1967 Mercury Commuter Wagon...

A little help...

Grabbed a picture the other day of "Lego", who likes to help out when I'm working on the car.

 

Got a couple pictures of the bucket seat frames after being blasted, primed with a zinc primer, and painted with Eastwood's Extreme Chassis Black.

 

Some of the things we do on our cars look too nice after restoration to be hidden in the guts of the machine.

Those look great and you project is coming along nicely.

Tom

 

Thanks Tom, I couldn't agree more. But doing this stuff right the first time helps make sure you don't have to do it a second time in a few years.

 

Amen to that!

 

LOL ... as the saying goes ... "There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it twice."

 

Haven't had much to update since I have been busy with work closing up the office and now working remotely. Things are finally settled in, but I haven't had much time.

I did just hear back from my upholstery guy ... another two weeks since they haven't even been started yet! Doh!

These things better be perfect when they get here ...

 

looking good so far and here is another project;

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1967...3737752?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item2a21165398

 

I have been watching it. It looks like a great buy, but for someone else. My wife would absolutely kill me if I bought another car, and the shipping on it would have to be a small fortune.

 

It ain't much ...

Finally, something to update. I haven't had much to update lately as time has been really tight, but I did finally get the vinyl in to recover my interior cargo panels, and I think my seat covers are finally actually being worked on. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Hopefully will get things moving along again shortly...

 

I have seat covers! Now I just need to see if they fit. Will post pictures as I work on them.

 

Started on the seat covers. They are pretty nice. A couple things to work out on the bucket bases, but the fit looks good, and they look just like my drawings.



4 pieces down, 6 more to go. Exactly the wrong time to run low on hog rings! Come on Eastwood, get 'em here tomorrow!

 

Lookin' GOOD, pvan!!

 

Wow, nice work.

 

Thanks for the compliments. Well, they are finally done (almost)! I need to cover the seat backs for the buckets, a couple little tweaks, and then everything has to be hit with a heat gun to tighten things up and work out some of the wrinkles, but you get the idea. The HARD PART is done.

Buckets for the front (from a '68 Galaxie), the original middle row, and third row opposing seats (from a '68 Ranch Wagon) make up the new interior. the trim on the buckets is the original Galaxie trim, but goes nicely with the other interior shiny parts. The seat buttons are the originals from the Commuter that I saved and reused. And the color is a very close match to an SEM paint color which will be used to redye the hard interior parts that are already parchment, but are off color.

I also picked up three yards of additional vinyl to redo the rear cargo panels as the vinyl covering those is really starting to show its age. I will have to see if I can find someone to do the small amount of stitching that is required on two of the panels.

This wasn't a small project, but will make all the difference in the world on how the interior presents itself. Hopefully between adding the buckets and the simple pleated pattern this will add a little "sport wagon" feel to the interior.

Anyhow, here are the pictures!