We I haven't posted this one one here but think some folks might like this one. I did some work for a friend of mine and got a 1951 Monarch in trade and the wife claimed it as her own. So around Sept this is where we started. Now seeing as this isn't actually going to be my car we decided on a chassis swap to which I had a 1986 or so Pontiac Parisienne was used for a donor.
This is how it looked when we picked the Merc up.
The start of the cropping of the Merc.
Fast forward to the donor, I'll spare you the tearing apart of this one other than there was lots that I didn't need.
All the not needed stuff...
Prepping the Merc for it's new chassis
After lots of cutting and trimming.
Rocker to Rocker fit was so close that the Merc rocker overlapped the Pontiac's.
You'll have to do a little head on your shoulder for a few of these
Here is a shot of the rear fender tubs just needed little patches.
Clean up the firewall a little more hindsight I should have left more material and trimmed it away, live and learn.
This is where the donor door post use to be.
So here is where I ran into the fitment of the front fenders that I knew I was going to run into.
To solve this I just moved the wheel well opening back a little.
I wasn't to happy with the front part, and later in the build trimmed the opening to the grille piece to smooth the look over a bit.
Here we have Esther doing her part as it is her car after all stripping all the paint off.
Almost all the paint gone
Sealing up the welds in the trunk
This is how it looked when we picked the Merc up.
The start of the cropping of the Merc.
Fast forward to the donor, I'll spare you the tearing apart of this one other than there was lots that I didn't need.
All the not needed stuff...
Prepping the Merc for it's new chassis
After lots of cutting and trimming.
Rocker to Rocker fit was so close that the Merc rocker overlapped the Pontiac's.
You'll have to do a little head on your shoulder for a few of these
Here is a shot of the rear fender tubs just needed little patches.
Clean up the firewall a little more hindsight I should have left more material and trimmed it away, live and learn.
This is where the donor door post use to be.
So here is where I ran into the fitment of the front fenders that I knew I was going to run into.
To solve this I just moved the wheel well opening back a little.
I wasn't to happy with the front part, and later in the build trimmed the opening to the grille piece to smooth the look over a bit.
Here we have Esther doing her part as it is her car after all stripping all the paint off.
Almost all the paint gone
Sealing up the welds in the trunk