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11-03-2018, 07:52 PM | #1 |
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49 Merc Icon Derelict
Maybe some of you know about the "icon derelict" line of vehicles. Maintaining a derelict appearance but a totally "built" chassis and drive train underneath. The latest is a 49 Merc. Something totally unexpected under the hood. Hint: its not a flathead. https://autoweek.com/article/sema-sh...QdShIvFcsp0hYk
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11-03-2018, 09:54 PM | #2 |
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Unique way to ruin a beautiful car. Had a '49 Merc when I was in high school in 1958. I still miss it. Traded it for a '55 Cheeeby in 1960. Bad mistake. 150 - 200 miles? hope it has a bicycle rack on the back.
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11-03-2018, 10:25 PM | #3 |
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Well I don't consider it ruined. The way of the future....
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11-03-2018, 10:32 PM | #4 |
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Ruined? well was it? doing okay before the transplant?
I get the whole idea of resto-mod or the patina. been around a long long time. Just for me, not there yet. Not a fan. But each their own. Looks like a fun car. But so does a new 2019 vette. . Last edited by Tinker; 11-03-2018 at 10:58 PM. |
11-04-2018, 04:55 AM | #5 |
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Re: 49 Merc Icon Derelict
I think I would consider doing an electric conversion to mine but with one addition, a sound system that would replicate the dual exhaust sound that is made by the flathead V8
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11-04-2018, 09:31 AM | #6 |
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11-04-2018, 09:34 AM | #7 |
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Nifty idea but not really practical due to limited mileage range.
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11-04-2018, 09:35 AM | #8 |
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I don't really mind the electric part, but have always hated "patina". It's just an excuse to not paint your car. After all, it does take time and money. And the added-on "gee-gws" don't help either. There is such a thing as "good taste".
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Now fake patina is just a little strange to me but some people like that too. Mine is all the real thing. :-)
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11-04-2018, 10:35 AM | #11 |
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The heads look flat to me.
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11-04-2018, 10:42 AM | #12 |
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51Merc: Thanks for setting me straight on those flares.
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11-04-2018, 11:05 AM | #13 |
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the man who did that has great talent.
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11-04-2018, 11:17 AM | #14 |
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Have to agree that talent was involved but suspect that it was a collaboration of many talented individuals, not just one "man".
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11-04-2018, 12:21 PM | #16 |
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Reminds me of when converting to propane was trendy.
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11-04-2018, 12:56 PM | #17 |
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Say Ralph, I haven't seen any report, lately, about your '39. How is it?
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11-04-2018, 01:12 PM | #18 |
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Mercury Energy a Power company here in NZ has converted a 57 retractable top to electric. Made me cringe doing this to a mint vehicle. Down here we have a government that is anti mining (oil and coal) and they have legislated against any new permits for oil exploration as well as putting a whole bunch of taxes on petrol. It was $2.38 per litre at the pump yesterday. There has been a bit of an explosion in the use of EV vehicles here most popular would be the Nissan leaf . I have a mate who has just bought one and I "give him assholes" about it. I tell him "all the more petrol for me"......got to keep the faith for the time being, but it will be the way of the future.
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Remember when Diesel engines were the "wave of the future?" Oops.
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