This '47 Mercury is going to take your heart. Beautiful detail from the red metallic paint to the leather interior she has it all!
The 1947 Mercury Convertible with its elegant classic design. 1947 made a statement with its distinctive grille, hood ornament, and chrome accents, reflecting America's changing eras of automotive styling. The '47 demands attention with unique design and modern performance. The restoration build has taken to customizing and restoring preserving its classic appeal while modernizing its features.
Performance comes from a Chevrolet Corvette LT1 V8 engine that is a naturally-aspirated 350 ci with fuel injected. Power output is approximately 300 horsepower and 329 lb-ft. of torque. Match to a T56 six-speed manual transmission with aluminum housing, synchronized gears, and a 11-inch clutch with an external hydraulic slave cylinder.
Driving is a dream with a Mustang II front end. Power steering and front disc brakes. Fully adjustable front coil-over shocks and rear gas shocks. Massive rear sway bar and front sway bar gives a fantastic road handling. A full summer tune-up has been done that includes; new clutch, new header gaskets, new collector gasket, new motor mounts, new seals on hose of steering rack, resealed banjo fitting on power steering pump, flush and new anti-freeze. The Vintage Air AC unit has been serviced and charge. The '47 is ready for those summer road trips.
Beautiful interior with power leather bucket seats and a full rear bench. Every detail is stunning keeping to the classic dash gauges to a more modern center console. Every gauge has been restored and is working as it should. The center console houses the power front windows switches, power trunk release, power door openers and power door locks. There are also the courtesy lights and AC vents. Yes, this beauty has cruise control. Let's not overlook the 2" chopped power convertible top with a real glass rear window.
What sets this '47 apart? Let's look at the custom body work from smoothed bumpers, and the shaved door handles to give a clean smooth styling. The doors are open by a keyless fob and car alarm. The metallic red is the perfect setting for the show level chrome and bright work.
The fit and finish place this custom '47 as an award winner road car you can count on!
