1951 Mercury M72 Custom Lead Sled

1951 Mercury Other Description

While this car has many of the desired modifications, the car was home built using an early 70’s Oldsmobile Omega for the suspension and drive train. The body modifications will be less desirous because of the use of fiberglass reproduction parts. These parts include the hood, front fenders, fender skirts and possibly the rear quarter panel extensions.

The vehicle has an older model Oldsmobile 350 Engine and transmission; the front sub-frame was salvaged from an Oldsmobile Omega. There is no door glass, or interior mechanisms for the glass inside the doors, there are no window moldings or weather stripping. There are no external door handles or electronic entry to open the doors. The interior of the car has a split bench seat in the front that is reupholstered, the back seat is also reupholstered both are in very good condition; the front and rear seat are done in black with red inlay. The speedometer and oil gauges are the only two gauges that are operational. None of the other gauges operate. There is no heating ventilation or air conditioning in the vehicle. Vehicle has a completed headliner that is not trimmed out and carpet kit installed. Actual mileage is unknown, speedometer was replaced by previous owner.

The entire front clip is an aftermarket fiberglass front end. There are no original steel body panels in the front of the vehicle. The rear quarter panels appear to be aftermarket fiberglass and steel bonded together. The trunk is not complete; it is bare metal with a plastic aftermarket fuel tank that a hole has been cut in the trunk floor to install. Fuel tank is not vented to outside of the vehicle. There is not a functional trunk release, to open the trunk there is a piece of electrical wire that has a metal ‘handle’ attached that you have to pull on inside the cab. The car does not appear to have been prepared correctly for paint, also the paint does not appear to be of automotive quality. Has the look of spray can paint with areas that have been touched up with different degrees of gloss. It has aftermarket wheel skirts with no factory hardware, these are just screwed into the roll pan. The chrome rear bumper is painted black. There are no windshield wipers.