My $162.50 40 Merc coupe....

I won this 40 Mercury coupe on E-bay last week for $162.50.It has a good frame and some real nice rear fenders that I will use for my 39 Merc.

 

That's fuckin halarious!!!! Is the body repairable,or too far gone? I have a pic of one a guy by SlddnMatt is working on. I'll see if I can find it.

 

Good score. There's always good deals to be had on eBay if you know how to search.

If the roof is shot, be sure to save the rear window sheetmetal. Those split windows look nice in a lot of chopped 40's era cars.

 

NICE Bob!! Thats awesome!! The body on this one was really rusty but we cut it up and saved all of the parts.....just incase I need them later.

 

Thought you might enjoy these,Mazdaslam. Since it's bare metal,you can see some of the work.

 

Yeah...I still cant believe that I got it for that price. I saved all of the sheetmetal.Maybe I can throw together a topless Merc from the leftovers .

 

Man check out the length of those shackle hangers in the back. Good score mazdaslam. later shawn

 

Don't you understand that Ebay is just a rip off for nerds and is not acceptable here. Why some here call it Egay for added impact and effect. Don't do that again.
I would of course have outbid you if I had known about it.

 

E-bay is a great tool for finding cars and parts that you would otherwise never know about. Some of my friends cant believe that I actually PAID for this car and then PAID to have it hauled 250 miles to me. Some people just dont get it .

 

If you can salvage the spindles and wishbone they are worth more than the purchase price. The brake backing plates may be to far gone to save. But the hubs should be OK and possibly the drums as well. There can be a lot of good stuff in an old rusted up chassis. Check it all out.

 

you got a rare photo caption there..... Is that a smoking bees nest attached to the power wires above the car or is it something from outer space

 

Gypsy moth nest from outer space.....

 

Bad Bob, I am very unfamiliar with these cars, what is the front suspension under the one in the pics you posted? Did they swap in an IFS, and if so, from what?

 

looks like the orig straight axle to me.....

 

good score,,,i think the rear fenders for those are pretty tough to find...

 

I'm jealous.... thats next on the list of projects that will take me til the end of my life to actually finish.

 

not to high jack the post but there is this.

http://jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=204096&highlight=1940+merc+for+sale