1950 Mercury new member

405737

Look closely and you can see this this Accessory Splash Pan Trim in this picture in the 1949 Mercury Accessory Brochure, but it doesn't list it anywhere else which is strange? It has to be Genuine Ford and not After-Market.
 
The part might be in the original 1949 issue of the chassis parts catalog. I looked through all the accessories in the early 1951 update of the chassis parts catalog and it's not in there. That would be one of those accessories that a person would have to get up close to even tell it was there. It's a shiny cover for the part that is already in there. From the front, the bumper hides it a bit. With the accessory grill guard, it hides it even more.

This link is for 1949 accessories. It might be in there. https://www.autopaper.com/1949-merc...s-brochure-mailer-folder-options-original.php
 
Last edited:
405737

That is the Accessory Sales Brochure listed by Auto Brochure is the same one that I copied the above picture from. Reading through it, there is no special mention of this Accessory Stone Tray Trim, but it is obviously fitted to the car illustrated in this picture.
 
rotorwrench said:
Those protector bar sets were likely an aftermarket accessory but I don't have all the info for the 1950 models. The 51s just had the single cross bar in the front according to the accessory manual. Outside mirrors were accessories as well and Dealers kept them in stock so there were two distinct styles depending on dealer inventories. The sun shade might be an accessory. It looks a lot like the Dietrich types that were available for the 51 cars.
Click to expand...




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

Attachments

  • merc27.jpg
    merc27.jpg
    50.1 KB · Views: 59
If I had one of those, I'd rechrome it and run it; the embossed letters are really cool! "Van Auken Corp" out of Detroit? Cool!
 
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
 

Attachments

  • merc29.jpg
    merc29.jpg
    82.3 KB · Views: 128
  • merc28.jpg
    merc28.jpg
    79.8 KB · Views: 128
  • merc30.jpg
    merc30.jpg
    50.2 KB · Views: 52
How can anyone not like that! The dash (in particular) looks great.

Please come back more often!:)
 
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...
 
Welcome to the barn 1MercMan78. Nice car ! Have fun & know there are some very knowlegable & nice folks here. They have sure helped me.
mike
 
1MercMan78 said:
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
Click to expand...
Holy ****!!! That cleaned up big time. Looks great.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top