Winter Drive In The Merc

rusty6

Well-known Member
Sunshine and blue sky today with temps in the teens so I took the 52 Merc out for a short drive. Believe it or not I boiled the engine for the first time ever. Had the radiator covered to get it up to operating temp and forgot til it boiled. Found out it has quite a leak in the top tank under high pressure. Managed to get through the field without getting stuck but did get stuck ( and stalled) close to home.
Some driving video here.
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Merc Winter Drive
 
Rusty6,


If you don't mind me asking and you probably have answered my question in earlier posts somewhere , but where are you located ? In Canada or Minnesota ? I know that you are father north than me in Kentucky up near the border somewhere . I have thought that you said Canada some , but thought that I saw some references to Minnesota some too.

Thanks,
Whizkid
 
Rusty ..... when I was in high school in the early 60's, my friend owned a Ford, maybe a'53 or so with the flathead V8. What I remember most about it was the amount of heat that poured out of that below dash heat vent door on the passenger side (I think it was), it kept you more than warm, it kept you HOT !!!
 
Growing up "hot water six" was a popular term as a lot of flat head sixes were out there....dad's '52 Plymouth for a time. Course with the exhaust routing problems with the flathead V8 vs the inline design, no doubt the water was hot. When I was a kid Ford was the family vehicle for the most part. I didn't know about dual water pumps and cooling requirements on the V8s. Just saw those two upper radiator hoses and thick fan belt and all the necessities. When dad went to buy a '56 Chevy V8 I tried to talk him out of it because it didn't have all that "cool" stuff.........but that wasn't the real reason. Sitting on the lot was a '56 Ford V8 lacking that cool stuff too but it had WHITEWALL tires. Wink! I lost, cost prevailed.
 
(quoted from post at 07:07:12 12/10/18) Sitting on the lot was a '56 Ford V8 lacking that cool stuff too but it had WHITEWALL tires. Wink! I lost, cost prevailed.
Same here as my dad always considerd whitewalls a "luxury" that he could do without. I'm keeping the tradition alive :)
Whizkidkyus, I am in Sask. as this vintage 53 license plate proudly proclaims, "Wheat Province."
You can see the cat food bag covering the radiator in this shot. About 5 minutes later it overheated. But running these old engines too cold is bad for them too.

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Thank you. Always something intriguing and interesting in your videos. Looks like your big shed sliding doors move very easily as it appeared that you barely touched them and they were moving. How big is that shed? Also curious about your Quonset which I think your other shed is. Quonset is a brand name or at least was in North Dakota where I grew up. They were VERY popular and useful.
 
(quoted from post at 11:12:51 12/10/18) How big is that shed? Also curious about your Quonset which I think your other shed is. Quonset is a brand name or at least was in North Dakota where I grew up. They were VERY popular and useful.
Ron, I argue that term "quonset" with my brother. He insists on calling his straight wall shed a quonset while I argue that quonset is a style of building, half circle, usually steel. Like the 40x70 Standard Steel quonset in my yard.
The doors on the newer straight wall shed are what they call the "cannon ball track" and a big improvement on those sliders on the old quonset. Always keep a crowbar handy to open or close those but then they date to 1977.
Straight wall shed is 50 wide by 64 long. Too small obviously.
 

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