1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
 

Greetings and glad to be a new member

i have a fire damaged woody that I am going to upgrade suspension and drive train .while trying to salvage as much of original parts.very new to this i am more of a muscle car guy so bear with me if i ask some dumb questions
thanks

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Welcome on. The only dumb question is the one that a person should ask but decides not to. We don't see too many of the 42 through 48 Mercs so anything about them is going to be interesting. There are a few dedicated woody guys on this forum.

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Welome to the site. I have a '46 Ford "Woodie" with a modern drive train. From the outside it looks like a restored car but underneath it has a Chevy 350, TH350 and Ford 9". I used Chassis Engineering for the suspension parts ETC. Just remember, try not to get too crazy with the HP because "Woodies" flex a bit. There are no dumb questions, you might get some dumb answers though.

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thanks for warm welcome .
after reading rules thought i might be out of place.
Glad i was wrong
putting a fatman mustang 11 front end simple with coil springs and shocks
mild small block chevy with a 700 r4
and a 9 inch with posies slider leaf springs
and once again thanks for warm welcome

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Have you looked over on the HAMB?

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steering column is getting some small changes to convert from 3 on tree to 4 speed auto
will give p/n and mod i made as soon as i figure out

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i heard this was best web sight i will look at hamb if you think better source

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If U aren't already a member U should join the "National Woodie Club" Many Mercs original and modified there. Good source for all things woodie. What part of the country R U from. There may be a Merc or two in your area. U have a major job ahead of U. Good luck! Bill

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Probably have to modify the massive X member to fit the 700 R4. I didn't need to do very much with the TH350, just had to heat it up in a few places to clear. If I wasn't trying to keep it as original as possible I would have made a new X member and made it a lot smaller. I noticed you mentioned that this car was once in a fire. Was it for sale in the flea market at Hershey a few years ago? If it's the same car, I have a bunch of pictures of it somewhere.

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https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1496347484
Welcome to Ford Barn. Seems like you have a big job ahead of you replacing the wooden body. The end results will be worth it.

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This is what you are going to have to do to get a 700r4 trans into a 48 Mercury frame

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How about this? http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/497...smission-swap/

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What part of the county are you located in?

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Nice chassis work 47 Merc. As I said the TH350 was tight, but only required a little heating and bumping. The issue with this is that if I have trans issues I will need to pull the motor. I don't want to chop out the "X" member, because down the road, when it's time for me to "check out" if someone wants to restore my car it will be easy.

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The 200R4 is the same length as the TH350 and also has OD.

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Welcome......

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thanks for all reply's
i live in southwest florida fort myers
good chance this is same car that was at Hershey
@ 47 merc a picture worth 1,000 words thank you
that gives me a great head start was figuring i would need 17 inches gap

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https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1496412723
With this frame modification, can you remove the transmission without removing the engine?

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looks like a bolt on cross member

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https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1496379083
When completed, it could look like this beauty.