Im in love with this car and need to see more pics of it!!! What year is it??? If you have any please post them. Pete-
It's definitely a 1942 Mercury coupe. Can't tell which model. Henry made 718 model 29A-77 Sedan coupes that did not have a back seat. He made 4942 1942 mercury Sedan Coupe model 29A-72 which did have a back seat. The Model 29A-77 had narrower door than the model 29A-72. Also the Model 29A-77 had a roofline that sloped more at the rear than the Model 29A-72. Both had the same 204.6 in. wheelbase.
Man I love this car!!! I have a '41 Merc and want to add the '42 stainless kit on the fenders and trunk! Anybody have some??? Pete-
What I meant by this is that the double chrome strips on the fenders of a '42 are both skinny, upper and lower. The combination as on the pictured car, with a skinny upper strip and a heavy lower strip, was used '46-'48. I believe that I have seen the short-door coupe body style in the postwar model years, but I have no evidence for this.
That's a pretty radical chop but just nice in my opinion..... Needs a slight altitude adjustment- TAILDRAG!! HC.
50Fraud: You are correct. The fender stainless clinches it. I retract my statement that "It is definitely a 1942 Mercury coupe." Well done.
Sorry guys I'm going through a Monday monrning and I just went blank on who chopped the Merc. Palma? Oh well it is a Kool ride. It is Mike Bumpus project? Happy Tails, Mick
The grille frame is a '46-'47. '48 was chrome plated and didn't have the little teeth on the outside edge. The grille center looks similar to a '42, but is more likely fabricated.
Is that one in bold a question...or a statement...it has has a question mark at the end of it but I can figure it out... And Happy Tails...??? Man,you were having a bad day... R-
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