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The 1951 model year had a change in gears for all the transmissions. The early 1951 Mercury still had the old style transmissions used from 1949...
There are some good books out there and a lot of U-tube videos. Getting a good walking foot sewing machine and learning what needles & thread to...
OM-2853 is the part number. I see them now and then on flea-pay but the seller I last saw was not using the part number. He just lists them and...
I go by Owen's Salvage every time I go up to western KS on US 83. It goes right through Wellington. I've never had a chance to stop though. I'd...
The diaphragm would likely be preferable to an old Long type clutch. An 8BA family flywheel can be drilled for whatever you want to use on there....
The 39 guy, On the photos of the Merc/B&W OD trans in the early frame, I am curious whether you had room for the shift solenoid or does it have...
The lower trim pieces on my 29 don't have the window at he rear if I remeber correctly. In the second photo, the top is covering the little...
You might try posting a want add on here or in the swap meet section over on the Ford Barn site. There are quite a few model A guys on that forum....
I can't take pictures of mine since they are still installed. I went back and checked the How to Restore Your Model A volume 5 published by the...
There are actually two metal pieces on each side. The major structure there is a wood beam but it is supported underneath by an S bend part...
The cost of paints skyrocketed after the price of oil went up to $100 a barrel. You notice that the fricken prices didn't come down after the oil...
I replaced more than one flathead pump back in the day. It was likely on the way south before you purchased the engine. The type of seal they have...
Most engines will condense some and flat heads definitely will. It also could have a bit of a head gasket leak but few ounces isn't all that much....
She is hitting on 8 so that's a good thing. If she was holding water before then it still should. The old L-head blocks like to crack when they...
I would say that at least you have options at hand while you are mocking things up. What ever works the best for your build should be used so you...
It looks like you got a lot of good stuff with it too. It has the clutch & flywheel plus the half bell. All good stuff for using one of the early...
Stacy was getting to the age where health problems start to creep in so he decided it was time to retire since no one else in the family was...
The 49 through early 51 Mercury all had the even six bolt spacing of the 10-inch Borg and Beck with 1 3/8" -ten spline. It should be same as the...
The early Merc rear axles were almost the same as the Ford banjo axles except they had a one piece pinion/driveshaft set up where the there was no...
Convertibles and wagons always had something different added to the frame but they were the same basic frame. You may want to keep the VIN number...
Too bad the old 99A motor didn't go with it. Those early Merc 239 engines were good hot rod foundations. There is enough there that a guy could go...
If your frame measures out to be strait & true, all you need it a set of the body mount pieces and start building it up on the frame. I use screws...
The under coat is the likey reason you have corrosion. I have one 51 Merc with undercoat and one without that lived their life in the same part of...
It may be the torque converter.
As far as I know the belt trim that goes behind the cab is the same between the Sport Coupe and the Special Coupe since they both had soft trim...
I ran into a problem back when I had a 64 T-bird. I had a cracked case and had to find another medium case so I went to the only local salvage...
I don't think there was any particular riff between the two guys. Vic Sr. had been working on a design for a manifold for a long time so he made...
What I have always been told is that the "MP" stands for Matched Port. Tommy was an engineer who merged his talent with Ernest Tattersfield's...
When I was a kid, most seat bealt were lift latch type but some were crap since they were friction type latches. The had teeth that would hold...
X series cruise/Ford/Merc -O-Matics all share common quirks. One that I had a lot of trouble with was the valve body in my old medium case T-Bird...
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