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Blair Farmer and I went down to my buddy Tom's place last weekend in South Florida (dual purpose trip as Blair had an outboard motor to pickup) and worked on his '65 convertible top. At first we thought it was just the decklid wasn't unlocking but we found it needed more work. Figured some would enjoy the pics of my buddy Tom's garage and what we did on the car. Tom has owned this car 20-years. When he got the car it had a paint job on it that looked like someone rolled it with a home paint roller!
Love bugs are BAD in FL during Sept and May!
‘65 Lincoln Continental Top Tune Up by Jason Ballard, on Flickr
Video when we stopped at Yee Haw Junction which is where the photo was taken with the love bugs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbr0XzzRiU8&t=8s
Tom's at home shop he put up years ago
‘65 Lincoln Continental Top Tune Up by Jason Ballard, on Flickr
‘65 Lincoln Continental Top Tune Up by Jason Ballard, on Flickr
Blair accessing the situation
‘65 Lincoln Continental Top Tune Up by Jason Ballard, on Flickr
Checking relays
‘65 Lincoln Continental Top Tune Up by Jason Ballard, on Flickr
Next steps
‘65 Lincoln Continental Top Tune Up by Jason Ballard, on Flickr
‘65 Lincoln Continental Top Tune Up by Jason Ballard, on Flickr
‘65 Lincoln Continental Top Tune Up by Jason Ballard, on Flickr
Things starting to come together
‘65 Lincoln Continental Top Tune Up by Jason Ballard, on Flickr
Tom helping us with cleaning relays, connections and switches
‘65 Lincoln Continental Top Tune Up by Jason Ballard, on Flickr
Thumbs up as it was coming along
‘65 Lincoln Continental Top Tune Up by Jason Ballard, on Flickr
We checked the header panel as well
‘65 Lincoln Continental Top Tune Up by Jason Ballard, on Flickr
Video of the top working
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CT_KqGyD ... _copy_link
Bottom line Blair had to swap 1 relay, we cleaned all the contact surfaces, spent some time really cleaning switches / checking limit switches. I learned a whole lot and had a blast doing it. This knowledge drop by Blair will no doubt help me on my new project that is getting delivered next week!
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Good info Jason! I met Blair Farmer last week when I was down in Clearwater. Another great Lincoln guy and part of the Clearwater Old Lincoln Mafia!
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Re: 1965 Lincoln Continental Convertible - Top Tune Up
Good info Jason! I met Blair Farmer last week when I was down in Clearwater. Another great Lincoln guy and part of the Clearwater Old Lincoln Mafia!
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Oh yeah. I'm so glad you met up with Blair and it was good connecting with you on the phone Mark. I'm very excited about your car!
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There IS life after John Cashman.
Congrats on the tune up. Did you lube the pivot points?
Congrats on the tune up. Did you lube the pivot points?
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Normally I don't come to this category, but I do want to say good stuff! It's nice to see folks figure stuff out by employing good-ol' initiative.
Ahh, yes, Black Rain. I remember it all too well. That stretches as far as Louisiana at those times of the year, but it seems to have its heaviest concentration in Florida.
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Ahh, yes, Black Rain. I remember it all too well. That stretches as far as Louisiana at those times of the year, but it seems to have its heaviest concentration in Florida.
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Thanks TonyC. Sorry I never noticed a reply on this thread. Wow can't believe time has flown by this quick. Thanks Dan. Yes, we sure did.
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