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FOR SALE: Eddie Meyer POLISHED 21 Stud heads (flat top piston) ‘32-‘35 Originally produced in 1938, these mark Meyers’ first production of speed equipment. Don Orosco/ Monterey Speed and sport reproductions. Don was the only guy making 21 stud heads for years. H&H lists these for $1650 but as...

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Complete project. 59AB Flathead V8 runs, clutch works, trans grinds in 1st and Reverse, wiring shot, body very solid, trunk rotted out, brakes there but need everything, same with fuel system. Dash rough but complete, interior all there but shot. ‘42 Mercs are uncommon. In February of ‘42 the...

Looking for a good useable set of spark plug wire tubes for a ‘39 Ford/Merc. I need a set with all the grommets intact. Not too worried about dents, can work anything minor out. Thanks, Randy

‘42 Staff Car restoration questions I’m helping out on a mild restoration on a very complete ‘42 Ford Army staff car. The car itself is very original and complete except for the interior which was reupholstered some time in the 70’s. Does anyone know of an unrestored ‘42 Staff car with an...

Re: ‘39 Merc All Terrain Vehicle??? Woah. I had no idea such a creature existed. Super neat.

Re: ‘39 Merc All Terrain Vehicle??? Thanks for the input! ..and for the "take it easy, don't kill it crowd..." I totally understand the sentiment that we should "drive carefully and enjoy.." these cars. There is certainly merit to that approach, but my brain rejects it as somehow...

Re: ‘39 Merc All Terrain Vehicle??? Rear is 3.78. Compression is an even 90psi across all 8 cylinders. Low-ish compression, but the local flathead guys thought it was decent... Also, i’m running 6.50x 16’s. I’m aware that a 6.00x 16 would help the situation slightly. Car will currently do...

‘39 Merc All Terrain Vehicle??? Well, not really. I’ve got a stock ‘39 Mercury sedan that I’ve been taking on camping trips this summer. Other than a few cooling issues that I’ve mostly got solved, I notice that climbing hills is tough on the old Merc. Paved or not, it seems to hate pulling...

Re: ‘39 Merc light grinding sound through shifter Interesting. Here my glass “bug.” 5-39

Re: ‘39 Merc light grinding sound through shifter Nice car! How did you find out when it was produced?

Re: ‘39 Merc light grinding sound through shifter It was making it before. The reason I dug in at all honestly was the noise. If it isn’t a catastrophic issue, I’m not very concerned with it. Other than the noise, there isn’t really a negative symptom related to it. Thanks.

‘39 Merc light grinding sound through shifter Thanks to you guys, I solved an annoying acceleration issue in this low-mile ‘39 Merc. I’ve been packing miles on it the past few days and i’m impressed with how smooth the car operates generally...but there is ONE THING...(isn’t there always?) I’m...

Re: ‘39 Merc hesitating under load...driving me crazy FIXED! Thanks for all the input. After much of the input here suggested something to do with plug wires or ignition, I decided to dig back into the distributor. Initially I wanted to verify that I didn’t have any crossed wires... turns...

Re: ‘39 Merc hesitating under load...driving me crazy On the 94 I set it myself. I haven’t on the 97 but there has been no change between the two carbs. I would expect at least a little difference. That said, I’ll pull the top off the ‘97 and check it. Thanks.