1951 MERCURY LIDO

I imported this vehicle from Portland usa in 2008 , I purchased it off a lady who had just divorced her husband and this was all she could get out of him , The car was in very poor condition, a sort of rat rod , the roof had been chopped and never finished, the vehicle had no paint, trim seats or side glass, it did have air bags and a front sub frame from a Camaro with a 305 , the vehicle had no wiring except for 1 stop light and headlight ,ignition was hot wired , it ran enough to move .It had also some rust repairs done but quite poorly , I knew it would be a full resto prior to purchase and the price as based accordingly , On arrival at home i purchased parts to restore the vehicle over 12mths and then started the resto and further modifications , a trip to the USA and a meeting with Gene Winfield at his shop helped with a lot of missing parts , Car is now fully restored, registered and I enjoy doing the hot rod runs in it, 2nd custom at Summernats 2014

!951 Mercury coupe , chopped 4 1/2 inches frenched headlights, smooth door handles , digital dash , smoothed 1/4 panels ,smoothed bumpers, 54 chev grill,1939 Lincoln taillights recessed into body , lourved bonnet, air bags front and rear ,dropped spindles, stereo system air conditioning , 305 Chev and auto, Camaro front end disc brakes ,Camaro 12bolt diff ,wide white walls, electric windows , trimmed in white and green all air bag and a/c controls hidden in glove box , The Merc is painted in green (cosmopolitan green from vt commodore) with white inlay and side graphics to resemble Buick side trims All floors ,sills panels and hinge pillars have been replaced and operating 1/4 vents front and rear have been refitted , the chassis has completely been reworked and all suspension modification where redone during the resto . The Merc is fully engineered and legal to drive . I carried out all the modification at home.