Finally,
we extended the car in the rear about 30 cm slanting rearward
so that it seemed to have wings. We built four Cadillac
taillights into the wings for a custom look. The existing
trunk lid was completely remodeled and extended to give
a flowing rear end.
Other details that were changed were: side window extended
to a point, rear window reduced so that large rubber moldings
weren’t necessary for the window itself.
Water channel above the doors was removed. Headlights extended
forward.
Later, during the building of the chassis, we got the idea
of making a reproduction of the steel Mercury ourselves
in fiberglass. Ultimately, it became a completely self-made
fiberglass car. It turned into an exact copy of the steel
Mercury, so now there are two bodies for the Mercury with
the adaptations mentioned. The fiberglass body for the drag-racing
car and the steel body for possibly making a nice street
rod.
Chassis data:
Alston mild steel eliminator 2 A-arm certified to 7.5 seconds
by Andy Robinson.
We first bought a complete drag-racing chassis for the
1954 pickup. Only later did we decide not to use the pickup,
but to make a drag racer out of the Mercury. |
On the right
are the cars we have restored and modified through the
years. The yellow and red pickup is a 1957 Chevrolet
Apache, photographed here during a drag-racing event
in Lommel.
The Cadillac is a 1958 four-door.
The Corvette is a 1974 Stingray.
The yellow and blue pickup is a 1954 Chevrolet.
The red van is a 1951 panel van, here a burnout during
the drag races in Drachten. |
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