Still Too Wet

Still drying up from the inch and a half of rain earlier in the week. More light showers this afternoon so we are set back in harvest again. So got out and about with the Merc to take a few scenic shots in front of the one wheat field I have combined so far this year.

Nice shot!

I like that old Mercury.. We had a '53 and when I was a kid I remember my mom saying "This thing needs points". I had no idea what she meant...Ours was "maroon".

Nice. Looks like a photo from 50 years ago.

(quoted from post at 06:08:44 09/10/16) I like that old Mercury.. We had a '53 and when I was a kid I remember my mom saying "This thing needs points". I had no idea what she meant...Ours was "maroon".

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Same colour here too John. "Fanfare maroon" is the term on the actual paint chart. Obviously my old 52 is a little faded in spots but I'm still crazy about this Mercury. And its true that a whole lot of people will not have a clue what points are. Or a flathead V8 for that matter. But I've checked it out on the hand held dwell meter and this old Merc idles smooth as glass.

That photo is just remarkable ! As much as I try to take shots and avoid having my shadow in them, yours is difficult to distinguish as you know what it is, but the shape is more artistic than if it was a perfect shadow. The scene is timeless. I was at the autoparts store last weekend and outside was an original 40's chevy 4 door sedan, green, with patina and a little rust on the edges of some body panels. Solid car, but the looks and smell of it reminded me of yours. I still can't believe it came out of a fence row and you now drive it around ! Most if not all would have rusted out by now if sitting around that long.

(quoted from post at 09:00:11 09/10/16) That photo is just remarkable !I still can't believe it came out of a fence row and you now drive it around ! Most if not all would have rusted out by now if sitting around that long.

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Thanks for the compliments on my dad's old Merc Billy. That picture was taken with the Gopro camera. Notice I don't post too many close up pictures of it as in fact it has major rust on the lower body. The floor is more patches than floor and the front fenders shake a little on rough ground. To most it would be considered a parts car but the fact that it has been in the family since 1959 makes it worth so much to me. Thats me in the rear window back in 1960.

That is priceless, its just amazing when something like a car or just about anything that has been around so long can be associated with family or something. Just because of its history, to me, a total stranger, would eliminate it from ever being a parts vehicle. A friend has rebuilt a '62 vintage SS impala with similar issues. It too was literally just about a parts car given the repairs needed to places on the body that you cannot see. He's had it since in high school, and its not far from paint now. In '88 it was refurbished, paint included with a nice original interior, but over time and likely prior to that round of work, it needed all of what he's just completed. Once done, it'll be a frame up professional restoration with a ton of metal work completed to restore all the rusted out body parts. I'm the only other person trusted to have driven it and I've helped with some of the work on it, that started this round in the late 90's. He's just been able to work on it part time, some years it had to wait, so its been a long time coming. His influence for this model was that his dad had several of them. His dad was an extremely talented man when it came to body work, paint, lettering, art and all kinds of heavy truck and equipment repairs. I worked with him at one outfit, he really was something and is missed by both of us, he passed in '13.