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Update: we had a guy interested in the 40 Merc. He put a deposit down and was suppose to come June 15th to pick the car up. He's a member on here....
We have a buyer interested with a deposit down. If it falls thru the car will be back up for sale
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/index.php?threads/957255/ Family wants/needs to sell by June 30th as the house is being sold Was told to...
My 1985 Dodge W250 Prospector
So far nothing has changed with the 40 merc but me myself did pick up a gem
Sorry guys I haven't had time to post any updates. Weather (Ny winter) has been brittle cold and it's a hr drive each way for me. Waiting for this...
I read somewhere "online" that the 2 door convertibles 40 mercs were pretty rare. No numbers were givin
My dodge is 5x5.5 Moe I did find 3 wheels (steels) might fit the merc
If I could I would!!! My other uncle is talking about giving up his half just to keep the car. I hope he does. I really want to get the merc...
Thank you. Haven't had a chance to this week, planning on Monday if the weather is good to start playing
Before and after pic.
That Is one sweet looking car!
The lid for the glove box is their. The wood is mounted to it. We opened the glove box and found the registration and insurance from 1996. The...
We are hoping my great uncle kept the flat head, that's if the flat head was in the merc when he bought it in 1960. A lot of information was never...
I agree 100% 4 out of 5 want to keep everything. I have no say in anything, but I been convincing to the ears
Anything anyone would want me to take pictures of when we go back to work on it I'll take pics.
My question today is what rear end would this merc have if it wasn't swapped out? I found 2 rear ends outside one looked like a Ford rear end....
Me and my uncle are going up to work on it later this week. We are going to clean all the pine cones and needles up. The floors seem to be intact...
The plan at the moment is to get the brakes working, motor running and get it movable. I've noticed looking at pictures the tail lights are shaved?
I rotated the picture
"I bought this in June of 1960. I STILL HAVE IT!" Written on the back
Any pictures of what we should be looking for greatly appreciated
Thank you for your response!!! We will have to check it out thus week!
Question: how do we open the trunk? Thank you
We are going to Jack the merc up and pull the wheels off to tinker with the brakes. I'll be posting pics as we peel apart the car. Depending on...
I'm just trying to gather as much information as I can and share with both my uncle's about the car. They remember going for rides in this merc...
Sad thing is me and my uncle's may not be aloud to hang onto the merc, multiple family members included in the will just want to liquidate all of...
Thank you. I noticed thru pictures the pedals looked different. Thanks for the info!!!
The flat head may still be laying around somewhere due to my great uncle never throwing stuff away.
Highlight of his days was in the 70's. He raced for maple city dodge.
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