This Months Pin Up Girl ( July 2009 )
Model: Ivy D’Muerta Continue reading This Months Pin Up Girl ( July 2009 )
Tag: 50’s
The Drags
Been one hell of a long weekend………The nostalgia drags were as cool as expected below are a few photos of the show and a few from our booth. Make sure you check out our new 4 – Bolt Splayed FE 390 block. Next week-end back to the merc build! Continue reading The Drags
What is a Rat Rod?
Rat rodz (răt rŏdz): rat rod – ratrod – rat rodz – old school – kustom kulture – hot rod stripped down – lean and mean – what you see is what you get . A style of hot rod or custom car that, in most cases, imitates (or exaggerates) the early hot rods of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. It is not to be confused with the somewhat closely related “traditional” hot rod, which is an accurate re-creation or period-correct restoration of a hot rod from the same era. Most rat rods appear “unfinished” (whether they actually are or are … Continue reading What is a Rat Rod?
Decking The Y- Block
Its been a busy week here. I have decked the block from the deck height of 9.770″ to 9.734″ a difference of .036″ I am going to be placing the piston .002″ in the hole. The block was not very square from the factory at all the CNC machine really straightened out the block. Hopefully this and the amount I removed from the cylinder heads will give me a little more compression in a motor that only had 8.1 from the factory. I also purchased the Rust-mort and “Black” etching primer for the car, so hopefully if the weather … Continue reading Decking The Y- Block
Out of the abyss
Sitting outside for 17 years
My new 1954 Mercury Sunvalley. We will re-work the body over the next several months/years and put a new kustom on the streets. The car was once ready for paint, but like many projects, the funds ran out, and the vehicle was placed on the back burner. The body was removed from the frame 15 years ago, and all the bushings and brakes were replaced. While the car was out getting rewired, it sat outside with a tarp over it. The moisture under the tarp started the surface rust on the vehicle.. The body was removed from the frame 15 years ago … Continue reading Sitting outside for 17 years
The 1954 Mercury Sun Valley
The 1954 Mercury Sun Valley was the beneficiary of one of the more memorable advertising campaigns of the 1950s. “The heart of a city at night gleams with its own stars of neon and marquee. This is a magnificent sight … All the richness and color reaches you. Yet the intensity is softened, filtered by the tint of the plastic roof … The honeyed words came from a brochure Mercury created for the 1954 Mercury Sun Valley. Together with its counterpart, the Ford Crestline Skyliner, it was the first production car with a roof you could see through. Between the … Continue reading The 1954 Mercury Sun Valley
Greaseralley - 54 Mercury Sunvalley build 