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Hotrodder
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#931 Post by Hotrodder »

It's a customised 49-51 Mercury, a subsidiary of Ford. Still to this day they are found and given the full period treatment. Dechroming, chopped top, lowered suspension and more often than not a much later high powered ohv engine. For dozens more examples Google "1950 Mercury lead sled".
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#932 Post by RobertArthur »

Always something new to discover, thx Hotrodder.

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#933 Post by RobertArthur »

Not a classic car, not the same size as the 49/51 Mercury, no Chevy ZZ4-385 hp under the hood, not pancaked. But almost the same colour, a selective period treatment?

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#934 Post by Yonner »

whoever chose the name?? :crazy:
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#935 Post by Hotrodder »

What name?
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#936 Post by Yonner »

Dike, written on the side.
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#937 Post by RobertArthur »

Inside this "Canta" a Honda GX 160 (3.9 hp) or GX 200 (5.4 hp) single cylinder engine, top speed 45 km/h. Other possible names: "Feather Sled" or "Badminton Shuttle". The owner was probably blissfully unaware of the existence of the Mercury lead sled heritage...
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#938 Post by ajm »

My ride on is more powerful than that but it won't do 45kph.
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#939 Post by L Austin France »

ajm wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 12:17 pm My ride on is more powerful than that but it won't do 45kph.
Try a higher gear.
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#940 Post by RobertArthur »

In 1900 a French engineer named Gérard Lavergne (1854-1948) published his book about the future of motoring. Title: Manuel théorique et pratique de l'automobile sur route. Vapeur - Pétrole - Électricité, 732 pages. What will it be? Steam? Too heavy. Gasoline: smelly, inflammable, noisy. Electric power has the future: reliable, easy to drive and quiet, a perfect city car. More about the early electric cars.

Around 1900 this photograph of a woman charging her electric car, in a promotional campaign by General Electric.


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