I inherited my Dad's merc this summer. while dealing with family affairs in Lebanon, VA I heard of a cruise in that evening, an hour later "Hell I'm going!" was the last conscious thought. An hour later I took this pic, out of gas, no tags, no insurance and needing a jump. then my next conscious thought came to me. "this is the same car that got us locked up at the first merc deuce reunion in Kansas City 1979." Well Dad in jail, me in the impound yard at the age of 12. I sent the pic to Mudslinger and he inspired me to continue by texting "Fuck Yeah!" Long story short the merc made there and was the center piece. Thanks Dad.
Nice looking Merc! did you make it Home without getting Arrested...? Drive it till you Drop or you get Snowed on Just my 3.5 cents or when the Cows Come Home.!
Looks good. I was at the first Merc Deuce Reunion, have to dig out my old pics and look for your car.. Post more pictures, please
I only have a couple pics right now. Dad never could keep this car on the front burner. He bought it 1973 or 74.
Those trophies are the ones Dad made for the first merc deuce reunion. We towed that car from Ohio to Kansas city. He worked on that car for over 40 years, hardly ever drove it. He drove the hell out of his 51 though.
Dad made these club type plaques for the first show. I was selling them in the crowd at 12 yro. The crappy old pic is a group of mercs from Dayton Ohio the day after we got out of jail. Dad & I are there. the gray merc became Larry Krammer's King of the Mercs. I think? Came from Tom Fox.
kool stuff.....we're like kind....pulled over just the other day.....about a 45 minute stop with the cherries......
Cool merc, cool story. So has the Zupan/Bettancourt Merc finally been found....... lots of similarities
Ha. Funny you say that. That was always his favorite merc. He found the 49 in Fort Knox Kentucky around 1973. It was a kustom from the 60's built by Pat Keeting (sp?) of Louisville. Dad bought a $1.19 hacksaw and he and his buddy chopped it. Pat welded it back together. Dad did the fade aways with pieces he got from Gene Winfield. I remember the day UPS dropped off the virgin quarter panels. rare find back then. Pics of the car and friend below.
That last pic his Dad used for effect on us kids. That was a guy helped him in the seventies. His Dad was a piece of work.
A few construction pics. me and a buddy helping dad wet sand. 1978/? The rear window was later changed to a 47 chevy. Dad was a perfectionist on laying the primer. haha. Taillights were changed to 56 olds.
I found a pic from 1979. dad and I were selling 79 reunion "club plaques" and dash plaques. I looked like an orphan. the same car in later years, still not quite done. that's Dad and I in both.
I honestly don't know. maybe 40 mercs. the biggest gathering at that time. I don't remember a lot of cars outside the merc deuce category. Jerry Titus who organized the show would know for sure.
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