Oops, I did it again! Bought a "new" toy today.
 

Just picked this up this morning!:) '62 Mercury Meteor. Just what I needed, another project!

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Sweet, what does it have in it?

Hawt!

302 under the hood and some elbow grease and it will be a nice little rod.

Nice, yeah what is under he hood?

Still has the 6cyl in in. But I have a 351 sittin in the garage, so I Had to get something to put it in.;)

Mice?

Good looking car!

LOL a six banger with that hood!

I had a 64 Merc. comet station wagon with the 6 and it moved along pretty good stock.

Yeah, the guy had dropped a V8 in it, but he pulled it out to put in another car and stuck the 6 back in. When I first seen the car I was hoping it had a 427 in it. No such luck!:D

DAMN... I hate when that happens.

Looks like a future Barrett-Jackson millionaire in our midst.

Nice Pick up a toploader or c6 throw in a 9" rear and heavy duty coil springs. Is the 351 a cleveland? Sounds like a nice project. Thanks again for the fender you sold me.

Cool project. This would be a good look :cool:

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When I saw that scoop, I thought "Thunderbolt"! Hey make a Mercury version. It would really be cool to shorten the wheelbase/fab a nice rear tub/move the wheel wells forward. Nice find!

Still not sure which way I want to go with it. I first saw the car for sale back in the spring. Right away, I said I gotta have that!
Good chance I'm gonna make a "Gasser" out of it. That was my plan from the start, but I'm definately not going to chop it up. I want to keep the body stock. The interior is hurting. Seats are shot, floorpan has a little rot in one spot. Dash is in mint condition though. Everything works. Nice having a metal dash again! Cant remember last time I drove a car with a linear speedo!

You NEED to do this. Seriously.

Damn. Now you've got me thinking about that dusty little '66 Mustang with two flat tires the old lady around the corner has.

That HM Fairlane is sweet! Its a '64, totally street legal too!

Not sure what type of exhaust work with the car if you drop a 351W in it. I have heard of people using headers for a 351W in a 65/66 Mustang, but shorty headers will be easiest route. Good luck on your new toy!

Just curious.... check the VIN number to see if the car came from the factory with a 6 cyl or V-8. It was a factory 6 cyl, someone converted the front and rear from the factory 6 cyl 4-bolt lugs on the front and rear to a 5-bolt.

Yeah thats the first thing I thought when I saw the 5 lug wheels. The guy I got it from, didnt know too much history of the car.

Good catch GT350Mike, I was going to say something about the five lugs. The rear is pretty easy to change, the front is another story.

I still have the 6cyl in my '66 Mustang, of course, its running an Offy 3x1 intake using 3 webers. Its a pretty peppy little car...

Bill