Where To Repair
Every “project” of any sort has to start somewhere. And in the case of this ’48 Mercury Marmon-Herrington Sedan pictured here, that starting point is indeed focused on the chassis as that is the heart of the beast. More specifically, the rear section of the frame, behind the crossmember that holds the rear suspension. Apparently at some point in its life it suffered a small bit of damage to the rear of the frame rail (where the bumper brackets mount) and while a repair has been initiated on the passenger side(see photo), for some unknown reason it was never completed.
And without that area being completely repaired, the “new to the car” donor body can not be installed. Therefore that is definitely priority one. Fortunately we are in So. Cal., the land of custom cars. And where there are custom cars, there are Repair Shops dedicated to performing such tasks. It’s their bread and butter, it’s what they eat for lunch. Therefore we feel extremely confident in that happening with much fanfare.
Of course both cost as well as timeline will play a large role in “who” we decide to have take care of the repair. Not to mention we would really like to, if at all possible, coordinate things so as the same shop that performs the “frame fix” will also be the same shop that is tasked with doing the body-swap. Basically hoping for an all-in-one, “one stop shop” type of situation, in an effort to eliminate all of the transportation as well as scheduling issues involved in going from shop to shop… to shop. Hopefully there won’t be any hop-skotching around or at the very least, keep it to an absolute minimum.
