If one 56 Merc is good, is two better?

I purchased this Merc off Ebay in August from a man in Miami.

I have it for sale on Craigslist

And the work begins

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A Chinese fortune cookie says " begin, the rest is easy"  we will see, if that's right.



 The front bumper is in good shape, but the chrome in showing it age,  I probably will have it rechromed  $$$$.                       It's a hunka hunka metal.

 

When we removed the fenders it revealed how clean and solid the car is.

 

I have a new project

In August of last year I purchased a 1956 Mercury off Craigslist from a man who was selling it for his father. They lived in western Kentuckey, since it was off the beaten path, it took a week or so to have it shipped here.
The car has a 79 thunderbird 302 engine with a 2 barrel autolite carb and a automatic overdrive transmission, the car is solid but needs updating, interior, paint and running gear.

We went to a car show up Rte 26 at Winfield, Sunday June 27. It was extremely hot and humid.
They fire company served a good fried chicken lunch and pancakes for breakfast, which received mixed reviews.

After a lot of hard work and sweat Saturday, Linda and I were able
to make it to the Marley Station's parking lot. We had polish
sausages and cokes for supper and enjoyed a great night with
friends. There is still a lot to do before it is completely done.










My wife Linda has been a big help, she cleans the interior
panels and I install them.



































We replaced the right and left door glass channels because the old
one were in very poor condition.

I bought new aftermarket side mouldings, they look good, but were
a pain to work with. I also bought a aftermarket clip package, I could
only use about half of them.








I had to fabricate some of the rocker panel moulding clips.








New deck lid and quarter panel cove mouldings have been installed
by my son David Jr.

Two classics









Ray Lancaster and I discussing the progress.









After it's caulked, we painted the trunk with gray and black speckle paint.