four door is hard,if you want windows. There's no good way to do the windows,where they meet. Haven't seen a 5 and 7 chop that looked good yet. When you go more than 5" it looses it's flow in the rear,to me. I have a pic of one chopped 7",and it looks bad. Roofs too low. Dick Dean told me once that a balanced chop should be 1/2 the height of the door. A third,you know. I'll see if I can find the pic.

 

See what I mean. See that big dip by the rear window? YUK!