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This is my stepfather's car he was working on before he passed away. It has a lot of cool things on it that I've never seen before.

I had never heard of a Merlin engine until my stepfather started working on the car. He told me about it but I still had to look it up.

This is a 540 Merlin II engine. I think the "II," just means that it is twice as good as the Merlin I.

This is one of the nicest looking engines I've ever seen. One of my artist friends calls it a sculptural work of art.

At some point, I may try to take some unique photos that I can frame later... or maybe I could get some good sketches or paintings out of this.

The engine even comes with an engraved chrome plated manufacturer's plate. How cool is this?

Sanderson Headers!

The suspension even looks nice.

Another front suspension shot...

I'm not sure what the gauge measures, but it's like a steampunk element. It's like a fuel injection I think.

Okay, Here is a list of some of the parts on this car;

Merlin 540 ci big block
Lunati Crank, rods & pistons
Lunati hydraulic roller cam, roller rockers
Polished Edelbrock RPM heads
Street & Performance chrome fuel injection
Billet serpentine belt drive & accessories
Sanderson headers
Hughes 4L80E transmission
Mark Williams modular rear end
4 link suspension, adjustable coil over shocks
Art Morrison frame
Heidt Stainless steel front suspension
Polished & adjustable over coil shocks
Wilwood front brakes & rack & pinion steering
Weld Magnum wheels
Mickey Thompson tires
Be Cool radiator
Dakota Digital dash
Vintage air
Cruise control
Ididit steering column

Here are some of the front end assembly. My stepfather took the front end off because he was going to have the car painted.

The front & rear bumper.

The front quarters...

Leather bucket seats

Doors without handles & hardware installed...

Dash & shifter is currently in the trunk...

Still needs a rear window & windshield...

Fiberglass hood...

Front wheel...

Rear wheel...

Modified back seat...

Rear end...

Closer shot of rear end... (No drive shaft for the car... needs to be custom made.)

Trunk...

Parts...

Fuel line, break line, dipstick, gaskets, grommets, polished elbows & fittings hardware...

Thermostat, u-bolts, firewall rubber thingys, fuel or break line connector...

Dipstick...

Gasket for rear...

I'm not sure what the red thing is...

More parts... Lots of salvaged hardware, window cranks, window gears, windshield wipers, hood springs, original gas pedal & chrome gas pedal, back seat windows, 5 extra tail lamp bezels, 4 tail lamp assembly parts, original red tail lenses, bushings, washers, door handles...

I think this is the trunk locking mechanism with key tumbler (no key)...

Chrome window moulding and other cosmetic pieces...

Here is what the rear end looks like without all the parts in boxes blocking the view...

Custom escape hatch cover... Looks like a sway bar mixed in with the window mouldings...

More parts... five front chrome light frames, some sort of collar (Might be for a mirror, parking signals, bushings, hood latch, some sort of interesting looking gizmo made of machined aluminium (Maybe some sort of brake master cylinder...) Well greased rod ends with new zerks (Moog), grill parts, fuel tank sending unit...

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Wiring harness for tail lamps, rubber stopper kit...

Labeled bolts & hardware, gaskets...

Front fold out windows (The other one is on another blanket shot further down) 6 tail lamp lens bezels, original horns & harness, emergency brake & break release, passenger window or driver side (One is missing the glass.) turquoise blue visors, door stop pegs, headlamp assembly bracket, some sort of ribbon cable, an amber lamp & two backing lamps, red triangular magnets...