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The old Merc sitting in the right bay of my shop. I had it for a couple years but it's back at dad's now. It was still in primer in this shot but  was completed a few months ago. 
  
The Merc part way though it's transformation. Looks a little odd here but once the hood and fenders are on it'll improve considerably.
 
Mercs are very rare which means pristine trim pieces and badging are too. More than one Merc has become a Ford because the correct pieces were impossible to locate. It took quite a while but my father managed to find everything, including brand new Merc dog dish hubcaps. That was a real score because it wouldn't have looked right without them.  


 


It's done! 

Dad spent most of the summer in 2010 finishing what turned out to be a 20 year project. He had the fenders restored and painted by a local guy who also did the red paint work. He mostly does antique tractor restorations and is highly regarded. Dad and I were both nervous when we went to pick the fenders up. Shiny black paint is truth serum for metal work. Our anxiety was misplaced however. They turned out incredibly nice. 

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My father brought the Merc back from Cold Lake, Alberta. He pulled the load with his trusty F150 flat rack pickup, which is powered by a 4 cylinder diesel engine out of a Massey combine. The little Perkins delivered all the torque needed to climb some giant hills he encountered on the way back. It was coming down them that made him wonder if he'd get home without going over a cliff. My mother was with him and she said it was a near death experience on wheels till they got out of the mountains.

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The Mercury was parked in front of my aunt's house in Cold Lake at the Canadian air base when dad and mom arrived. It had been located only a few minutes away from where she lived.