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I’m looking for a taupe rubber floor mat in any condition. Prefer a used original mat if possible. I have a ‘41 Coupe with a nice original floor mat with carpet inserts but it’s too short on the sides and so there’s a 3” gap before the rear carpet starts that I want to fill with sections of...

Thanks to Ole Don for the post on how to remove the headlight switch. I’m sure I would have tried to unscrew the bezel first, not knowing you need to push the bezel in first before turning it to remove. I have this switch on my ‘54 Mercury Monterey and everything works fine except the dimmer...

Thanks to everyone for your help. Since my last post I have replaced the coil, resistor, condenser & rotor. I have also, cleaned the distributor cap contacts and inspected and gaped the points which had no evidence of burning. I'm still getting no spark to the plugs so I plan to test the new...

Thanks for all the comments. The coil is an original type which requires a resistor to drop the 6 volt input to the primary side of the coil to about 1.5 volts to prevent damage to the coil circuit (See the picture below). So far I replaced the condenser and tried a direct connection from the...

I've been diagnosing a no spark issue on my stock '48 Mercury. The car was starting and running fine until two days ago. When cranking the engine with remote starter to check for spark, I noticed the ceramic-type resistor mounted on top of the (after market) coil was literally smoking it had...

Rear axel from 1948 Mercury in excellent condition. Just removed from low mileage driver to install Columbia. Always maintained with regular oil changes. Gear set is 3:78 ratio. Price includes extra long heavy duty pallet for shipping if needed. $100 price excludes shipping, local pick-up...