This is not your typical clear 1/32 Scale slot car body. Most are flimsy .010 thick lexan. We don't believe in "one hitters". Boss Bodies are made from .024 thick PVC that is tough enough for your Saturday Night short track action. Put those shelf queens away and trade paint without tearing your fenders off.
These bodies ship clear, untrimmed. They do not come with the paint jobs you see here. This beauty is by Bob Boulais
Planning for their post WWII lineup of cars, the Ford Motor Company envisioned it's 1949 lineup to be comprised of six car models, a small Ford, a big Ford, a small Mercury, a big Mercury, a standard Lincoln (Zephyr) and the Continental. After WWII, Henry Ford II took over leadership of the Ford Motor Company and saw no need for 6 car models. The small Ford was sent to France where it became the Vedette. The big Ford was deemed too large to compete in price with the Chevrolet, so a new Ford was hastily designed to fill that spot. The larger Ford became the new Mercury. The proposed Zephyr became the baby Lincoln, while the Lincoln Cosmopolitan completed the 4 car lineup for 1949. Those three years, from 1949 to 1951, are the only time that Mercury and Lincoln shared a common body styling. The 49 Mercury is truly a symbol of the 50's, made into an icon of that era by James Dean when he cruised a "mild" custom 1949 Mercury coupe in the movie "Rebel Without a Cause". The Mercury was reportedly customized by George Barris. Other then being nosed & decked, it was not chopped or channeled. It was just a cool 1949 Mercury.
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