{"id":11462,"date":"2016-08-30T22:27:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T02:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=11462"},"modified":"2016-08-30T22:27:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T02:27:12","slug":"icon-is-building-an-electric-1949-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=11462","title":{"rendered":"ICON is Building an Electric 1949 Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11463\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=11463\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ICON 1949 Mercury coupe with twin electric motors 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;ICON 1949 Mercury coupe with twin electric motors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-01.jpg?resize=620%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ICON 1949 Mercury coupe with twin electric motors\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-01.jpg?resize=620%2C310&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-01.jpg?resize=600%2C300&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-01.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-01.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Ward recently shared a video tour where he talked about their current and future projects. One interesting project he discussed was a 1949 Mercury coupe that will turn into an ICON Derelict. It will feature twin electric motors, electric steering and electric AC. The car will ride on a custom Art Morrison chassis with a rear independent suspension. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=11464\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-02.jpg?fit=1080%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ICON 1949 Mercury coupe with twin electric motors 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;ICON 1949 Mercury coupe with twin electric motors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-02.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-02.jpg?resize=620%2C310&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ICON 1949 Mercury coupe with twin electric motors\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-02.jpg?resize=620%2C310&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-02.jpg?resize=600%2C300&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-02.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-02.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan starts discussing the project at 4:40 in the video below.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h6r7ddsZNCo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/icon4x4\">ICON4x4 FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Ward recently shared a video tour where he talked about their current and future projects. One interesting project he discussed was a 1949 Mercury coupe that will turn into an ICON Derelict. It will feature twin electric motors, electric steering and electric AC. The car will ride on a custom Art Morrison chassis with&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=11462\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ICON is Building an Electric 1949 Mercury<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mercury"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ICON-1949-Mercury-coupe-with-twin-electric-motors-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C540&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91947,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=91947","url_meta":{"origin":11462,"position":0},"title":"Electric 1949 Mercury Coupe","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Jonathan Ward found this 1949 Mercury on Craigslist with the perfect patina. 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