49 Mercury. Barn Find!

by Andy Sat 22 Mar 2008, 4:30 pm

Heres my "Barn Find" 49 Mercury. AMT kit. still runs...just needs a little push down a hill.. going back up hills are a bit of a struggle. clown

by tjjr07 Sat 22 Mar 2008, 4:36 pm

definetly seen better days. fantastic weathering, it looks real and the tarp adds so much to the theme. looks like your the man to ask for weathering tips and info. great job

by Carps Sat 22 Mar 2008, 6:33 pm

One day Andy will surprise everybody and discover shiney paint. Laughing

by frank Sun 23 Mar 2008, 3:12 pm

Looks like a good fixer upper Very Happy

by speedster Sun 23 Mar 2008, 4:12 pm

andy you have to teach me how to do this mate love your work, if we had a fresh battery mate we could start this ol' girl. keep them coming . speedster

by Andy Sun 23 Mar 2008, 6:20 pm

speedster wrote:andy you have to teach me how to do this mate love your work, if we had a fresh battery mate we could start this ol' girl. keep them coming . speedster

no probs speedster.. Actually a few meetings ago I did a basic demonstration for the members. You need a dremel and with this mustang I used rustall and pastels..Orange and browns....i did the same with the mercury.. If we get some new faces at the meetings I will definately do another demo...

One day I might do a step by step for the tips and tricks section.

afro

by tjjr07 Sun 23 Mar 2008, 6:27 pm

andy, definetly post the how too,s in the tips and tricks section :study:

by stevegt738 Sun 23 Mar 2008, 7:02 pm

Looks very authentic. Is that a fuel line going from the cabin to the engine.

by Andy Mon 24 Mar 2008, 3:21 pm

stevegt738 wrote:Looks very authentic. Is that a fuel line going from the cabin to the engine.

yep.. fuel line goes from a jerry can to the engine. the front seats have been ripped out .. a home made beer crate has replaced the drivers seat.. no steering wheel! just a spanner and wrench to turn this beast.. theres springs coming out the back seat. wires coming out from everywhere in the cabin.

cheers afro

by VWMan Mon 17 Jan 2011, 9:57 am

how did you make the back window look broken? Looks awesome greatwork

by tezza43 Mon 17 Jan 2011, 10:47 am

Hey Andy - good to see you back again. You did start to cover how to rust and it's at this thread https://ozautobuilders.forumotion.com/t87-rusting-with-andy in the forum.

Love your old Merc but it's definitely seen better days. Still miracles do happen! You were always king of the rusty model mate so well done.

Magnifico