Adorable 1949 Mercury Is Adorable

Scott Ith

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There are people out there who build hot rods, and then there are people who build hot rods.  Ernie Adams is one of those people who builds hot rods.  This Mercury looks like an ordinary hot rod until you realize that it’s miniature.  It’s actually an 11/16th scale replica of the original…and it’s brilliant.

Click through for more…and a very worthwhile video.

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This isn’t the first of Mr. Adams’ mini-rods.  He also built a 1936 Chevrolet, a 1948 Mercury, and a 1928 Chevrolet.  The entire car is built by hand, mostly from recycled materials. 

Somewhere in the video, the following: “All the dashes in all my cars so far have been made out of refrigerator doors.”  That, my friends, has earned Ernie Adams a special seat here in the Hooniverse.

 

[vimeo width=”720″ height=”405″]http://vimeo.com/57941515[/vimeo]

 

Scott Ith is an Associate Editor with Hooniverse.com, but he also contributes to his own site NeedThatCar.com.  Head over there for more hooniganism.

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14 responses to “Adorable 1949 Mercury Is Adorable”

  1. mdharrell Avatar
    mdharrell

    He built it. He drives it. HCOTY.

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    1. jeepjeff Avatar
      jeepjeff

      Oh. Hell. Yes. Definitely an early, strong contender for HCOTY.

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  2. calzonegolem Avatar
    calzonegolem

    It needs police livery.
    <img src="https://www.moviecutouts.com/image/cache/data/incoming/image/data/incoming/fedup/SheriffLarge-500×500.jpg"&gt;

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  3. stigshift Avatar
    stigshift

    I'd like to see him do a Bugeye Sprite, and drive it. THAT would be impressive.

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    1. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      If he did a version of Endre Suranyi's car, he'd better build 2, so he can wear one on each foot… <img src="http://media.economist.com/images/images-magazine/2010/12/18/xh/20101218_xhp012.jpg&quot; width="500">
      Source: <a href="http://www.economist.com/node/17722676” target=”_blank”>http://www.economist.com/node/17722676

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  4. OA5599 Avatar
    OA5599

    I want to see him do an 11/16 replica of Smokey Yunick's 7/8 car.
    <img src="http://images.carpictures.cc/photo/m/Daredevil26_Chevrolet_Chevelle_Chevrolet_00021884.jpg"&gt;

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    1. longrooffan Avatar
      longrooffan

      hey..i recognize that car!

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    2. jeepjeff Avatar
      jeepjeff

      77/128ths!

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      1. needthatcar Avatar
        needthatcar

        I love that you did the math.

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    3. needthatcar Avatar
      needthatcar

      The whole 7/8 thing is a myth. The car was just smoothed and cleaned to make it more aerodymanic. Smokey's cheating exploits are legendary though.

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  5. mdharrell Avatar
    mdharrell

    <img src="http://www.vintagekarts.com/autoshow.jpg&quot; width="350">
    I may be biased.

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    1. buzzboy7 Avatar
      buzzboy7

      Sad but true. No matter how much money I put into making a super fun to drive car, a gokart will probably still be more fun.

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  6. mr. mzs zsm msz esq Avatar
    mr. mzs zsm msz esq

    <img src="https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/304480_10150265737756850_5086406_n.jpg&quot; width="660"> There have been some other mini-mercs made, mostly from Volvo Amazons, but this takes the cake. Though this one being built by Custom Mike has got something going for it somewhat at the other end of the spectrum vs the Toyota engine in this beauty.

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  7. Tom Lee Avatar
    Tom Lee

    I would rather have this than that big big excursion a couple posts later on.
    This would be fun,
    Horsefarmer

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