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that site has a lot of other stuff. clicking around I found this page...
penrod tan? http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?model=Mercury&year=1950&con=oy
there is a thread here. 07 is trojan grey. (the picture kind of looks green though) 1949-1951 Mercury Experts - Cowl Plate Decodes and General Facts
I went with 710s on my 50 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1950-mercury-tire-a-ha-moment.697863/#post-7807025
nice cars and coffee event, prepping for a new concours being held next year in mahwah nj. http://www.ramapoconcours.com/2014-cars-and-coffee.html...
Retractable hardtop (never seen one before)
49-51 Mercury: either way
I can't find match. (but possibly I'm not looking correctly)
Checking against the chassis parts catalogue I have. Most parts start 8CM... or 8M no matches after a few minutes of checking, but interesting I...
Nice. will keep my on this one. (having recently awoken my '50 from a similar sized slumber)
I seem to recall there being a VIN decoder around somewhere that will tell you the original color code. then a color code lookup too. let me know...
that's purdy!
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Thanks. Here is the current look [IMG]
Thanks for the kind words folks Lol. That's a story alright. Nah, not so brave. This car is distinctly in the "rough driver" category....
Brought car to son's middle school for fundraiser event. [IMG]
any links on the Jalopyshowdown site are flagging at my work as pornography! I'll have to check them from home I guess...
Don't change a thing! Nice car
I think quad-spinnered '61 dodge polaras?
I'm not usually a fan of red cars (of this vintage anyway). but this looks good to me...
710-15 were the standard size 700-15 option. I have 710s now with the 3" ww before had L78-15 w/ 4" ww a few threads around on this topic.
Nice! At least do the chop *last*. Like pulling a trigger on a gun, you can't un-pull. You can't un-chop. Good Luck!
I think Fordy is right. at first glance I thought it might me the difference in the angles. the piece in front is laying down, the one in back is...
I'll say this much: steering effort is reduced quite a bit! ride is good. used to have a flutter at around 30, must've been the old tires/wheels.
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