I hope nobody has a problem with this, but I just came across a 53 Merc hardtop on e-Bay. Here's the link. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1953-Mercury-KUSTOM-2-door-hardtop-PROJECT-RAT-HOT-ROD_W0QQitemZ4613193483QQcategoryZ39405QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
LOL that is quite true...and it still sitting in my garage, needing some love. Buy it now on ebay is $1500, but Ill take well below from one of my HAMB brothers! Its over in the classified section btw...