1940 Mercury coupe

[blazefox]

Do they make a 1940 Mercury custom coupe

[Nitro Neil]

Jimmy Flintstone makes the body for the Matranga 1940 Merc custom, but no one makes a stock body and no one ever made one as a kit. There was an old 1940 Merc plastic toy, but they are impossible to find.

There are some of the Jimmy Flintstone bodies on eBay - http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-25-1940-Matranga-Mercury-coupe-resin-cast-body-only-MINT-NEW-with-grille-/290684073276?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43ae1ef53c

[Eshaver]

ITC, , a FORMER plastic kit manufacturer in the late 1950's made a 1939 Coupe . Yeah, they're nearly impossible to find as these were basically a battery powered toy . Hey, if someone did do a stocker , I would jump in line as that Mercury was the first one I learned the quirks and trivial s on back in the middle 1960's . Ed Shaver

[blazefox]

I was looking for a chopped custom 40 merc bodie

[blazefox]

Would it fit on a similar 40 ford kit or a merc grill and hood

[von Zipper]

This is my buddys '40 Mercury 4dr. sedan-at first glance most people think it's a '40 Ford

It might not be to hard to turn a Revell '40 Ford coupe into a Mercury-easier if it was a chopped custom.

[blazefox]

Ya its just a hood and grill diferance

Edited March 20, 2012 by blazefox

[62rebel]

um, NO... there are so many differences between the Merc and the Ford as to render swapping parts between them nearly impossible. the Merc is wider through the body and slightly lower than the same year Ford. look at the running boards on the Merc above... barely six inches wide at their widest, where the Ford's are significantly wider. the fenders, front and rear, have more bulge in them, more contour than the Ford. very few body parts interchanged between Ford and Mercury for MANY years... a few models, like the 49-51 wagons, were basically the same shell, but that's about it.

in other words, you need a Flintstone resin body to build a 39-40 Merc, stock or otherwise.

[blazefox]

Ok and then I would need a ford chassis from a kit

[blazefox]

Wat kit would hav a chassis close to a good fit and how do u glue resin iv never,used resin

[Art Anderson]

Mercury began in 1939, as a mid-priced car for Ford, to bridge the gap between the Ford and the Lincoln Zephyr. 1939-40 Mercury bodies are completely unique, not a single panel (and not even the window glass) matches anything found on a '39-40 Ford, except in basic styling themes. Mercury rolled on a 6" longer wheelbase than the comparable Fords from 1939-48, but 1941-48 Mercuries used the same body shell (same panels, same shapes, different trim of course) as Ford, but with a 6" longer front clip to accommodate the longer chassis and wheelbase. Visually, the V8 engine was the same for 1939-40, the only difference being internal (Ford 221cid, Mercury 239cid--the difference being handled by the factory going to one standard block with the larger bore for the Merc, sleeved down to the Ford bore diameter). The chassis layout is the same, all standard Fomoco practice, with just the frame rails themselves being longer forward of the main engine mounts (at the flywheel housing).

All this would make a '39-40 Mercury body a very serious conversion of the 39-40 Ford, enough so as to almost warrant scratchbuilding one.

Art