Mercury was a brand owned by Ford from 1939 to 2011, the maker of hits such as the Eight, Cougar, or Capri. ... Lead sleds generally display a cut roof, sitting on shorter pillars.

Born in 1938, Mercury stayed faithfully at Ford’s side until 2011. During its life, it mostly copied what the big brother was doing, but that does not rob it of some value in the eyes of car ...

Wayne Jones (Indianapolis) began customizing his '51 Ford in 1956, finished it by 1959, then decided to chop the top just last year. It's no slouch, either, with early hemi lurking under the flames.

Storey normally runs his sled behind tractors making as much as 10,000 horsepower. To slow those monsters down, he can load the Pioneer's weight-transfer box with up to a dozen 1800-pound lead bricks.

There's nothing like the vroom of the engine or the souped-up style of a fully-customized lead sled. "That's hammered, slammed, shaded, decked, the whole ball of wax," lead sled owner Mike ...