My new project. And introduction.

[38 coupe]

About a decade ago one of the local car club members in Houston restored a 41 Mercury sedan and added air conditioning using the Vintage Air mounting kit. The engine ran hot. He found he had to make brackets and move the condenser forward of the radiator, towards the grill. After moving the condenser everything was good. He sold the car after his wife quit riding with him on tours.
The car is now owned by friends of mine in central Texas, the wife drives the car daily to work even in the summer.


The point is you can have a mostly stock Mercury that runs on pump gas, goes reasonably fast (65 with stock gearing, 80+ with overdrive), and has air conditioning. As everyone above has said, you need to plan ahead, but it is worth it when everything works out.