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08-16-2021, 09:57 PM | #1 |
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I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
I was looking at the old clutch pressure plate that I pulled off my ‘50 Merc, and I noticed how it would make a great clock face. So, I zip-tied a clock mechanism to it and now I have a pretty cool clock in my shop. I figured someone here might find it interesting.
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08-16-2021, 10:33 PM | #2 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
Imagination and ingenuity in action. Good job!
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08-16-2021, 11:04 PM | #3 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
I love it.... Was it Steve Miller who said that time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' into the future? He musta seen my wife turning her subaru around in our 30 degree slope driveway. Perfect thing to do with a clutch. Excuse me if I copy this. Thanks for sharing!
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08-17-2021, 12:09 AM | #4 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
I like it !!
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08-17-2021, 12:21 AM | #5 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
Love it! A great way use parts and pieces and make art. Much better than scrapping and destroying a piece of history.
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08-17-2021, 01:29 AM | #6 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
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I thought those Merc clutch cores were getting rather hard to find. Neat way to "pass the time", though. DD . |
08-17-2021, 05:52 AM | #7 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
Very clever, thanks for sharing
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08-17-2021, 06:45 AM | #8 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
Really neat. Does it chatter at all ? Funny how "time slipps away".......
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08-17-2021, 06:55 AM | #9 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
Nice job.
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08-17-2021, 07:07 AM | #10 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
well dun
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08-17-2021, 10:08 AM | #11 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
Was it time for a new clutch? I like it.
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08-17-2021, 10:12 AM | #12 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
Save that pressure plate as they are getting as scarce as 51 Merc water pumps.
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08-17-2021, 12:19 PM | #13 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
While the Mercury certainly used the Borg & Beck clutch, it wasn't the only car to use them. Only the inner diameter and the number stamped there ID it as for a Mercury application. It is a nice Borg & Beck/Mercury clock though.
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08-17-2021, 03:29 PM | #14 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
Glad you all like it! I guess I wasn’t aware that these were getting hard to come by. The car has had a spare in the trunk for probably about as long as I’ve been alive, so I haven’t had to go looking for one. For the person who asked: the pressure plate and the disc weren’t as bad as they could have been, but they weren’t good enough to put it back together with either. From what I was told, this clutch was seized up from sitting at one point, they got it free by standing on the clutch pedal and bumping the starter over and over while two people rocked the car back and forth, but who knows if that’s true. I also learned to drive a manual on this clutch when I was 14, so that adds a little sentimental value to it for me.
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08-17-2021, 05:19 PM | #15 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
I like it. I have two cores boxed up to return to Fort Wayne. Maybe I'll take another look at them before I do.
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08-17-2021, 07:28 PM | #16 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
I found a clock mounted one mounted on a 39 Ford after market dog dish. I mounted it on the front pax tire. The problem is then someone asked what time it was, we had to jack up the tire to turn the wheel's clock right side up...
I have a '50 Ford clock-dog dish for sale. Last edited by Clem Clement; 08-18-2021 at 05:25 PM. |
08-18-2021, 01:50 PM | #17 |
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Re: I made a clock from the clutch out of my ‘50 Merc
The clutch changed when the Mercury changed over to the new style transmission somewhere around February of 1951, The 1949 thru early 1951 cars used the 1 3/8" 10-spline input with the small half bell like the early Fords. The late 51 Mercury through at least 1953 used the 1' 10-spline input with the 4-bolt Borg Warner flange pattern similar to the shoe box Fords but Ford cars used the Long type clutch while Mercury cars used the Borg & Beck. The numbers are listed in the Hollander Interchange manual.
The Borg & Beck clutches changed for the different throw out bearing & input spline used between early and late transmission types. |
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