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01/12/2019 1:01 pm
PIC: So now I have decided to turn my 57 Mercury
Turnpike Cruiser into a regular 57 Mercury hardtop by using an Edsel top. As you can see the top doesn't fit very well so I have some work to do here. Then I want to remove the four headlights and make them the standard two light design. I have removed the continental kit a long time ago.
And when the work is done I want to paint it the 57 color of Sunset Orchid with the gold insert in the side cove to the taillights.
I still have the 58 Edsel Citation station wagon to finish and my model of The Bat my custom 40 Buick.
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01/12/2019 2:10 pm
Should look great; good luck with it! Good color choice.
01/12/2019 2:19 pm
I did that with mine years ago but never got past "setting the top in place."
01/12/2019 3:10 pm
Dick, good luck on your conversion. I can't wait to see it
01/12/2019 3:33 pm
Though I applaud your creative passion Dick Johnson, it brings a tear to my eyes when I see these little cars wrecked. But I don't agree with real cars being customized either. To each their own as they say!
I'm guessing Victor Frankenstein would be proud though.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
01/12/2019 3:35 pm
If it makes Dick Johnkenstein happy...lol..so be it !
01/12/2019 5:16 pm
David, that's a beauty you've got there.
01/12/2019 7:03 pm
Putting an Edsel top on a Mercury is an abomination. Making a beautiful Caddy is not.
There is a difference. But as I said, and so did others...if Dick likes it, that's all that matters. It's his cars, his time, and his money. But he has to expect that not everyone is going to like it like he does.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota