47 mercury restoration help

Lon5ie

Lon5ie

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Since I have received great info from this site, I figured I would ask for some more help. I bought a Mercury that was in pieces at an auction....very solid but mostly disassembled. It is a 47 convertible. I want to restore close to original as possible. Won't be a perfect car but want to do as much right as possible. I would like to know the following item correct paint colors or in some cases if they are just a cadmium original coating. I would also be willing to pay someone who has the same car to take a lot of pictures for me (contact at lonmich@comcast.net). Here it goes:

Generator mounting bracket and bolt- color?
Intake manifold studs (painted Ford Blue or Not)?
clutch inspection cover -color?
inside of fenders (body color or black)?
Underside of hood (black or body paint color)?
Inside front fender well pieces (large side panel pieces) (black or body paint color, or are they body paint color on outside and black on inside)
Splash pans for radiator including front piece where crank hole is- black or body paint color?
dash surround -color?
voltage regulator cover- color?
throttle linkage that attached to firewall (body paint color or cad or black?
front and rear gravel shields (metal pieces at rear of fenders (black or body paint color)
steering tube color (currently mine is a really weird tanish/pinkish color)
engine pulleys- black, cad, or ford engine blue color?

I know this is a lot to ask...and I'll probably have more later....but looking to make as right as possible....I like original restorations when possible.

Thanks and please email me if you have an assembled 47 Mercury convertible so we can talk pictures.
 
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We have yellow 47 Merc. convertible also.
The person who did the restore, painted everything black
under the car and engine bay.
Sorry can't help you with colors.
Good luck with your restore.
Feel free to ask any other questions if I can help.


Bob-Hampshire, Ill.
 
Bob, Thanks for the reply......would really like some pictures of the dash, door sills (with doors open), trunk, firewall and any accessories you may have. I would really appreciate them and would be willing to pay a little for your time. You can email me privately at lonmich@comcast.net if you would like.
 
Underside of fenders and hood are body color, inner fenters, brackets are black yalong with splash pans, regular cover I believe is cadmium , pulleys are black I believe generator bracket is black bolt is cad, hopefully others will correct me if I am wrong. Can't help on the steering column or dash panels, I have a Ford and they are different. Good luck
 
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