Malvin Weaver 1940 Mercury Coupe

Dads Legacy left behind to us

Jason Carroll

Originally got the car back on the road back in 2005 while mom & dad was away on vacation, while all stock body and suspension and a stock 350 with a 5spd, loud duals and fat whitewalls pop had a blast driving it till he past in 2010 only putting 1738mi on it but never really got the attention I think he wanted, after it sit in the garage for over a year not touching it my son and a small group of friends pushed me to completely rebuild it from ground up to make it something pop would of really been proud of

5 1/2 months from start to finish

A life time in this, from my first memory's of dad taking me around shows and swap meets

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Wifes 1970 c10 Framed and bagged that she's always wanted

Dad bought this car in August 1962, everything I know of the Merc is all story's from mom & dad because by the time I was born in 1973 dad had already parked it and I spent my entire childhood playing in it or helping pushing it around. From what I always heard mom complaining about dad would be out racing it on weekends and tearing it up just to spend the next week fixing it to go play again. From where I rebuilt it with all the holes in the floor dad must of changed the seats in it once a month

My son Melvin Weaver for being there and helping push me along the way,Gauge Store and everyone there for the parts help with me constantly changing my mind,Nathan for the awesome NVX audio. Derek Burket for the endless hours he spent in the garage grinding, welding or just bouncing ideas off of and for Litl Bill for the mural on the firewall and stripping for I think that was the most helpful healing of loosing dad, and all the friend that always stop by to lend a hand or just to hang out

1972 nova, 1946 ford, 1979 Monte Carlo

Chevrolet 1974

8

355

350 4 bolt main .030" over, Lunati cam, Pete Jackson gear drive, edelbrock intake and Holley carb

All polished aluminum finned and paint matched oil pan, tranny pan, valve covers and air cleaner

Stock

1973 nova 8.5 gm rearend

3.42

Original Mercury X frame with small notch and boxed in back half, front crossmember was built to hold the air bags to bag over a 3" drop straight axle

All work was done by me here in the garage

Original 1940 friction shocks rebuilt

S10 front 4x4 shock was the right size for the set up in the rear

Disk brake conversation for the stock Mercury spindles

Custom built triangulated four link with adjustable ends

2 Viar 480C

8 3/8" smc valves

All 4 Airlift 2500's

Aluminum Air Tank

with smc air dryers and avs switch box

All frame painted ppg viper red with link bars black and bottom of the floor pans red Herculiner

OG wire custom black with chrome wires

OG wire custom black with chrome wires

15x8

15x8

215/70r15 Bf Goodrich wide whites

215/70r15 Bf Goodrich wide whites

Custom mixed semi gloss black

Rustoleom from Lowes

Semi gloss black with gloss black striping with the firewall Mural done to honor my dad

Derek Burket

Lit'l Bill

Bumper shaved

What little work that got done from shaving bumpers was finished out by Litl Bill

2nd dash modified with the original hanging in the garage

Dolphin 6pc electronic

Mooneyes red flake

Kenwood double din

NVX 1200watt on the highs and NVX 1000watt on sub

NVX 6 1/2 2 ways and NVX 6 1/2 components and NVX 12" sub

My son and I

Lokar 32" double bend

Original 1940 Mercury rear seat and 1970 dodge swinger front bench seat

Seats and door panels are black diamond tuck crush velvet, custom built fiberglass kick panels to house the NVX highs

Inside floors covered with black Hurculiner

Dear ol'mom back in 2006