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03-22-2010, 05:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jan 2004
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|  Carnage Crew Garage 1950 Mercury Build
We have been working on this for the past few months. It was brought to us as a bone stoke 1950 merc 4 door by the customer who bought it a few years back and has never done any thing with it. The first thing on the list he wanted done was to chop the top 4 1/2 inches. The main idea for this merc is to keep it looking stock but with a chop. So all the chrome will be put back on this car along with all the wing windows and stainless. So out came the saws , english wheel and hammer and dollys. About 250 hours in to the top and about about 70 in the wing windows and stainlees and we look like this.
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03-22-2010, 05:12 PM
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| Hateraide  Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Mission BC
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that looks awesome, i have always loved the Merc's and the chop came out beautiful, you guys did an amazing job making it so smooth.... whats the other plans gonna lower it or air ride or somethin, and what color is it gonna be. and are you gonna smooth the front and rear bumper or leave it stock..i hope smoothed and tucked in |
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03-22-2010, 05:12 PM
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| Built, not bought   Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gresham
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SWEET.  The mid century Mercs are my all time favorite car. If I ever win the lottery,there will be at least one in my garage. |
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03-22-2010, 05:14 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2004
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Here is what the a pillars looked like after the first cuts and the final product.
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03-22-2010, 05:15 PM
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| 2006 2.2 National Champ   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big Bear Lake
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Nice work Aaron, that looks sweet..............and time consuming.   |
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03-22-2010, 05:16 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2004
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We have already lowered it 7 inches from stock and that is where the owner likes it so that is what he gets. As for custom modes the chop is all it is getting. Every thing else will be stock. The plan was to make it look like it came from the factory this way. | |
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03-22-2010, 05:25 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2004
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here is some shots of the doors and b pillar before and after. The amount of work it takes to do one of these right is crazy. The body will need very little body filler. Most old timers that did this didn't care and just covered these things in lead hence the name lead sled. You can see in some of the pics the sections we had to and in to the doors to make them fit right again. |
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03-22-2010, 05:26 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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Unreal. That is some beautiful work there. I love a chopped 50's Merc. |
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03-22-2010, 05:36 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2004
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And on to the rear window area. The rear glass in this car will remain stock and un cut so we spent allot of time positioning it to flow with the lines of the rest of the car. then had to shape all the metal around the rear window on the English wheel and weld in the hammer and dolly smooth. You can see in the picks the flat piece we started with then the first shaping and then the final fitment. |
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03-22-2010, 05:40 PM
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| 20K Club  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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That rear window area metal work is most impressive to me  I'll stick around for updates!
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03-22-2010, 05:45 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sale Creek, TN
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That is going to look sweet. |
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03-22-2010, 10:13 PM
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| Official Scale Nazi Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Monticello, IL
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Awesome Aaron! That's my favorite year & model out of all the sleds.
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03-22-2010, 11:35 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Centered
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| Thank you for posting this...I've dreamed of owning a 50' Merc for a long, long time. Subscribed |
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03-23-2010, 12:15 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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Looks good, are you guys going to finish it properly, or let it rust?
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03-23-2010, 05:49 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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Never seen a chopped more-door. That's pretty damn sweet Nice work putting that jigsaw puzzle together.
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03-23-2010, 06:38 AM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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unreal! wow. did you have do so anything with the seats? ie lower them? |
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03-23-2010, 07:30 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2004
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The owner is on the east cost right now for work and won't be back for a few months to sit in it. But I am pretty sure the seats will need to be modified. | ||
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03-23-2010, 09:54 AM
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| TEAM RCC Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: THE ALIEN WORKSHOP
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Wow, that turned out clean  |
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03-23-2010, 10:03 AM
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| I'm a stupid C U N T! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In the Garage!
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that thing is sick! I am envious of your metal working skills |
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03-23-2010, 11:11 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Not where I belong.
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That is really cool. My dad has the same car accept for its a 51 that I wish I could do this to.
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