1948 Mercury coupe: All Ford, enry would approve of this build, owered by a rebuilt high-performance 289 and 3 speed automatic that came out of a 1967 Ford Fairlane GTA. The engine sounds great with dual exhaust, uns beautifully, hifts perfectly - including kick-down -and has plenty of power;drives nice and smooth down the road at 70 mph. Mustang II front suspension withpower discbrakes, ear drum, okar shifter,power steering, new am/fm/mp3 in-dashcustom-fit stereo, new electric2-speedwipers. High-quality new wiring harness at time of build and all electricfeatures work as they should:turn signals (front are hidden behind grille), arking lights(amber LED lights in front original parking lights), rake& headlights, ack-up lamp,and customchrome driving lights. Professionally upholsteredwith a Glide Engineering front seat. Could use new carpeting, ut is ok as is. Blue metallic base coat/clear coat paint has silver"ghost flames" that were laid out really nice, ut covered upwith alittle too much blue soare only visible in certain light -but still pretty cool! Solid car, oesn't look like it ever had any real rust repair, new tinted glass all the way around.Car comes with3 ring binder supplied by previous owner detailing all parts used for the build.I drove this car 5 hours from my home to St Paul, N for the Back to the Fifties car show in June of this year, nd itran great, o over-heating issues at all.Nice old hot rod at a great price, ot perfect but priced appropriately, ust get in it and drive it home! Appraised in1996 at$21,000 - that was a lot of money then - and has accumulated a little over 20,000 miles since, nd always been stored inside. Located 90 miles NE of Duluth, innesota on the beautiful north shore of Lake Superior.Check out my 100% true positive feedback built since 1999 and buy with confidence! $500 non-refundable Paypal deposit due within 48 hours of purchase, ith full payment due within 7 days. Car must be picked up within 30 days unless prior arrangements are made. Please email any and all questions prior to committing to buy!