48MercMan
Junior Member
Hi everyone!
Just wanted to take a second to introduce myself and thank everyone for letting me join in on the site. I have considered joining for a while now and finally pulled the trigger.
I am a San Diego resident that has grown up with old cars. My brother and I have shared a few cars over the years. My "early ford" is actually a Mercury, But contains mostly Ford parts. It is a 1948 Mercury 114X. Its a bastardized Mercury if you will that was made in Canada with Ford/Mercury parts. We got the car when I was in grade school 17 yrs ago.
My Dad got this rust bucket of a project for us to drive in highschool and we spent a lot of time, energy and $ to rebuild this car. We didn't even know the car was Canadian untill the rebuilding stage of the project and had a hard time getting the Mercury trim to fit the front fenders. Mom did some online research and found out it was built in Canada. I was always a little worried putting so much of our time and $ into a four door. Looking back now I am glad we had the determination to keep the project going. Wouldn't have it any other way! Attached are a few pictures of the car now.
Car runs with a '50 ford truck engine. Was rebuilt in San Jose buy Rod Fertado. Offy Equipt heads and intake. Dual 94 Carbs. Fenton headers lead to dual glasspacks. The Trans is a '39 ford toploader rebuilt by Jerry Jobe. Car is lowered 4" at both ends. We tried to get as much NOS parts as possible and have to credit All Ford in San Jose and C & G Ford in Escondido for supplying a lot of misc. parts.
This is my first post and hope to add many more. I know this car isn't completly back to original and hope it doesn't piss anyone off.
Once again, thanks!
-RC
Just wanted to take a second to introduce myself and thank everyone for letting me join in on the site. I have considered joining for a while now and finally pulled the trigger.
I am a San Diego resident that has grown up with old cars. My brother and I have shared a few cars over the years. My "early ford" is actually a Mercury, But contains mostly Ford parts. It is a 1948 Mercury 114X. Its a bastardized Mercury if you will that was made in Canada with Ford/Mercury parts. We got the car when I was in grade school 17 yrs ago.
My Dad got this rust bucket of a project for us to drive in highschool and we spent a lot of time, energy and $ to rebuild this car. We didn't even know the car was Canadian untill the rebuilding stage of the project and had a hard time getting the Mercury trim to fit the front fenders. Mom did some online research and found out it was built in Canada. I was always a little worried putting so much of our time and $ into a four door. Looking back now I am glad we had the determination to keep the project going. Wouldn't have it any other way! Attached are a few pictures of the car now.
Car runs with a '50 ford truck engine. Was rebuilt in San Jose buy Rod Fertado. Offy Equipt heads and intake. Dual 94 Carbs. Fenton headers lead to dual glasspacks. The Trans is a '39 ford toploader rebuilt by Jerry Jobe. Car is lowered 4" at both ends. We tried to get as much NOS parts as possible and have to credit All Ford in San Jose and C & G Ford in Escondido for supplying a lot of misc. parts.
This is my first post and hope to add many more. I know this car isn't completly back to original and hope it doesn't piss anyone off.
Once again, thanks!
-RC
, you'll find a mixed bag of people here,
and I think your Merc is a great looking car! Vic
