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1942 Mercury Town Sedan. Ran when purchased from Bubba and we took a short ride, 2,3 miles. Gauges do not work, but not overheating. Today, engine starts, idles, then chugs and dies and will not restart. Let sit for 10 minutes and it will start, idle smooth, chug and die. Aftermarket carb...

Have an opportunity to pick up two vehicles 700 miles away. Ran when parked, but not driving now. Agency that is offering vehicles cannot provide any sort of loading assistance. So, if I get quotes from Uship or some other broker, if driver pulls up with winch truck and vehicles need to be...

Starting from scratch on interior for my US Army staff car project. Installing floorboard today and carpet is on the project list. Appears no vendors sell a Mercury interior kit or carpet. A vendor in NJ sells a Super Deluxe carpet kit, but my understanding is the Mercury has a slightly wider...

Refreshed radiator and installed new correct hoses. But the Bubba side supports are now too short and probably incorrect anyway. Bubbba had two shackle looking braces that connected with short carriage bolt to the inserts in the radiator sides and then mounted through a hole on the inner...

Got my restoration guide for the 41/48 Fords and it mentions on the 42 Mercury some sort of sheet metal that directed air flow under the hood through the radiator. I'm picturing some sort of sheet metal screwed into the front hood support area, along the inner fender sheet metal and attaches or...

See pic. Broken piece of upper left hand trim strip on Mercury, but may be same pattern trim as Ford. If pattern is slightly different, but you have two matching pieces, I can replace the broken strip and the unbroken strip. Not a show car project, will all get painted OD green for WWII staff...

Ties into my solinoid thread, but that one has runs it's course, so starting a new inquiry. I've got the 4 position keyed Bubba ignition working and going through the 12v solinoid grounded to the firewall. Negative ground system. I'd like to add the push button starter into the mix so that I...

Picked this up off eBay for my 42 Mercury sedan as it was represented and it turns out to be for a large truck Ford. Marked 21T/JA the tech forum viewed pics and identified this radiator as for the large trucks. See pics. I paid $250 for it on Ebay and then another $127.50 to have it tested...

Got back from radiator shop this morning after having it deep cleaned after eBay purchase. Represented as 42/48 Ford radiator. When I took out the Bubba aluminum radiator and it had mounting legs at the bottom and special slots on the upper sides for carriage bolts and straps to the inner...

Bubba converted to 12v and has starter solinoid mounted on firewall. Negative battery cable feels like it goes behind the battery down to the fram and the positive battery cable goes to the solinoid and comes off the solinoid and goes to the starter. So has Bubba also converted to negative...

Obviousely need to clean up the Bubba coil set up. Converted to 12v. The beer can has got to go and a coil bracket obtained. I've got some WWII Ford jeep coil brackets and I'd be shocked if they were not correct for this car, and a nice script F for good measure. But this resistor or relay...

Got my restoration guide, so now I'm dangerous. It mentions air deflectors between the grill and radiator that were unique to the 1942 model. So anyone got these laying on the shelf? I've pulled the Bubba aluminum radiator and installing a correct one, so might as well go the extra mile. I've...

The original is there, but brumbling away, not goning to be show car and I'm picking and choosing my battles on how much to restore and how much is not that important to the end result. If I were to take on replacing fender welting, I've read where just loosen the bolt enough to allow the old...

Pulled these strips off the Bubba walll to wall carpet door panels on the 42 Mercury project. Some damage and some smaller pieces installed to look like one piece. But I like the idea of the bent over nails coming through drilled holes in my masonite door panels. Keeps the fabric tight and...

Kind of a sketchy thread, I suppose. Anyway, I purchased a radiator off eBay that was represented as original for the 42-48 Ford/Mercury and I have no reason to beieve that it isn't. Took it to my radiator shop for testing and cleaning. He says it is the nicest radiator for that era that he...

When I got the car from Bubba with the wall to wall carpeting door panels, no arm rests attached, but in the box of parts, two front and two rear arm rest sheet metal. Reading about how at least the fronts attach using retaining clips on the rear of the door panels and then they clip into a...

Both rear windows were caulked in place, and not with nice clear silicone adhesive caulk, but old white bathroom tub and tile caulk. When I chipped it all out, the window slid down and out and they will get replaced. So, I took the opportunity to remove the window regulators as it must be the...

Got the 42 Mercury in line for the US Army staff car project. I don't know what I don't know and I don't know what I don't have if I don't have it. So, trying to get basic information on where things are located and what is supposed to be present and what pictures might help with interior...

Bubba had his bright orange tach mounted on some luan ply sscrewed into the speaker grill mounting holes. No grill in the parts stash, but a radio. So, would like to put a speaker grill over the hole. Radio will not be operable, so I can put some speaker cloth under the grill if necessary...

Have nothing now, just motors and shafts, need arms and blades. Do not need to be museum quality as they will be painted OD green foor my US Army staff car project, so poor finish is acceptable. Let me know what you have and what you need. s/h to Winston, GA 30187 Thank you for your...