1951 ONE OFF CUSTOM CHOPPED MERC LEAD SLED RESTO MOD
Make: |
Mercury |
Model: |
Custom |
Type: |
Coupe |
Year: |
1951 |
Color: |
bare metal |
Engine: |
4.6 cobra doc |
Cylinders: |
8 |
Fuel: |
Gasoline |
Transmission: |
Automatic |
Vehicle Title: |
Clear |
Item location: |
Santa Clara, California, United States |
1951 Mercury Custom Additional Info:
I have decided to sell my custom one off 1951 merc. This car has been a five year build with hundreds of hours of labor and fabrication. The merc started out as an original 1951 mercury with all original sheetmetal. This car was built in house by my shop one off design, it was being built to compete in the detroit autorama for the riddler award. Here is a list of the build info and numerous custom body mods. No expense was spared on this build. BUILDSHEET...ONE OFF DESIGN MERC BODY original unmolested 51 merc all original sheetmetal 4 inch chop all drip rails shaved all door handles and locks shaved all emblems shaved rear bumper is a reversed 1955 chevy bel air front bumper 1950 ford front bumper 1954 ford modified front grille frenched headlights 1 inch taken out of the front and rear of the body custom rear cadillac style tailights..all hardware included inclluding custom plastic lenses and bulb included back end quarter panel corners modified and leaned inward rear wheel wells lowered custom one off back window all inner garnish moldings cut and fitted and bodywork done flared out custom rocker panels body lays frame and lays on rockers front end lengthened so when airs out the whole car lays down evenly hand made shaved aluminum firewall custom hand made one off frame 90 degree bends from art morrison all tubing hand fabricated back of frame fits custom hand made sheet metal gas tank and fuel cell DRIVETRAIN over 40k invested in drivetrain alone... 4.6 cobra doc motor and 4r70w AOD transmission built in house by sean hyland...motor/trans have 0 miles on it Ron Francis wiring harness custom made aluminum driveshaft custom hand fabricated gas tank and fuel pump kugel components polished independant rear end with inboard wilwood disc braks flowmaster mufflers all exhaust hand made and complete exhaust tail pipe dumps under rear bumper underneath custom made sanderson headers made at their facility for just this car(2K) Cpp under dash brake booster Air ride technoligies shockwave set up on all four corners and control arms upper and lower Faming river power rack and pinion Inboard wilwood disc brakes INTERIOR glide technology bench seat auto loc power window and door set up remote setup for shaved doors and trunk Parts sean hyland built 4.6 doc modular motor and automatic 4r70w aod transmission( 25k) ron francis wiring harness willwood 4 piston disc brakes cpp under dash booster aluminum driveshaft air ride technologies shock wave set up custom made sanderson headers flowmaster mufflers one off made smoothie wheels bfg kdw tires hand made sheetmetal gas tank with built in fuel pump glide engineering bench seat flaming river steering column flaming river power rack and pinion setup ron davis aluminum radiator dual fans custom tailights ton of other stuff i cant remember!!!!! This is truly a one of a kind custom lead sled. Our goal was to build a merc like nobody else and do mods that had never been done. Its like a 195o shoebox and merc hybrid. I hate to see it go and hope it will find the right home and get finished the right way....the pictures of the merc are a rendition of the car finished done by carter hickman. The pictures of the car in bare metal are how the car stands now. I also have a beautiful custom made 800 dollar julianos steering in primer for the car that i will include in the sale. The exhaust is also completely done front to back and they dump under the rear bumper behind tailights.