Son's first car, bought with his money!! 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					14 Years Ago
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					Good deal Mark! I love the 60's Fords and Mercs and I can promise you,... 
					
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					Glen Henderson 
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					14 Years Ago
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					for sure! no worry about big wheels; it currently has what we think... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Search around in a salvage yard, you might find a socket in a glove... 
					
					By 
					Glen Henderson 
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					14 Years Ago
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					Quickest and easiest is tack weld a stock lug onto the lock nut 
					
					By 
					Edrammy 
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					10 Years Ago
					)
					
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					I'm not sure how the sale option is going on Daniel's car but I wish... 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					10 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Daniel and Mark  Post a picture of the lock, maybe someone on the site... 
					
					By 
					glrbird 
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					14 Years Ago
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					Cool first car!  You had me fooled with the date on the pix though. :P... 
					
					By 
					mctim64 
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					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Is it the kind that has a "key" cast into it with a matching socket to... 
					
					By 
					The Master Cylinder 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					just called my local Discount Tire store and was told they will remove... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					date on the pics is off of course... recently charged the battery in... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					[quote][b]texasmark1 (9/6/2011)[/b][hr]    on the subject of... 
					
					By 
					The Master Cylinder 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Mark and Daniel  Congrats on snagging a black, two door hardtop Merc.... 
					
					By 
					Missouri Mike 
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					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Very nice, my first was a 67 monteray and I miss her. Whats under the... 
					
					By 
					Y-Block Stan 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					390, 2 bbl...  given the price of gas and its 16 yr old driver,... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Update 9/9/11: on the prowl for patch panels; seems not many sources... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Ahhh, to be 16 and COOL.  What a great time! I smile and have fond... 
					
					By 
					Jimz Bird 
					(
					14 Years Ago
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					Hey Marc, there is a guy over on the HAMB (don't remember his name)... 
					
					By 
					Glen Henderson 
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					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Glen, thanks for the tip; yep the HAMB is my next stop for info and... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					updated 09/12/11:   -gradually peeling back the layers of this... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					see... told ya it wasn't pretty.  not even going to post any of... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					PICS! PICS! PICS MORE PICS!  I'm so jealous...at 16 i would've died to... 
					
					By 
					Big6ft6 
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					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					yep... I know what you mean about being 16 and willing to "kill" for a... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Most people find old cars to be cool.  That's not a problem.  The... 
					
					By 
					charliemccraney 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					safety first.   on the positive, affordable, easy to fix, cheap... 
					
					By 
					davis 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					yep... I won't even describe how the seatbelts are secured in this... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					a few pics of the mundane steps: doing some rust treatment in the... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					more scrapinig the bottom of Daniel's Merc; knocking rust off and... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					wow... just read that last post; please accept my apologies for the... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Received some NOS rocker panels today from Black Car LLC; found them... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Mark, just sent you a PM. 
					
					By 
					Glen Henderson 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Both of you are going to have a great time on this project. Memorys of... 
					
					By 
					kevink1955 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					trip to my local junk yard yielded two "new" rear brake drums that... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					OK, some more pics of the down and dirty, nitty gritty, dull and... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					well, looks like a pretty complete brake rebuild is in our future... I... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Daniel gets the radio working, while Dad is scraping rust in the... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Mark and Daniel, good looking project. My dad had a 63 merc, 390, that... 
					
					By 
					Frankenstein57 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Began the brake rebuild last night with Daniel on his Mercury.... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					this is the "pretty" version of our first brake rebuild on the... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Mark, I picked up a 4 dr breezeway yesterday that is going to be... 
					
					By 
					Glen Henderson 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Glen, I just sent you a PM but don't know if it went thru... might... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Mark, your mailbox is full, but no hubcaps. 
					
					By 
					Glen Henderson 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Mark call me after 18:00 @ 334-227-3004, I tried sending pics but kept... 
					
					By 
					Glen Henderson 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					will do! 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					True love... my 57 Fairlane comes out of the garage where its been... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Daniel with scraper and wire brush in hand attaching the rusty Merc...... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Looks like he's doing a good job. He'll always remember working on... 
					
					By 
					iceokie 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					... 
					
					By 
					glrbird 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					yep, that product is on our list... just as soon as we get the outer... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					big plans for Thanksgiving week... going to check out two possible... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					spent today with a rented air compressor cleaning out the inside of... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					well, we got some more done over the week... Daniel now has a case of... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Frame finished inside and out, good but not perfect. Used the KBS Rust... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					well, more "grunt work" today while Daniel is in Haiti for the week... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					KBS on the frame...    to give you a sense of scale... this baby is... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					14 Years Ago
					)
					
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					the latest... replaced part of the linkage to the tranny; that... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					[quote][b]texasmark1 (1/3/2012)[/b][hr]the latest... replaced part of... 
					
