History The Leo Lyons Mercury at Audrain's

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The Leo Lyons Mercury at Audrain's

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I love this thing. The design looks a little nose-heavy but that does not keep it from being cool.

 

The name rang a bell with me immediately, he’s the same Leo Lyons that produced hemi heads for the SBC. This guy had some pretty cool people in his circle of friends.

 

Good to see this restored. For years and years it sat in the back of a used hot rod car lot in San Bernardino CA (Dales Custom Cars) sinking into the ground

 

Sure is fugly

 

Yep. The winning placard should be done in a black-and-white proof, only negative.

 

You could've told me he started with a Citroen and I would've believed ya

 

I was fortunate to see it at Pebble Beach in 2015 as well and think Geoff Hacker and his team did an incredible job bringing it back to life. Like anything Geoff does, the detail and historical research is top notch. He spends a lot of time involving the original people whenever possible. The car is unique and definitely neat in person. Glad to see it out!

 

I wish I could have been there when this builder was deciding to turn a Mercury into this ugly thing! haha Must have had some great beer back then....

 

Very Kool . What dedication and perseverance it took to build . Learning metal shaping skills from Sam Barris along the way . KOOL
Thank You for sharing.

 

Amazing skill, ability, imagination ... yeah, ok, sure. But Eldon Titus said it best, "Profile is Everything".