Chopping the AMT 49 Mercury

[ybsluos]

LM that is an amazing chop!

[bobss396]

I made bezels for some Mercs I have done in the past, when I had lathe access at work. 

I ran into some bigger K&S aluminum  tube the other day, 9/32". That could be used as liners, french the outer rims.

[James2]

It does look pretty nice....

[Supernurd]

It's been to cold for painting (priming) so I have been addressing some other details.  I added the trim back in on the doors and rear quarters.  Also made some bullet taillights.  

[Supernurd]

The rear end was sitting too high so I dropped it down a little.

Edited February 11 by Supernurd

[carrucha]

Nice progress so far.  Looking forward to seeing it completed.

[slusher]

Nice chop and great work making those taillights!

[WillyBilly]

Great work. The roof flows so good that once finished, it will be near impossible to tell changes were made.👏

[Zippi]

Yup, that stance looks much better now.  

[Ferbz]

I've chopped a handful of Mercurys and it is not easy to get the top flowing from front to back, nor is it easy to get it even from left to right. You've done a fine job! On your next one, if you like you can keep a small center section (a 1/4 to 1/2in. will suffice) of the rear window attached to the top instead of cutting the rear window completely free. This small attached section can be a hinge that can be gently bent to rotate the window to lower it into place as the top moves forward and down to realign the A pillars. I also like how you angled the B pillars farther forward than where they normally line up after a chop! Looks way better in my eyes. Famed norcal customizer John Aiello did a similar thing on my 1:1 shoebox ford. He told me it was the same amount of work so why not! 😉

[Supernurd]

Hi!  Just a quick update on the Mercury.  It's been slow going with all the cold weather.  But its in primer now.  I shouldn't have used this Rust-Oleum 2X, it takes stays tacky for weeks. It also shows there's still a ton of "fine tuning" body work to be done.