					By 
					aussiebill 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					well, hopefully in a week or so its off to the body shop for repairs... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Mark, I found a colume like I was looking for, if you still need the... 
					
					By 
					Glen Henderson 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					thanks Glen, but yes, I believe we have addressed the sloppy shifter... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					interior stripped (mostly), ready to load up (tuesday) and then off to... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					loaded up, ready to go to the body shop!    over the Houston ship... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					body work well under way; the shop has sent Daniel a few pictures of... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Good to hear it.Keep us posted. 
					
					By 
					jonnireb 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					well, Daniel's car is coming home in the a.m. from the body shop with... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Maybe hard to see, but the main thing is, in the top picture,... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					May have a couple of cool birthday presents lined up for Daniel who is... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					I hope "slow and steady wins the race" still happens!!... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					You talked about using fiberglass for some repairs. I've done this... 
					
					By 
					Ol'ford nut 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Mark, I still have the steel wheels from my old merc that was scraped.... 
					
					By 
					Glen Henderson 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Glen, thanks... sent you a PM earlier today about the wheels. 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Mark, I'll check with Greyhound, may take a few days. 
					
					By 
					Glen Henderson 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Well, looks like a trip to Shreveport is in our future; Daniel found a... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Well, Sheveport ain't all that bad. 
					
					By 
					jonnireb 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					well, turns out the car in LA did not have seats....!  back on the... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Are you insisting on stock seats? You could probably do some measuring... 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					well, Daniel would like "stock-ish" seating... anything from a 62-64... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Daniel spends some time "in the shade" doing the rustproofing...... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					more grunt work...    removing paint from valve covers using a... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					best laid plans... ha!  found a tranny mount that had the e-brake... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Registered in Texas!  plan to park it in Daniel's spot on his high... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					It is things like that you remember growing up. Your a good Dad! 
					
					By 
					glrbird 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Hot afternoons are here in SE Texas, so I'll post some latest pics of... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					can you tell its 100+ degrees this afternoon in Houston from this... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Thnks for the update.  As someone said earlier, you're a great dad. 
					
					By 
					jonnireb 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Daniel's off at church camp, so dad is getting some "grunt" work... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Finally!! a pretty picture... well at least to those who know the... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Daniel's removing all the trim in preparation for the trip to the... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Merc's at the body shop getting the body work done...  ... not enough... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Of -  course i would say  this story encourage a youngster as well me.... 
					
					By 
					matthewfields 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					The great thing about this build, besides the father son part, is that... 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Good work, your son wont forget these times...;) 
					
					By 
					Talkwrench 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					a few more pics taken before the Merc went to the body shop...... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Daniel's Merc is still at the body shop getting rid of rust; hope to... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					All right!!!  Congrats on the job. Keep up the good work & keep us... 
					
					By 
					jonnireb 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Daniel's latest ebay score... 4 nice OE 14 inch hubcaps for his... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Christmas comes big time for Daniel... I ordered front and rear floor... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Lookin' great, keep up the good work. 
					
					By 
					jonnireb 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Unexpected Christmas windfall! Taking pics of Daniel's car on Tuesday... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					[quote][b]texasmark1 (12/8/2012)[/b][hr]all Daniel wants for Christmas... 
					
					By 
					The Master Cylinder 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Not pretty yet, but soon!    Dr side rocker in place...    Pass side... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					[quote][b]texasmark1 (12/13/2012)[/b][hr]  Daniel doesn't know it... 
					
					By 
					YBLOCKMERC 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					You know your kid's a car nut when one box containing the following... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Great, you've got him going right.   Keep it up. 
					
					By 
					jonnireb 
					(
					13 Years Ago
					)
					
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					yep, that's the body shop floor as seen thru the "floor" of the... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					12 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Looking good! 
					
					By 
					jonnireb 
					(
					12 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Most of the body work completed and painted in primer this week.... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					12 Years Ago
					)
					
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					yeah baby!... pretty in gray primer!    yes, Virginia, this car IS a... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					12 Years Ago
					)
					
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					another trip to the body shop scheduled for this Saturday; hopefully... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					12 Years Ago
					)
					
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					wheels...!  A couple of our friends at church have pitched in and... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					12 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Fantastic Thread, thanks for sharing! 
					
					By 
					msauls 
					(
					12 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Nice project, looking good.   JJ 
					
					By 
					OldTGuy 
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					12 Years Ago
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					Daniel has bid (ebay, free shipping, $100 right now) on a used... 
					
