Projects ACME Speed Shop New Project Car

A shout out to Alliance Member Ether for the hook up on the trunk hinges and slddnmatt for sending me to him. Below are a few pictures of the truck lid installed and working on final fit.

 

Finally seeing some progress!!!! It's looking pretty good. Hope to see it Cruising SoCal someday....

 

the stance you got from that frame is sweet as it sits and it only gets better from here

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Its always nice to find an old build thread you missed originally, hope there are more updates.

 

Just found this one but thumbs up!

 

Struggling with the hood :/ . It fits good in the hole and can close fine but when you open it all hell breaks loose - LOL

I've had a long conversation with Slddnmatt and we are going to deploy some of his advice and see where we get.

 

looking great so far put any thought to color yet?

 

@Derbydad276 - are you kidding me? it's a Merc you can only paint em black! LOL

 

Progress 10-25-2011

 

lookin good

 

Every time I'm satisfied with what I got, I see something that I want. I hate this board.

 

Agreed

 

Doug, the installation on the latches looks great. Bob did a nice job. Glad to see some pictures of the latches installed. I missed the original post here, but saw it now. Your car is coming out great so far. Terry

 

Back from the sandblaster and as we expected some more metal work was revealed. We are trying to get the metal work wrapped up so the priming blocking and paint can begin.

 

looks great, nice work

 

It all takes time....lookin good!

 

NO CHOP!! Ya-Hoo, I love stock height tops as they are so friggin rare these days. And of course chopped Merc's rule as well. ~sololobo~

 

Stay with the no chop.

 

Thanks for the comments and rest assured no tops will be chopped . Trying to stay true to "mild custom" theme.

DougO

 

Metal work is completed! We are now moving to prep and soon....shinny black paint. Oh it's gonna be good

 

sweet ,have you thought about wheels? can't wait to see it in black

 

Looking good!

 

Nice build. I like the running of the trunk release cable threw brake line. Im going to remember that trick some door handles/latches I have that are going to be cable operated. Thanks for a great Idea.

 

Doug,
I cant wait till you get this on the road so we can blast down the highway in our black cars!

 

Doug , It's good to see that you're moving along with the merc. Keep it up and all your hard work will pay off .

 

looks great

 

"All Mercs should be chopped"~Gene Winfield

But then again I hate it when people tell me what to do too. Looking great!!!!

Brian

 

A.N.T.I.C.I.P.A.T.I.O.N.

The update this week inches us a little closer to the shinny black paint I have been waiting for. Bob did up some slick inner fender panels up front and a clean cover over the rear end that took up residence in the trunk area. Fine tuning the body panels, one by one, as we breath life back into this once forgotten old Mercury.

 

So close......


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Looks good even with no chop .