j-ratch
13-12-15, 03:34 PM
I've been churning this idea over for ages so I decided it was time to commit it to paper; a 49/50 Mercury Pick-up. I know there were some full sized Ford trucks badged as Mercurys in Canada but never a car based one.
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I wanted to keep it as "stock" looking as possible using the shape of the coupe rear end in the fenders. I didn't want it to look too customized as that would loose the identity of the base vehicle. Now I realise that a Merc is probably a bit valuable to chop up like this but I distinctly remember someone producing 'glass bodies in the early 90s. If you could track one of these down and mate it with a late model truck chassis it could be a feasible project.
After that I took the concept a couple of steps further to it's (il)logical conclusion as a COE delivery van.
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I wanted to keep it as "stock" looking as possible using the shape of the coupe rear end in the fenders. I didn't want it to look too customized as that would loose the identity of the base vehicle. Now I realise that a Merc is probably a bit valuable to chop up like this but I distinctly remember someone producing 'glass bodies in the early 90s. If you could track one of these down and mate it with a late model truck chassis it could be a feasible project.
After that I took the concept a couple of steps further to it's (il)logical conclusion as a COE delivery van.
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