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					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					Use a new filter dryer, it's cheap insurance. Also if you are going to... 
					
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					John F 
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					12 Years Ago
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					John F is right about the dryer, and something else to know, the... 
					
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					glrbird 
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					12 Years Ago
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					http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VqUlDKzPQ0    a short vid of... 
					
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					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					A/C on the way; Daniel won tonight on ebay...  accepting all... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					Underdash unit arrived ok and seems to work ok; Daniel disassembled... 
					
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					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					RE: Son's first car, bought with his money!! 
					
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					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					trying to add a few pics from today's visit, but the process is... 
					
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					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					ok, will try putting in text then the image...    
					
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					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					there we go...    
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					New door gaskets, window rubber, assorted weatherstripping parts... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					Once the car is back from paint, you and your Son will be rejuvenated.... 
					
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					glrbird 
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					12 Years Ago
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					thanks Gary!  still looking for a compressor; the plan is to go with... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					finally approaching the finish line as far as the body repair is... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					Well, Daniel is off to college on the 16th of this month... probably... 
					
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					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					Merry Christmas to all!  Daniel's getting his front and back seats... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					Brought the re-done seats home this afternoon... Daniel loves them!... 
					
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					texasmark1 
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					12 Years Ago
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					Its good to read about a young man spending time with his dad on a... 
					
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					62f250 
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					12 Years Ago
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					thanks for the kind words! 
					
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					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Well, the car has been primed and now its just a matter of getting a... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					We LIKE pictures!!! :w00t: :w00t: :smooooth:         Take plenty of... 
					
					By 
					Bob's 55 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Finally saw part of the car painted!!  Daniel and I went to the body... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					RE: Son's first car, bought with his money!! 
					
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					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Finally....!  some paint!!    Can you tell that Daniel is happy to see... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					This is a very exciting time, I remember my first full paint job on my... 
					
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					glrbird 
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					11 Years Ago
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					FINALLY HOME!  we're busy this weekend thrashing on Daniel's Merc!... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					RE: Son's first car, bought with his money!! 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					OK, some pictures to follow... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					RE: Son's first car, bought with his money!! 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					OK, I'll try to put text and a picture together in the same post...... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					the body work is astounding! so many long, straight sections and they... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					[quote][b]texasmark1 (3/16/2014)[/b][hr]the body work is astounding!... 
					
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					slick56 
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					11 Years Ago
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					more...    
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					RE: Son's first car, bought with his money!! 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					the above is taken during the trip across Houston (downtown in the... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Yep; 200 + hours according to the body shop owner...  he probably did... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Ya'll have come along way on the old girl, should be down hill from... 
					
					By 
					Glen Henderson 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Glen, thanks for the encouragement... Daniel is back at college but... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					I have a strong memory of riding in the backseat of one of these... 
					
					By 
					Meandean 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Looks great, glad to see it didn't get stuck in bodyshop jail.  
					
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					glrbird 
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					11 Years Ago
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					It sure felt like jail to my son!  He only got to drive it to school... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					[quote][b]texasmark1 (3/20/2014)[/b][hr]It sure felt like jail to my... 
					
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					glrbird 
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					11 Years Ago
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					no really cool pictures at the moment cause I've been under Daniel's... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					make that youtube locator: "Daniel Wade Smith Mercury" 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Are you sure his name isn't "Jerry Lee". Will be watching for updates... 
					
					By 
					glrbird 
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					11 Years Ago
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					I could go on and on about Daniel's talents...!   but I'd just be like... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Daniel's home from college now and we spent most of today working on... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Click the link and you will see Daniel's Mercury from this afternoon.... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Wow, that's pretty loud!  That is a hard metallic sound. are you sure... 
					
					By 
					glrbird 
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					11 Years Ago
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					 Sounds like a stuck/bad lifter to me...  
					
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					The Master Cylinder 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Y's are good about sticking valves when they sit a while. If you take... 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					11 Years Ago
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					thanks for the suggestions!   To remind, his 63 Mercury has a 390... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Mark, I remembered Daniel had an FE that's why I suggested a sticky... 
					
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					The Master Cylinder 
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					11 Years Ago
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					I forgot the FE part. I've used the Lucas additive in the past with... 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					11 Years Ago
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					I forgot the FE part. I've used the Lucas additive in the past with... 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Lucas and Seaform on deck...      thanks guys! 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					clicking stopped with a few miles put on the car.   thrashing on... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					I bet your son is getting exited. Chuck 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					11 Years Ago
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					I bet your son is getting exited. Chuck 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Mark Glad it seems to have cured itself, the camera made it sound... 
					
