jeffs396 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Nice review and build-up of the kit in issue 187: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Falls Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Thanks, I guess I should have searched for it, there's plenty of info there. I would want to put a flathead V8 in it for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ellis Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 You can get a motor from the AMT 49 Merc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Best Model Car Parts casts a nice late flathead in resin. I would post the link but I am unable to paste anything in this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 ..... I am unable to paste anything in this forum. are you using Internet Explorer as a browser? if so, go to the Tools pulldown/ select "compatibility views" / a box will open and you can "OK" the forum address. refresh your screen (f5 key) and it might allow you to clip & paste. i ended up switching browsers to Google Chrome, and many of my internet glitches vanished. if an old fogey like me can change, so can you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 http://bestmodelcarparts.com/products.php?view=productPage&product=243&category=1# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) https://shoeboxford.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/1949-ford-lost-photo-sessions-%E2%80%93-5-2/ i needed to move this to the '49 merc/ ford woody conversion thread - oops! Edited March 5, 2015 by southpier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 are you using Internet Explorer as a browser? if so, go to the Tools pulldown/ select "compatibility views" / a box will open and you can "OK" the forum address. refresh your screen (f5 key) and it might allow you to clip & paste. i ended up switching browsers to Google Chrome, and many of my internet glitches vanished. if an old fogey like me can change, so can you! Cool. Yup, using IE. Thanks, Joe. I couldn't "Quote" before either..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ellis Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Joe, that shoebox link is in Portuguese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 some of the website is, too. but i put it in the wrong thread! quite a guy, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 You can get a motor from the AMT 49 Merc This what the guy from Revell said to us at the Toledo NNL when it was first out. That is a compliment if you ask me. He could have said get the flattie out of our f1 pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 This what the guy from Revell said to us at the Toledo NNL when it was first out. That is a compliment if you ask me. He could have said get the flattie out of our f1 pickup. I used the engine from the '50 Ford pickup for one simple reason--while it's the pickup engine having pickup truck exhaust piping and oil pan--it's simply light years better and more accurately done than the now 53-yr old AMT '49 Mercury tooling. Sure, it took more work--but the results were well worth the effort. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Falls Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I bought a AMT 49 Merc. kit cause I haven't found a woodie kit yet. Gee, that kit has some real modern accesories in it - a telephone, tape player, and tv set - wow!Southpier - those fan belts in that picture of the resin V8 don't seem right do they? It needs to drive the generator, the fan, and two water pumps - I think the fan should be 4 bladed too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 they don't individually, but stacked up i'll assume they're correct. picture robbed from VanPelt Sales; great flathead reference site: http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/flathead_specs-90to125late.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Falls Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I see what you mean, they must stack together and come out right somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsepower Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) Front belt goes around crank pulley, fan pulley and passenger water pump pulley. Rear belt goes around crank pulley, behind fan pulley,around generator pulley, and drivers side water pump pulley. Edited March 7, 2015 by horsepower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 they don't individually, but stacked up i'll assume they're correct. picture robbed from VanPelt Sales; great flathead reference site: http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/flathead_specs-90to125late.htm Interesting...is that a pipe connecting the exhaust manifolds in front of the engine? Never seen something like that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Interesting...is that a pipe connecting the exhaust manifolds in front of the engine? Never seen something like that.. Not all that uncommon on older V engines having only a single exhaust pipe out back, and limited space under the vehicle in the vicinity of the gearbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Personally, I do not like either of the Revell Mercs. Both have to flat of a windshield area (not enough center peak) the wagon still has the peaked hood and header, but it looks as if they attempted to remove the flatness of the sides that the coupe has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cole Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 All 1:1 1949 Merc wagons were woodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 And your point here is? The sides of the wagon were wood. The tailgate was normally painted to look like wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Barrow Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 And it's a '51, not a '49. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 And it's a '51, not a '49. Okay, I guess the sides on this '51 are not wood after all! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel-Dan Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 TrueThey are INVISIBLE!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Okay, I guess the sides on this '51 are not wood after all! ?Durn termites....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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