Sherman's Photo Gallery

You'll get the name soon. This 51 Mercury belongs to Mike Zmansky of Phoenix, and quickly became a bigger job than we thought. We had built a custom frame from 2X4X.188 wall rails formed by Art-Morrison with a custom Air Ride IFS and some fabricated trailing arms. The floor was so bad (we discovered) we changed the plan. The floor was gutted, some 2X4X.120 wall tube was fit inside the rockers from the A pillar to past the B-pillar, then the new frame was set in place and 2X4 stubbs fitted to join the body to the frame. The exhaust is also integrated into the frame, and will connect to the engine with flexible sections. Now it's time to floor/tunnel and construct a '51 Mercury uni-body.


 

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Interior shot of the muffler

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Rear Rails & Tubs

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Tubbs from front side

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Crossmember w/ exhaust in place

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Rear of crossmember with trailing arm mounted in place.

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Front without Firewall

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Front of Crossmember with exhaust in place

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Firewall in place.

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Firewall with cut out marked.

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Big Block in place - Good set back

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New Motor Mounts - Nice to have a Flow-Jet

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Firewall fit around trans.

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Trans on it's mount.

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Looking down at a raised rear floor to clear trailing arms when dropped.

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Last look at chassis & exhaust

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Drivers floor steel and cardboard

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Complete floor and tunnel from firewall to wheel tubbs.

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Lots of welding to go :(

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Looking down at the trunk with battery boxes.

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Finished Floor

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Rear transition to tubbs

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Trunk with rear bracing in.

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Discussing the fit of a Desoto grill & apron for upcoming sheet metal work.

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Prepping the body to fit the front clip.

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Setting the front clip in place - Lots of help!

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Basic fender to door alignment.

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Perfct fit from axle center line to wheel opening.

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Just about ready to hit the ground.

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On the ground at ride height

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Front suspension & A arm position at ride height

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Front suspension dropped

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On the ground

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The parting shot - Notice the darkness outside.