One quick look at the car we have here, and the first thing that may cross your mind could be the impulse to touch it. After all, that may very well be the only way one can truly experience what ...

Chopped and lowered, this Mercury has the right look without any of the extra nonsense that always seems to attract itself to custom cars. Underneath the hood is the original flathead V8 and although ...

Every once in a while, when we are faced with cars looking like the one in the gallery below, we can’t help but wonder what happened to car design over the past 50 years. How or when did we lose the ...

This video explores the meticulous craftsmanship behind a highly modified 1950 Mercury custom cruiser, known as a lead sled.

[Dave] wanted to make an Arduino robot out of a remote-control 1950 Mercury. He removed the RC portion from the car and kept the drive and steering motors. The idea was to use three ultrasonic ...

When a guy builds his first chopped Mercury at the age of 19, it's a pretty good indication that he'll be someone to keep an eye on in the custom car community. David Wolk is that type of person. His ...

On the other hand, folks like Richard Zocchi and John D'Agostino apparently didn't need any magazine motivation to further fuel their aspirations to keep the custom car alive and, well, in a time when ...

Before you start to say, "hey, this isn't a lowrider," we'll tell you that you're right. This chopped '50 Mercury might not strictly fall into the classic lowrider category, but it does qualify as a ...

Q: Greg, I’ve always been a fan of Mercury, and wish Ford would have kept the brand name in its car lineup. As a child, my mom and dad had a 1950 Mercury, which my dad later told me was the best ...

Q: Hello Greg! I am an old ‘51 Mercury customized flat-head man and sure remember those wonderful cars from the 1950s and then also from the 1960s. The pictures in your recent columns have brought ...