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rockfla · 07-17-2017, 10:45 AM

@rosenkranswa
We have an early production 39 Mercury (see avatar)
(Ocotober of 38, all glass is bugged, Early Ford/Mercury Caps and many little "early" touches) and it is a three time "Rouge" winner.....three for interior and Running gear.....And once for all three! We do think that he rear trunk lid and fenders suffered a "fender bender" at some point but beyond that, our paint is like yours, no signs of repaint, red oxide spots starting to wear thru.......and still a split decision on the originality of the rest of the paint. As for the "blue" under the gas tank....Theory #4 or #5, the car before yours on the assembly line was "blue", yours was next and "black" so he sprayed what little blue was left in his gun in an inconspicuous place until it started spraying black paint and whallla....your car is black!!!! It happened many times from 1932 on up!!!!

07-17-2017, 10:45 AM	#4
rockfla Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Jacksonville FL Posts: 4,053	Re: 1942 Sedan Paint Originality? @rosenkranswa We have an early production 39 Mercury (see avatar) (Ocotober of 38, all glass is bugged, Early Ford/Mercury Caps and many little "early" touches) and it is a three time "Rouge" winner.....three for interior and Running gear.....And once for all three! We do think that he rear trunk lid and fenders suffered a "fender bender" at some point but beyond that, our paint is like yours, no signs of repaint, red oxide spots starting to wear thru.......and still a split decision on the originality of the rest of the paint. As for the "blue" under the gas tank....Theory #4 or #5, the car before yours on the assembly line was "blue", yours was next and "black" so he sprayed what little blue was left in his gun in an inconspicuous place until it started spraying black paint and whallla....your car is black!!!! It happened many times from 1932 on up!!!!