					By 
					glrbird 
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					11 Years Ago
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					yep, that's been the plan all along, but it has just taken longer than... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					followed pic insert instructions just now and got error msg: "could... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Mark.    I get that same error message when trying to use the... 
					
					By 
					Ted 
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					11 Years Ago
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					thanks Ted; will try this or just stand by until fix is in place.... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Mark - Try this. It works for me even though the Insert Image does... 
					
					By 
					Jimz Bird 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Thanks for the tip! 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Running with new carb...   problem with trash getting into the needle... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Good to hear , you're getting close. Keep us posted. 
					
					By 
					jonnireb 
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					11 Years Ago
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					replaced dizzy tonight! Set the points. Even got the thing to start... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
					)
					
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					I meant to say the we apparently do not have the timing quite dialed... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					So it didn't bog before messing with the distributor?   Double check... 
					
					By 
					charliemccraney 
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					11 Years Ago
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					we actually had the wrong dizzy, so a return and correct one... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Daniel's Merc is finally rounding third on the way to home plate!... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
					)
					
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					https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdnnqGooScQ      closer than he's... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Very nice!  Congratulations! 
					
					By 
					MplsMike 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Fantastic job you guys have done. He'll be the envy of his class!... 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Great going, guys you did it. Perfect? Finished? Probably not, but you... 
					
					By 
					jonnireb 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Congrats! I'm a Merc guy and it's been fun to watch the process over... 
					
					By 
					YBLOCKMERC 
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					11 Years Ago
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					That is one GOOD LOOKING Merc...you both should be proud.Love the... 
					
					By 
					stlroken 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Well, we made it from Houston to Abilene (approx. a 6 hr trip up... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
					)
					
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					DId you have the heads off? Sometimes they need to be resurfaced for... 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					11 Years Ago
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					no "serious" work done on the engine yet... just the usual tune up... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
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					A "hot" re-torque might help. Chuck 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					11 Years Ago
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					Mark Did you do a compression check, maybe to much crankcase... 
					
					By 
					glrbird 
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					11 Years Ago
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					thanks!   will look into both suggestions.   Mark 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
					)
					
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					timing gear set and chain replacement are on the horizon for Daniel.... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
					)
					
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					timing set installed; car presently at mechanic in Abilene for some... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					11 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Daniel is thinking about upgrading his front brakes to discs...... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					10 Years Ago
					)
					
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					I just noticed the update. Hard to believe this has been going on for... 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					10 Years Ago
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					yep... he's trying to beat my record of restoring an old car for 20... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					10 Years Ago
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					Actually with the on and off of a father son rebuild with the son in... 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					10 Years Ago
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					Looking to do some upgrading this summer on Daniel's Merc and seeking... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					10 Years Ago
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					Sad news... having to put Daniel's Mercury up for sale.  Thanks to all... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					10 Years Ago
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					Very sad to hear. How is he taking it? 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					10 Years Ago
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					Mark,  Sometimes we all have to make hard dissensions,  but tell... 
					
					By 
					Larry Short 
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					10 Years Ago
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					thanks for the kind words! Daniel's growing up... and there's nothing... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					10 Years Ago
					)
					
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					From what I saw, he did a lot of growing up with that car. Someone is... 
					
					By 
					YBLOCKMERC 
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					10 Years Ago
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					You've done your job of raising him now you have to trust that he will... 
					
					By 
					MoonShadow 
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					10 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Mark: to get better coverage, you should also post it in our... 
					
					By 
					PF Arcand 
					(
					10 Years Ago
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					Update on Daniel's Mercury: its still for sale. had it on CG and ebay... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					10 Years Ago
					)
					
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					[quote][b]texasmark1 (6/19/2015)[/b][hr] Update on Daniel's Mercury:... 
					
					By 
					Ted 
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					10 Years Ago
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					that should be "...starts out when cold at about half way..." 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					10 Years Ago
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					Ted, as always, great advice! Thanks! mileage is 170K+ on Daniel's... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
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					10 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Update: Daniel's car is being sold via CL to a German couple who just... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					10 Years Ago
					)
					
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					I have chained the frame to the floor jack base and raised the lower... 
					
					By 
					glrbird 
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					10 Years Ago
					)
					
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					Gary, In the good service manual, Helm, for my '88 Firebird, that is... 
					
					By 
					charliemccraney 
					(
					10 Years Ago
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					front end rebuild complete! borrowed a real spring compressor from a... 
					
					By 
					texasmark1 
					(
					10 Years Ago
					)
					
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