| 52Ragtop | -- 01-03-2015 @ 9:19 AM |
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I am working on a 52 Mercury convertible and part of the adventure is learning about changes FoMoCo made mid year or when ever. Now this http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-1953-Mercury-rare-rear-bumper-replated-/291317512867?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=J6WC6J%252FLdKnIDqR3hD5hYlJbwIw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Has popped up.. Looking at internet pictures there are a few cars with this bumper but most have the extra two bolts on each end.. Anyone have any info on this?
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| 52Ragtop | -- 02-20-2015 @ 5:56 PM |
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Pretty sure few if any are interested but will update with what I "think" I have figured out. Pretty sure Mercury went through a series of changes on the rear bumper, primarily because they were easily damaged with the bumper jack. 1952 being the first year of the model change, early bumpers were with the hidden bolt in the outside bend. Using the jack improperly would easily damage it so they built a stronger bracket and added a bolt on each side. They also changed the upper contour a bit, basically more square. This caused them to change the bumper guards and if you look at the upper end of the attachment surface on the common bumper you see it really doesn't make sense, other than to match the newer bumper.. (They don't even come close to fitting the hidden bolt bumper) In 1953 they added an instruction decal on proper jack usage and in 1954 they actually put a reinforcing plate on the inside of the bumper. Of course this is all speculation on my part, but make sense.. If you have an evidence otherwise I would certainly like to hear about it. I have located one un-restored 52 with the hidden bolt bumper and close examination of the bumper guards show the original contour basically parallel with the formed area
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| carcrazy | -- 02-20-2015 @ 7:35 PM |
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Have you contacted the club's 1952-1953 Mercury adviser? If anyone would know he should.
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| 52Ragtop | -- 02-24-2015 @ 6:23 AM |
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Yes he was contacted and we drew a blank there as well
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| TomO | -- 02-26-2015 @ 8:46 AM |
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Your best bet is the Ford Archives. You will be able to get the engineering drawings of the different versions, but they will not have an explanation of why the part was changed, just a date when the new part was released to manufacturing. Tom
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