Customs any body know this merc

i just found this 51 merc looking for some history on it , i think it's from nor-cal bay area,it's purple, with gold ,interior is the same with gold flake inserts ,it a 2 dr with a carson top----

 

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is the top removable? that looks alot like larry lorenzo's old merc from the 50's
http://public.fotki.com/Rikster/11_..._cars/watson_custom_cars/larry-lorenzo-watso/

 

Looks pretty cool! LOTS of potential there....
Pretty sure the Larry Lorenzo Merc was a real convertable,not a Carson topped, Coupe.

 

yeah it's a glass top that is removable

 

hey bob , i want in the merc club now

 

Just don't start asking about Airplane gauges and 40 Ford headlights,LOL....WTF!!!!
I'll add you to the list!!! Does it run? Post some pic's on the HAMB Merc Club thread....

 

is it me or does that look like it used to be a four door?i mean were the Carson top stops at the back seem a bit odd for a tudor....may be the pic angle?

 

i think that might be. you should do a poll

 

I think it's the shape of the top...

 

id say its a tudor, unless somebody went thru the hassle of putting rear fenders and changing the rocker seam

 

i hope not ,the top stops at the bottom of the back window--

 

I don't want to piss you off Tommy,but the back of that top is ugly! Doesn't flow with the back of the car. Don't you think?

 

yeah f*#k that top, yeah if i keep it i'll make it a steel hardtop

 

Ok now i see it it was just the angle....the car can be easily saved.

 

Did you see Wise Guy's top in the pic I posted on the Merc thread?

 

cool car. i think that butt needs to be lowered a bit!

 

yup like that one, thats a nice top,so dick's kid does them

 

it will be when it's in my shop

 

Yep! Dick Deans son makes them. PM Wise Guy and he'll tell you about it.

 

does any buddy agree with me it has the same hubcap

 

Larry Lorenzos was a 50 not a 51 .This cars got Dick Dean written all over it.

 

Saw that on Craigslist last week - great score - was cheap too if I recall?

 

yeah i agree it has the same caps but thats it

 

yup it was on there

 

Here's a Merc with one of Dick Dean's glass tops that I take
at his place in Ca. Note the rear window opening of other top on fence.
TwoChops

 

The top is a little bluntly?

 

anybody in the bay area know of this car ttt

 

anyone,it was green at one time,been off the road since 95