51 Merc

stang · Veteran Member Strathroy On

51 Merc

1957bowtieblue · Chatham, ON Member

nice looking work stang
thanks bob

toomuchjunk · Mar 31, 2016

Wow Stang look at you go!!!!!!! Nice work

Is your caster angle and ride height OK?

TMJ

-- Edited by toomuchjunk on Thursday 31st of March 2016 01:15:05 PM

admin · Mar 31, 2016

Great pictures: pictures are nice.. I see you narrowed that front clip that must be a tight squeeze for the engine mounts..nice welding..I don't know if you remember or seen any posts on OR from as guy called builderrhys'' I sold him a 49 merc several years ago..a more door.. He had a great build thread on it .He put that body on a I believe it was Mark1v Lincoln..He was/is doing a really nice job ..He cut the car and widened it about 4 inches. He used the firewall, the floor and I think he using the dash in the 49..you may want to see if you find his build on Or let me know if you can't find it ..I will try to see if I can find some pictures of that build..One thing that was very unique about that car ..The ownership was registered to a James Dean..pretty funny.. I might have pictures of it I will try to find..

chuk

stang · Veteran Member Strathroy On

Yes chuk I did see that one. A lot of work. I have not seen any updates since he moved.

stang · Veteran Member Strathroy On

Thanks TMJ, castor is out a bit but that is because the Cougar is 800lbs heavier than the original Merc, ride hight is close to were I want it.

admin · Mar 31, 2016

I know you are well on your way ..Lots of work eh!!!here is another article on that swap just to look at .. One can never learn enough..

http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/0709rc-marvin-coleys-1950-mercury/

I can remember doing these , not Mercs in particular but when I was a pup I put more than one coupe body on some big old early fifties Olds with that V8 engine and column 3 speed.. We had torches only and some pretty old crap for stick welders..I also made a few convertibles with an axe head and a 5 lb sledge..The bone yards were chucked full of 30s, 40s, 50s cars they more plentiful than girls..

GMDad · Hamilton On Rod-side Member Amsoil Dealer

Very nice job with the mig welder Stang. Weld looks real good so no problem with it being strong enough.

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