1949 Mercury
Club Coupe (Customized)



Everything's glued in place. Time to start laying on the filler.


This shows the early stages of filling and smoothing on the chopped top. The sectioning cuts have also been filled and smoothed.


I wanted to radius the rear wheel openings. I started with a pattern to keep thing symetrical and then marked the areas to be removed on both sides.


The front wheel openings also had to be enlarged for both appearance sake and to clear the front tires.


The rear window was enlarged by removing the area shown.


In keeping with the "lead sled" theme of the car, a pancaked hood was essential.


Here's the reworked hood, waiting for filler. Also note that the windshield posts are beginning to take shape. I also added the custom frenched headlight bezels from the kit.



At the rear, the chopped top is beginning to take shape. The rear wheel openings have been radiused, rear window enlarged, taillight openings filled and the rolled pan is in place.

   

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