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My shift lever jammed on the drive home this weekend and I had to have the car towed home. Started taking things apart following the overhaul manual and it looks like the "key" on the end of the tube is completely worn out. It won't engage the gears anymore. I have never worked on a column...

the last section on my body no. portion of the tag is 48B if that was the 48th car made that day what is the B? its is a 1950 mercury sport sedan 15-52-31e-48b so laguna blue with blue two tone plain broadcloth on the 31st of may just not sure about the 48B

I still have a ton of work to do. the next big project is completely rewire it. its the original cloth covered wiring not very safe at all its in bad shape. one project at a time...

so 6 months later the oxidation buffed out pretty good and i polished it. also took this entire time finding 1 bezel and 1 knob at a time for the dash and i finally obtained all the missing pieces so thats finally all back together

I took pictures of the brand when I was back in Florida this weekend working on it

i've never seen that before that looks awesome

that bar was one of the first things i took off. it hides the front grill that is the best part of the car. at it completely hides the trunk. i figured it was some kind of a chrome package they ordered with the car. it has like 2 brackets that go right to the frame and then it used the...

I actually haven't even checked that out yet. The car has been in Florida at my buddys shop and I fly down from Texas on my free weekends to work on it. I was looking at an email from the guy I bought it from and he said new rack and pinion but perhaps he meant a new gearbox. All I have done...

A few pictures out of the album I made on my profile here

Got an email from a friend that mentioned this site, told me to sign up and do an introduction. Been looking for this car for quite a few years before I came across this is Miami. Original paint 1 owner garage kept. Previous mechanic had redone a ton of work. Brand new rack and pinion, new...