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My Buick Powered 1949 Mercury Kustom

Discussion in 'The "Other" Bench' started by 1972Mach1, Sep 4, 2024.

  1. VET

    VET Navy Vet, Founders Club

    I see you you have great taste
    in beer. :D:D:D Vet
     
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  2. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    Molson is by far my favorite, was everywhere when I lived in the northern part of the state. Tougher to get down "south" here, there's 3 bars that carry it for me and my friend runs a grocery store so she gets cases of it....Just a simple Busch Light man other than that.
     
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  3. dynaflow

    dynaflow shiftless...

    ...it was easy. My first car was a '50 convertible, riding on snubbers in front and 2 sets of blocks in rear. Had to deflate tire and remove rear wheel to get brake drum off. Left gas stations at an angle, otherwise would lose exhaust extensions. The things we'd do when we were young:).

    Bought it with my summer job money between junior/senior year. Put a '51 hood and associated parts on it for a "no money" attempt to get that smooth hood/grille look...

    ...I'm sure I speak for everyone following this thread. Keep it up:cool:...
     
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  4. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    My cousin's boy Paydon and me...close as I'm gonna get to a nephew....raising another car guy if I can help it, he looks like he's into it....
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  5. FLGS400

    FLGS400 Gold Level Contributor

    That's awesome Lucas! I'm diggin Paydon's mohawk
     
  6. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    Jealous of his hair myself :D:D
     
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  7. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    Caught on the road....
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  8. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    Put her all back together the other day, and it was still making the noise after the drums were turned, so I crawled back under the car with it all assembled. Finally found a couple little bends in the outside ring of the drum last night when I had time, which was contacting a couple small parts of the backing plate. A little heat and bent them straight, ground a couple spots on the plates, and we've finally got silence....
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  9. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    Nice thing about Montana is there's about 637,242 options for license plate designs....I kinda dig this new one....'Merica, dammit!
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  10. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    He's a winner...
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  11. dynaflow

    dynaflow shiftless...

    ...that car looks perfect from every angle. You just can't take a bad pic of it:). Nice vanity plate, will definitely help those who don't know what it is, unlike my choice, LEDSLED:eek::D...
     
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  12. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    Hey thanks, John....What's funny is, I forgot to put a car show category for what I wanted the car to be entered in....so when they announced "Best '50-'59 is Lucas Johnson with his, ummmmm, '49 Mercury" I had to laugh....Then they said the car was good enough that they skipped it ahead a grade....got spotted on the drive home and posted on Facebook, had about 5 friends all message me this same screen shot while I was driving the 300 miles home from the show.....Lot of miles put on the car this weekend, never missed a beat. This pic is from about 6500 ft elevation. It was coooooold up there last night, I didn't get home until about 9 p.m.
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  13. TrunkMonkey

    TrunkMonkey Totally bananas

    Here at Crusin’ the Coast…
     

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  14. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    That's one fine looking grille on that '54 Chevy ;)
     
  15. 12lives

    12lives Control the controllable, let the rest go

    Hey - you're famous! No wonder - that car is soooo nice and a true classic of the custom era. Most people would keep them in a trailer so its great that you are using it as intended! It's like seeing a unicorn in the wild :)
     
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  16. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    Thank you Bill....the last guy drove the hell out of it, so I needed to keep the tradition, and his kids agreed. I can't stand trailering my stuff, never have, never will, no matter how nice they are. I actually met the fella that painted this car at the show, he said it was redone 4 times throughout Bill Austin's ownership, and was gold in the black and white pic that I've posted. Apparently Bill had a few too many one night and backed his truck into it, and that required this last repaint 30 years ago....everywhere I take it some old car guy has a story about it and Bill. Met some really interesting people the last few months...here's the bug guts count while driving home and after i got it in the garage the night after the show. It always washes off....
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  17. VET

    VET Navy Vet, Founders Club

    I love that you drive the wheels off your Merc, that's what our cars are made for, not being garage queens. :D Vet
     
  18. dynaflow

    dynaflow shiftless...

    ...looking forward to seeing car with skirts for authentic "sled" look, but the visible wide whitewall and Dodge cap in rear opening that balances front and fits rear body line is growin' on me...
     
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  19. 12lives

    12lives Control the controllable, let the rest go

    Bugs! - reminds me of Starship Troopers!
     
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  20. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    Me too, just got the new "seals" for the skirts. Been scared shitless about putting them on and scratching the paint, and it isn't a one man operation..... might be something that waits until next year. But believe me, they're going on. The car needs them....neat thing about these reproduction Lancer caps is that the cross bars are bolt on, so if they are going to rub the skirts, you just take them off and leave the chrome "rim" mounted. With the skirt on, nobody is the wiser....and I've decided it'll be getting at least front disc brakes and some "handling" improvements, all hidden of course. I apparently can't control myself and the car wants to go 80 mph all the time. 1949 era cornering ability is a little sketchy on the mountain roads at 20 mph over the limit LOL
     
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