You know your kid's a car nut when one box containing the following is his best Christmas present ever:  locking gas cap, valve cover and air cleaner decals, fan shroud decal, front turn signal lenses, a set of ignition wrenches, a heater gasket and a washer fluid bag... oh yeah, and the coupe de grass... bumper bolts (not sure if they are "hi-speed" ones or not... will report and a test drive).

 Daniel is just about a pro at driving the Fairlane... 3 on the tree... no problem for this advanced 17 year old!

 Only one "cool" guy in the picture... Daniel.  I'm sure not, as the shades are clip-ons and the sock hat is there to keep my hair-intolerant head warm in our winter temps in Houston (60 degrees!).

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

Great, you've got him going right.

Keep it up.

55f100

West Monroe,La.

 yep, that's the body shop floor as seen thru the "floor" of the Merc!  All new steel and cross pieces to be installed...

 take that, you rusted out quarter panel!!

Repairs and into primer expected in a couple of weeks... then its on to the final color, Ocean Turquoise.  Finally had to tell Daniel that his mom and I were springing for the final color instead of leaving it in primer until he could afford to pay for it himself... of course, he's going to repay us as soon as he can find another part time job.  Speaking of funds, Daniel has received some scholarship funds for college this fall and just had an interview for the Presidential scholarship at my old alma mater, Abilene Christian University in Abilene, TX.  Our plans are to have his Merc ready to go off to school this fall for the start of college.

Some real pretty pictures coming soon!

Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

Looking good!

55f100

West Monroe,La.

Most of the body work completed and painted in primer this week.  Daniel and I are going to the body shop tomorrow to disassemble the dash for upcoming painting.

should have some more pics by the end of the day tomorrow...

Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

 yeah baby!... pretty in gray primer!

 yes, Virginia, this car IS a mile long...!

 its SO easy to work on the dash now... with the floor missing!!

 Daniel reaches for yet another wasp nest...; no wait, that's a wire bundle under the dash.

 yep... that's Daniel's final color choice... Ocean Turquoise...

Hopefully on the car by the end of Feb if not sooner!

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

another trip to the body shop scheduled for this Saturday; hopefully will have some new pics to post...

I believe the end is in sight!

Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

wheels...!

A couple of our friends at church have pitched in and offered to buy Daniel some correct 14 inch Ford wheels as a graduation present, so today I picked them up from our local wrecking yard. He's pretty much obtained correct parts to return his Merc to stock condition... hopefully our body shop will be done with their repair and painting in the next 30 days or so then its back together time!

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

Fantastic Thread, thanks for sharing!

1958 - F100 272 w/3-spd column

Nice project, looking good.

JJ