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Tag Archives: Mercury
Tips and tricks to make your next door assembly easier
Mounting door hinges and hanging doors is one of those restoration steps that professionals — such as the guys at Ken’s Klassics in Muscoda, Wis. — make look easy. But as many novices can attest, it can be a frustrating job, especially for first-timers, and frought with trial-and-error learning. More
Categories: Restoration, Restoration Tips
Tags: car doors, doors, hanging doors, Mercury, restoration
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First glance at Raleigh Auction: Low Miles = Huge Smiles
Photo and Report submitted by Charles H. Farley Unrestored, original examples with documented low miles was the formula that led to huge smiles from the buyers, the sellers and the Auctions America LLC staff at the Raleigh Classic, held Dec. … More
Categories: Auction News, Hobby News
Tags: Auctions America, Cadillac, car auction, classic car, Mercury, mercury monarch, monarch, raleigh classic
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Car of the Week: 1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator
When Pat Pacarenuk had the option to buy one of 100 1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator muscle machines that would be sold in Canada back in 1969 — and order it any way he wanted it — he couldn’t agree fast enough. More
Categories: Car of the Week, Muscle Cars
Tags: Cobra Jet, cougar, Eliminator, Ford, Mercury
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Ford Find: Fan finds uncle’s long-lost ’46 hiding in barn
When Richard Cleer of Ipava, Ill., found the 1946 Ford five-passenger coupe his uncle had hot-rodded in the 1950s just 25 miles from his home, he was actually following a lead to a 1939 flathead engine for another car. The barn was so overgrown with vines, trees and tall grass, it would have taken Indiana Jones to find it. Sometimes it pays to be in the right place at the right time. More
Categories: 40's Cars, Editor's Picks, Features, Hobby News
Tags: barn find, Ford, hotrod, International Harvester, Mercury
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Car of the Week: 1956 Mercury Montclair
For the most part, Jim Miller’s 1956 Mercury Montclair appears to be pretty much a stock machine. But something isn’t quite right about the roof. It looks like the roof of a Ford Crown Victoria, the Montclair’s more celebrated stablemate from the 1950s. More
21st Century Orphans find home at Iola 2012
By Phil Hall For 2012, 21st Century Orphans will take over the feature tent and display areas to the south of the F+W Media building for the July 12-15 event in Iola, Wis. But what in the world are the … More
Categories: Car Show News, Hobby News
Tags: car show, classic car, collector car, Iola, Iola Old Car Show, Mercury, old car, Oldsmobile, orphans, Plymouth, Pontiac, vintage car
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RM sells 50 cars from Dingman Collection
RM Auctions rang up $9.88 million in sales with 100 percent of all lots sold at its Dingman Collection 2012 auction in Hamption, N.H., June 9-10. The Dingman Collection represented many years of careful and meticulous acquisition by prominent businessman, … More
Categories: Auction News, Auction Sold Prices, Hobby News
Tags: aston martin, Continental, Dingman, Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mustang, Porsche, RM Auctions, Volkswagen, Zephyr
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Car of the Week: 1951 Mercury convertible
Arthur French has owned his 1951 Mercury convertible for nearly three decades, and sooner or you have to figure the novelty will wear off a little bit. More
Symco Shakedown rumbles into town Aug. 10-11
The Iola Old Car Show and the Vintage Military Show aren’t the only hip automotive events to hit the greater Iola, Wis., area. The Symco Shakedown rumbles the tiny town of Symco, Wis., with throaty pipes, chirping cheater slicks and … More
Categories: Car Show News, Editor's Picks, Under the Hood
Tags: Bel Air, Cadillac, custom car show, De Soto, Ford, hot rod show, Hudson, Mercury, period hot rods, retro rods, Symco Shakedown, Willys
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James Dean 1949 Mercury ‘won’ in wager
During the height of the baseball season, the California Automobile Museum of Sacramento and the National Automobile Museum in Reno entered into a friendly wager around a 16-game series pitting the local minor league baseball team, the River Cats, against … More
