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Here are a few pics from this weekend. I finished getting everything on the driver's side down to metal. I made a new dog leg for the rear...
Thanks for all the other words of encouragement!
I'll do one better: Here's a vid of one of the last passes of the year. I pussied out and let out of it at about the 1200' mark :( It gets a...
Sorry its been so long since i have updated this thread. 80 hour work weeks since the summer has halted my work. Fear not, the Merc is still...
Been plugging away at mine. Haven't posted in a couple of monthes. Basically its the metalwork thats taking a dog's age. I have the chop...
Wish i could make it, but my Merc isnt even CLOSE to being roadworthy yet!
I can't wait for it to be in primer! I did it all with a mig welder. Patience, patience, patience. Lucky these cars are 19 ga sheet metal....
Well thats good that you are getting them going young. I wish i started on cars when i was that age. I didn't get into it until i was about...
Sorry for the long time without posting updates. I have been an electrician, a landscaper and a handyman for the last few weeks, and the car had...
I agree about posting pics....might as well throw some pics up. I am as interested in other's projects as i am my own. This is a community,...
THANKS! Get some pics up of yours!
any updates?
Nice job Joel! That is more metalwork that i ever want to do. I was complaining about my chop and a couple rocker replacements......after seeing...
When its that old, any amount of doors are cool! Yeah i used EMT for bracing. When i saw the price of box tubing I about shit. I went over to...
holyoke, eh? I'm just up the road in Worcester........stop by and grind some welds, would ya?
Beautiful job. I too am doing a '50 moredoor Merc and have a huge thread on the progress of my chop. Its funny, we both did it different ways,...
Thanks!
Dennis, Here are some pics of my Merc if you're interested. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3786860#post3786860
Are you the same Custom Dennis Deluxe that was friends with Jake Leahey from Berkley? If so i remember seeing you up on his Myspace page. If...
Man, I wish my Merc was done. This is EXACTLY what i'm looking to cruise to when she's on the road. Sadly, its going to be realistically 2 more...
No problem. As long as people want to see the pics, i'll keep posting 'em.
Once again, sorry for the lapse in time between photos. I have been tied to household projects for two weeks now. I squeezed in a half day to...
UPDATE: Sorry it has been a while. I have been working 60+ hour weeks and haven't even turned the light on in the garage besides to take the...
nice rides, elvis + billy! I wish my was half as solid as yours when i first started the build!
VERY NICE! Thanks a lot for remembering! I am chugging along with mine. One side of the back window is all tacked in and i'll be starting the...
Thats the fun part! Looks great. Wish all i had to do was the chop. After the chop i have more....yes more bodywork. Nice solid merc you have!...
Welding is like anything else: the more you do it the better you get. After a while you can do it subconsciously. Sometimes i start day dreaming...
Going to get the metalwork done but no filler. Get the body off after that, do the frame, running gear, suspension, brakes done, than lay the...
I won't have anything until Monday when i dump the pictures off the camera from the weekend. I'll be moving to the other side to do what i did on...
I say why buy a retired cop car with 80K on it for $5000 when you can get the summit combo with 0 miles that doesn't leak a drop :)
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