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06-01-2017, 03:05 PM | #1 |
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1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
Greetings and glad to be a new member
i have a fire damaged woody that I am going to upgrade suspension and drive train .while trying to salvage as much of original parts.very new to this i am more of a muscle car guy so bear with me if i ask some dumb questions thanks |
06-01-2017, 05:00 PM | #2 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
Welcome on. The only dumb question is the one that a person should ask but decides not to. We don't see too many of the 42 through 48 Mercs so anything about them is going to be interesting. There are a few dedicated woody guys on this forum.
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
Welome to the site. I have a '46 Ford "Woodie" with a modern drive train. From the outside it looks like a restored car but underneath it has a Chevy 350, TH350 and Ford 9". I used Chassis Engineering for the suspension parts ETC. Just remember, try not to get too crazy with the HP because "Woodies" flex a bit. There are no dumb questions, you might get some dumb answers though.
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06-01-2017, 05:56 PM | #4 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
thanks for warm welcome .
after reading rules thought i might be out of place. Glad i was wrong putting a fatman mustang 11 front end simple with coil springs and shocks mild small block chevy with a 700 r4 and a 9 inch with posies slider leaf springs and once again thanks for warm welcome |
06-01-2017, 06:12 PM | #5 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
Have you looked over on the HAMB?
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06-01-2017, 06:34 PM | #6 |
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will give p/n and mod i made as soon as i figure out |
06-01-2017, 06:38 PM | #7 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
i heard this was best web sight i will look at hamb if you think better source
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06-01-2017, 07:59 PM | #8 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
If U aren't already a member U should join the "National Woodie Club" Many Mercs original and modified there. Good source for all things woodie. What part of the country R U from. There may be a Merc or two in your area. U have a major job ahead of U. Good luck! Bill
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06-01-2017, 08:10 PM | #9 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
Probably have to modify the massive X member to fit the 700 R4. I didn't need to do very much with the TH350, just had to heat it up in a few places to clear. If I wasn't trying to keep it as original as possible I would have made a new X member and made it a lot smaller. I noticed you mentioned that this car was once in a fire. Was it for sale in the flea market at Hershey a few years ago? If it's the same car, I have a bunch of pictures of it somewhere.
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06-01-2017, 08:17 PM | #10 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
Welcome to Ford Barn. Seems like you have a big job ahead of you replacing the wooden body. The end results will be worth it. |
06-02-2017, 09:17 AM | #11 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
This is what you are going to have to do to get a 700r4 trans into a 48 Mercury frame
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06-02-2017, 09:26 AM | #12 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
How about this? http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/497...smission-swap/
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06-02-2017, 09:59 AM | #13 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
What part of the county are you located in?
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06-02-2017, 11:47 AM | #14 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
Nice chassis work 47 Merc. As I said the TH350 was tight, but only required a little heating and bumping. The issue with this is that if I have trans issues I will need to pull the motor. I don't want to chop out the "X" member, because down the road, when it's time for me to "check out" if someone wants to restore my car it will be easy.
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06-02-2017, 11:57 AM | #15 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
The 200R4 is the same length as the TH350 and also has OD.
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06-02-2017, 03:45 PM | #16 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
Welcome......
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06-02-2017, 04:09 PM | #17 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
thanks for all reply's
i live in southwest florida fort myers good chance this is same car that was at Hershey @ 47 merc a picture worth 1,000 words thank you that gives me a great head start was figuring i would need 17 inches gap |
06-02-2017, 04:54 PM | #18 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
With this frame modification, can you remove the transmission without removing the engine? |
06-02-2017, 05:25 PM | #19 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
looks like a bolt on cross member
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06-02-2017, 07:29 PM | #20 |
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Re: 1948 Mercury woody wagon restoraion
When completed, it could look like this beauty. |
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