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1949-51 Mercury Sport Sedan trunk mat
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56MarkII |
01-01-2017 @ 6:24 PM
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The car is in very good original shape as indicated by the trunk mat. My rocker panels are still original and the dead giveaway are the louvered drain holes facing towards the rear. Very slight bubbling in one small area about 3 inches on the inner rocker only on one side that you need to slide under with a creeper to find. That shouldn't be a problem to repair keeping the original rocker intact by a good body shop. One fellow on ePay had a very old NOS for sale but I missed that one. Rotorwrench you are very correct about New Mexico because that is where my 56 Continental came from with zero rust anywhere, but the leather seats suffered. As for the trunk mat, the damage in the middle pan area is from a leaking oil container grrrrrrrrrr! Other than that, at the filler pipe and the last remaining over the fender piece are cracked from heat I suspect. My floor carpet is still the original wool carpet in the back but has shrunk a small amount pulling itself from under the sill or scuff plates and the front only had a rubber mat and I suspect the front carpet rotted years ago and was ripped out and replaced with the rubber. That rubber mat was discarded by myself many years ago because it was rough (I hope it wasn't OEM). I would assume the front should be carpet as well perhaps with a heel pad as available on ePay by one seller who has a set but it is Nylon not wool. If they had a heel pad from new I will try to find a reproduction and just get a carpet set made here when I obtain the proper material and get my tired interior re upholstered. At least I have the rear carpet for a pattern and sample. As for Pat, I was entirely P!@*ed off with his attitude of not providing any pictures of what his so called mat looks like and I decided to not waste my time with no answered phone calls and few emails!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never even bothered looking at the last email he sent! My old mat can go back in the trunk. He also sells replacement door sill or scuff plates like what Merlin in Washington State sells but after this adventure Merlin will most certainly get my business. It's as stupid as C&G selling the Curb Buffer set or if you prefer stone guards but they also don't provide a picture. I guess these people aren't hungry enough. Also regarding the trunk are the cardboard panels and I still have mine. They are rough but at least I know what they are supposed to look like. Merle has a spot on reproduction but will only ship them by UPS. UPS does not come into my area and use very sketchy sub contractors instead. I will ask Merlin if he has those and if he doesn't, does anybody know who else has these??
This message was edited by 56MarkII on 1-1-17 @ 6:38 PM
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TomO |
01-03-2017 @ 6:55 AM
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Check with Gene Napoliello, the V-8 Club's 49-51 Mercury Adviser, but I believe that the 49-51 Mercury came with a rubber front mat. I don't remember if the Monterey came with the front carpet in 50 and 51, but the 52 Monterey had a front carpet.
Tom
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