Mercury Eight 1949

This original and restored 1949 Mercury Coupe has been saved from being chopped by someone like Sam Barris! I found the car in California, in September –10. The fact that this Mercury still had the original flathead V8 engine was just perfect.

The Mercury Eight has been my favorite car design, ever since I saw the movie “Rebel without a cause” with James Dean, and it has inspired me through the years.

The Mercury was shipped from Los Angeles and arrived in Sweden on a very cold November day 2010. The next day we had the first snow. 

Some soft customizing work has now been done to the car since it come to Sweden, it has been lowered with 2 ½” dropped spindles and 4” lowering blocks in the rear. The fender skirts are now from a –51, as well some paint job. The hubcaps are modified –56 Mercury now with a bullet. The original muffler was replaced with a “Cherry Bomb”, but in the future it will be replaced by a dual exhaust system. There are as always a lot of other work to do once you start go trough an old car you can spend all your time on it....... but don't expect too much. Nobody is perfect..... 

 

  

The Flathead 1947 project extends

Almost ready to be fired up, the engine is now fully assembled and waits for the rest of the bike which is with the painter at the moment.

Yes, there will be a Buddy seat mounted on this bike after all… this one is up to my understanding restored to be accurate for -47 models.

S.N.U.T. MC SWAP

Social business as usual!

For people who appreciate the art of old craftsmanship….
Gunhild always show up in different Swap meets, she is very creative and skilful when it comes to custom made motorcycle seats, saddle bags, tool bags, belts, wallets, you name it.....

They are only original once!

Patina is the ultimate, you can’t fake it, originality only exists once for a motorcycle, once modified it’s gone forever....

Flathead 1947 UL project continue…

When restoring an old and classic Harley that takes a significant part of your life.

I spend a lot of time about from where and from who I can get the needed parts. More or less daily contacts with fellows I have learned to know over the years in the same hobby around …. There will be a few more pics coming soon.

The rebuild wheels, brakes and star hubs.

Gearbox in the frame for check.

Oil tanks

I like to have the oil tanks on my bikes decorated with a vintage  pin-up girl….My friend Master Blaster has make it to be a reality.

“Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.”

Somebody has cleared out don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

I have done what I could.... with the rear fender, but I was not satisfied with the result. So I had to contact my friend Mattias who run LeBeeF Kustom Metal Works for his professionally support. http://www.lebeefkustoms.com/ 

 Thank you Mattias now I can go on!

                                             

Two steps forward one step back!

Two steps forward one step back.  It’s better than one step forward, two steps back.....anyhow this will not stop me from pushing my Flathead 1947 UL project  ahead….!

Parkerizing time...

Some parts to my Flathead projects have been parkerized as well some spare parts.

This is my equipments!  

The result!




Flathead 1947 UL project

The work to bring my old Flathead UL 1947 back on the road again has come to bee more current every day. The project started slow last winter....  

The engine as well as the gearbox has been restored by my friend JK.

The frame is now ready after a lot of repairs. So far the brakes have been totally overhauled and I have added a new sprocket to the rear drum.

                                                         My rivet tool!