49 Merc. Modified Sportsman(open Comp Car)

[Gary Davis]

This was finished a few yrs back. The Chassis is from the kit but striped down to the frame rails and then built to the racing specs for an Open Comp car that would run the Vintage circuit today. Duplicolor paint with in house decals. All the bar and sheet metal work is evergreen.

Chassis...

[Dr. Kerry]

Very kool!!!!!!!!!

[TarheelRick]

Never seen a real 49 Merc short tracker, but if I did this would look like it.  Beautiful work and the detail is outstanding. 

[Bob P.]

Excellent build. There's a lot of fine detail work on this build and it's all very well done.

Bob

[James2]

Outstanding!

[ModelCarMan AKA Ricky]

This is one sweet lookin Merc!!!

[Dirtman]

Super Merc!!! Love the detail. If I could make a distributor look as good as the one on this car, I'd build 10 right now. Wow

Rett

[JimW]

I really like your build !!!  love the colors wow looks like its going 100mph settin there 

[sentsat71]

One sharp looking short tracker......!

Could give your '55 Chevy a run for its money.....?!? 

[Rich Sipos]

One slick lookin Merc! I have always liked  a chopped top Merc and never thought of it as a race car, well done!

[Olderndirt]

I think the '49-51 Mercs were so iconic that they were too valuable to put on the track even when they were relatively new. My uncle bought a '50 Merc two door in the late fifties that had been thrashed, but I never saw him more proud of a car in his life. I did see a fourdor '51 run in the late models in the late fifties, or early sixties, but that was the only one.
 That being said, this model is outstanding. The detail is beyond belief. I also love the color combo, and the McCreary marked tires.

  Olderndirt

[Gary Davis]

Thanks for ALL the GREAT compliments folks.....

That body style of Merc does not lend itself to much of anything and I think it was one mis-proportioned mess when it rolled out of the Ford Factories back in the day. Having said that, I am genuinely stunned at how well this thing looks. The profile is absolutely believable and you sir have a gift of "vision" that not too many folks have. Very well done; very well done indeed!

Oh, and I take it you've got an ALPS printer? Those decals are really crisp!

Hey David( good name...my Sons name is DAVID)...I tell ya...I could not agree with you more on the 49-50 merc. I did not see what those custom guys were all la-la over. LOL Even when the thing is all chopped and sectioned and narrowed...it still looks like a YARD BOMB to me... But...I wanted to make it look like a fairly decent(as close as possible) asphalt short track car. That profile was achieved by taking (shaving) a lot of that ugly trunk lid back. On the 1/1 car..that trunk area looks like a huge bunion that grows on the side of of trees...LOL sooo I had to take care of that first. If this was built in the 1/1 world....the trunk area would all be redone pretty much like the scale version...

[john2]

   Y'all are going to hurt all those Mercs' feelings.

We never had any race locally either.  I think this one looks real good.

[pdaly28]

what a beautiful build and the detail is terrific!

[Gary Davis]

  Y'all are going to hurt all those Mercs' feelings.

We never had any race locally either.  I think this one looks real good.

LOL....I don't think those Mercs will lose any sleep over my ramblings.... Thanks for the compliments folks...