I have a Feb. '57 issue of "Auto Craftsman" magazine which has a picture of a '55 Merc that is being fitted with an E'brock tri-power. The engine has cream color valve colors with red letters and the engine is a greenish gold color. I'm assuming the engine is original to the car.
Bill, if you stop by my place on Monday I'll show it to you. I'll also check with a friend of mine who has done concours restorations on '55 & '56 Mercs.

Marc

'54 Merc ragtop

Pt Townsend, WA   

                                                                                                                                   

Interesting project Ted - the '55 police car. Head specs sure do get busy when considering all those variables - great info. I'll work on coming up with a definitive plan for the heads once they've been given a thorough inspection. Probably be pestering yunz again.

Yanked my block and heads from the local shop who was going to clean and magnaflux. After a month of "I'll get to it next week", and "just like a scruby" when I discussed details, I decided this was the wrong shop for any simple task on my hardware. Have to make a trip to Seatle monday so the goods will be going down to Gary at Pacific Auto Machine in Renton. I'm confident that with a good plan and good parts he can supply a worthy short block.

Great help guys... and great forum. Seldom is heard a discouraging word (rare on forums).
Thanks for your insight MercMark. I'll see you and your beautiful Merc Monday.




Bill C

Drag it home, figure it out.