Steve_L Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 These are pictures of my 1949 Mercury Three Window Coupe. I have always liked working with resin kits and when I saw this offering from Hendrix Manufacturing, I knew I wanted to build it. I decided to use the matching Hendrix continental spare tire, too. The donor is the AMT 1949 Mercury kit. I lowered the chassis to the max and fitted Pegasus chrome wheels and white wall tires. I added Ardun Heads to the engine and detailed it with a distributor, ignition wires and spark plug boots. The tri-power has copper fuel lines and I added rubber radiator hoses. I created a chrome dash and detailed it with instrument panel decals. I resin cast a button-tufted seat and made a tonneau cover. The body is basically stock except for frenched and tunneled head and tail lights. I used a custom grille and custom bumpers from the Modelhaus. The interior is painted with Duplicolor medium gray upholstery paint and the exterior is finished with Duplicolor gloss black and clear paint. I polished the paint and finished it off with Meguire's Ultimate pre-waxing polish/glaze. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Very sharp build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porscheman Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Beautiful Build!!! My dad had a 49 Ford Business Coupe, I wonder if this is your interpretation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Great looking car Steve, very sinister looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Very NICE!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris White Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Real cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Nice build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codie27 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Very cool. Nice build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goon Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 You nailed it. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydime Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rage59 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modlbldr Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Nice work. BTW- what kit did the air cleaner come from? Later- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Very nice! Looks mean! I've never seen this body style on a 49 Merc. Very cool! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Great Idea, I like this different and cool, love the look. BRAVO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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