My 1972 Lincoln Continental

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My 1972 Lincoln Continental

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Hello my name is Anton and I live in Iceland.

This is my 1972 Coupe.

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Thers my friends 1973 Town Car.

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Anton,

Your Town Coupe is beautiful. My father had a '70 TC in double black with a naked top.

Welcome to the site. You are in good company. We have many international members.
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Welcome to the forum Anton, sweet cars !

So what was your mileage with that cloud of smoke behind you? :D
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toddallen wrote:Welcome to the forum Anton, sweet cars !

So what was your mileage with that cloud of smoke behind you? :D
You don´t won´t to know. And in Iceland 1liter of fuel is arond 2$ !!!!!
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I love the 72 Continentals. Land Yachts in the truest sense.

Tell us, Anton. What have you done to the 460 to make it that powerful?
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Dan Szwarc wrote:I love the 72 Continentals. Land Yachts in the truest sense.

Tell us, Anton. What have you done to the 460 to make it that powerful?
Wery littel 11:1 compression, hydrolic roller cam, 770 holly carb, edelbr. performer intake, msd 6plusdigital ignition, I took the heads and matchported them myself, in my christmas vacation I´m gonna put roller rockerarms in it.

In the rear-end there is 3,23:1 and a no-spin.

This is a 3year old video with the motor allmost stock
http://youtube.com/watch?v=s5NekdUqY7U

http://youtube.com/watch?v=huxBmsVdrlI&feature=related
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Where is the best place to get weatherstrip kit for my Lincoln

Also I´need new carpet and correct vinyltop.

Regards from ICELAND

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So cool... (no pun intended)
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behind left front tire: Fuel leak?
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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet ride! Love the burnout! :)

I'm amazed at how popular these cars are overseas...
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Dan Szwarc wrote:Image
behind left front tire: Fuel leak?

No, just some oil from the car that was thera before me.
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are those 14 inch wheels on it? (ive been obsessing with tire sizes lately...i have "normal" 235/75R15s, but my dad had 255-15, old standar white walls)
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Welcome to the forum & congrats on the cool boat! Whatta burnout!

greetings from the Netherlands,
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Castrosua wrote:are those 14 inch wheels on it? (ive been obsessing with tire sizes lately...i have "normal" 235/75R15s, but my dad had 255-15, old standar white walls)
When the original hubcabs is on they are 235/75/15

The Magnum chrome wheels are also 15inc, but the torque thrust wheels are 17inc.



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its an interesting look. Not bad, but it works since yours is a two door. Nice car, but then again im partial to 72s hehe..
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