Mercury Custom 1949

Allmän beskrivning : 1949 Mercury Eight Custom Coupe with matching steel trailer The ultimate lead sled with matching sled trailer Same owner for the past 11 years First year for post-WWII styling and stillextremelydesirable today Chevy 350ci V-8 engine and Holley 4-B carb Three-speed automatic transmission Air-conditioning, power steering and power brakes Red/gray exterior, custom pinstriping and matching interior with Mercury deity theme Dual exhaust, vented hood, rear fender skirts, dual Frenched antennas, dual spotlights, tilt column and tinted glass Pushbutton start, door poppers and a trailer popper Matching Short Cut all steel trailer custom made from a donor Mercury Dont want anyone to know if youre coming or going? Then we have the perfect vehicle to confuse bystanders and onlookers, a 1949 Mercury Eight Custom Lead Sled Coupe with matching trailer.Finished in a high quality and handsome tri-coat red and gray splendor, the cars paint and trim are in overall very good order. There is a blemish on the left rear corner of the hood, near the cowl. The tinted windows are in very good shape with no cracks except for the drivers side vent window has a crack and the cars lights are in similar good order, even the custom headlights.Car rolls on BFGoodrich Silvertown wide whitewall radials, size 225/70R15 and surrounding turbine wheels, complete with neon green valve stem caps and all are in very good order. The cars body panels, including its vented hood and rear fender skirts, are straight and solid.Under its heavily sprung hood is a Chevy 350ciV-8 engine in a completely billeted engine bay that is very tidy and backing up that motor is a three-speed automatic transmission. Driver assist features include pushbutton start, tilt column, air-conditioning, dual spotlights and poppers for the doors and trunklid.Inside, the red and gray interior is done in a Mercury deity theme, complete with 49 and images of the Roman god on the steering wheel hub and back seat. The red and gray velour bench seats are in excellent shape. The black carpet is in very good order. The gray headliner is lush and in excellent shape and the red instrument panel is in identical good shape. The two-spoke steering wheel is an aftermarket item and in very good condition. The inner door panels look fantastic. The mirror glass and shift lever are in good shape. Completing the interior are an AM/FM stereo with CD player with a 5.5-inch CRT screen and a pair of black, fuzzy dice dangling from the rearview mirror.The firstpostwarMercury was introduced in the 1949 model year. The engine was aflatheadV8that produced slightly more power than the then also newly designed1949 Ford. A new overdrive system was optional, activated by a handle under the dash.The styling of the Mercury Eight, when it was released in 1949, adopted the "ponton" appearance, and was successful in both ending the monotony of warmed-over pre-war style, and differentiating Mercury from its comparable Ford cousin, a trick that spelled sales success. Sales figures for both Ford and Mercury broke records in 1949. The new approach to styling was also evident on the completely redesignedLincolnand the all-newLincoln Cosmopolitan. The Mercury Eight used full instrumentation.An eight-tube radio was an option.Included with the car is Short Cut, a all steel trailer designed and built to echo the cars nose and tail. The trailer was custom built from a donor Mercury and the rear and front clip sections were placed together. It has headlights, a grille, front bumper, taillights, a rear bumper and even a center high-mounted stoplight. To open the trailer, it needs to be hitched to the car for battery power. Inside the trailer is storage space and a stereo with cassette, its even included with a "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack tape from the 80's! If you are not interested in this awesome custom trailer, please call us to negotiate a deal. The trailer d s have a few blemishes but d sn't distract from its overall uniqueness.Within its era and beyond, the Mercury Eight was popular with customizers. In 1949,Sam Barrisbuilt the firstlead sledfrom a 1949 Mercury Eight; the Eight became the definitive lead sled, much as theFord V-8(as the"deuce") was becoming the definitivehot rod. The Eights were among the first models to receive an aftermarketOHVengine swap, sinceOldsmobileandCadillacdeveloped the first high-compression OHV V8 engines in 1949, whereas Ford was still using a sidevalve engine. Sam and George Barris also used the 1949 body style to build "the most famous custom car ever,"theHirohata Merc, for customer Bob Hirohata in 1953. Setting a style and an attitude, it had a "momentous effect" on custom car builders, appeared in several magazines at the timeand reappeared numerous times since, earning an honorable mention onRod & Custom's "Twenty Best of All Time" list in 1991.The Eight remains a very popular subject for car modelers.This car is currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 91,273 miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!!VIN: 9CM218533Note: Please see full terms and conditions listed below that pertain to the purchase of any said vehicle, thank you.

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Karosstyp : Personbil Märke : Mercury Modell : Custom Motorvolym : 0.0 Årsmodell : 1949 Läge : 13710 NE 20th Street Bellevue, WA 98005 Fordon Registrering : Odefinierad

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