1956 Mercury Custom

Thats a sweet looking ride. I have and extra front bumper that I plan to use but it is missing its bullets and teeth..I will have to take the teeth and bullets off of my other one.

 

Good luck my 55 has a 56 bumper and grill with 55 bullets, it took me almost a year to find 2 really good bullits.

 

yeah...there dont seem to be a lot of these Merc's out there.

 

As a kid my favorite Uncle had a white over red 4 door hardtop (Phaeton?) and his best buddy had a white over lime green twin. Fender skirts and continental kits were all they ever needed, both had single 4bbl "Police Interceptor" engines (at least valve covers) and duals with "beer can" mufflers, east coast taildraggers at their best, 1963 timeframe.

 

i have a 56 with the 390 interceptor. the parts are hard to come by so we should start a 55-56 merc parts club!

 

sounds like a plan to me. I know where a good parts car is...the only problem is where it is..Im in GA its in West TX. Im really thinking about making a trip out there and stripping everything off the car I can. The guy who has it sales the parts real cheap.

 

Damn im in jersey and id take the ride! Do you have any merc stuff your looking to get rid of? Also about the 55-56 merc parts forum, im going to contact an admin and see what needs to happen to get it going.

 

As of right now I have some chrome trim I will be getting rid of. I also have an extra front bumper. Im going to keep one and sell the other, but im going to use 1 while I have the one I plan to use rechromed.

 

Here is the pics and a little info on the continental kit I plan on useing.

 

Im not sure if my continental kit is original or if it is from them.

 

I didnt know you were running a continental kit on yours..they look so sweet on a slammed led sled.

 

Yeah kage, I didnt want to let the cat out of the bag but I have all kinds of plans for the car. Im going to have make a thread very soon so you guys can see my build and how it will be. This one lays frame and with my cruiser skirts you cant see the back wheels and it hugs the floor.

 

Im looking forward to your build thread. Its cool to find some like minded builds.

 

I will try my best to post it today.

 

I found a good source of parts online. check them out guys and let me know what you think.

http://www.rpmmotorsportsmn.com/

 

updates? plans? new parts? come on! haha im just kidding. when you getting the merc home kage

 

im going to pick it up this Saturday. I feel like a kid on christmas eve..lol

 

Awesome man! I know the feeling

 

very coool

 

Unfortunately after I get her home it will be a week or so before I get to start on her. Im taking leave from the army for a couple of weeks and will be on vacation. But as soon as I get back home there will be a ton of updates.

 

On the road to go pickup my Mercury....woohoo.

 

Awesome! Must be excited.

 

Did you get it?

 

On the road bringing her home.

 

Nice ride

 

looks like I just acquired another 292 Y-block out of a 60 ford pickup...to bad it doesnt have the ram horns. The motor turns over by hand. Its always good to have a 2nd engine. Now the fun part of pulling this engine. The truck it is in has been sitting in the woods for years..Its a little hard to get to.

 

I forgot to add the pic of the engine

 

What are you doing for a back light and your windshield?

 

I currently have Texan front and rear windshield. Im working on getting some real glass and having it cut down. Don't know what im going to do about a backlight yet.

 

Nice score! I scored the same running motor with ford o matic and.rams horns for my 60 f100