Authenticity to the Extreme: 66 vs. 67

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Re: Authenticity to the Extreme: 66 vs. 67

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Hi all,

Kent I measured per your pic as you did an I am out 35 3/4 from the lip of the firewall to the far lip of the tank so my motor is 1/2" forward of yours. I was able to get Anthony on the phone and he did the measurements on his 66 vert that appear to be identicle to all of yours. Since he bought the same angle gauge as I have (recommendation from the one I used for pinion angle for one of my other cars) we deciced to measure the engine pitch on both of the cars. Both engines are pitched up in the front 7 degrees measured on the passenger valve cover at the tank. We both recall the 7 degree number being factory correct (everyone chime in here!). So... This would indicate that I do not have a collapased, or disintegrated motor mount and since I have no engine movement I don't have a broken one either.

So... only 2 possibilites I see here is either the wrong mounts are in the car or it was a factory defect unless someone else has an idea. Next time the car is on the lift I guess we will inspect and wire brush the motor mounts looking for part numbers on them. Or, leave it as my car is one of the unique ones off the assembly line of the pre computer age dinosaur era since there appears to be no more ideas. It is difficult for me to believe that the motor mounts were replaced in this car with less than 50k miles as the 1st owner was in his 60's when it was purchased new and then owned by the Shriners who put 5k (per their title) on it in 20 years using it as a parade car but I guess strainger things have happened.
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Re: Authenticity to the Extreme: 66 vs. 67

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Here are power headrests on a 67 Lincoln 4 door. Was this a 67 only option? Was it rare? Also, I don't understand the seat control on the passenger side. I thought the power headrest would have a simple up/down switch, but this appears to be the 8 way seat switch. Is this possibly a bucket seat? Or can the passenger control the bench seat and headrest?

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Re: Authenticity to the Extreme: 66 vs. 67

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John,

The reclining passenger seat with power headrest was only available in '67. The passenger recline could be ordered on the twin comfort lounge seats, which feature four-way power adjustment, or on the six-way power bench seat. The car you pictured has the six-way bench. The switch pictured only has two switches, one to release the seat back latch to recline and the other to operate the headrest up and down, there is no center seat adjustment knob like on the driver side six-way switch.

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Jeremy,
Thank you for the information. I will be looking at the car today, and will see if those functions work.

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I have an MPC order for Nick that will ship today. Sorry for the delay.
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Dan Szwarc wrote:I have an MPC order for Nick that will ship today. Sorry for the delay.
No problem, Dan. Thanks!
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Re: Authenticity to the Extreme: 66 vs. 67

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JAB wrote:
The vinyl armrest pads on the 1966 have a crisp edge along the perimeter of the top of the pad. The 67 pad has a rounded edge around the top perimeter. The overall dimensions of the armrest pad in each year is identical. It should be noted that the part number for both pieces is identical, so it is possible that both styles ended up on 1966 or 1967. In all the cars I have looked at, the "crisp" version appears to be in the 66 and the rounded in the 67.

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Re: Authenticity to the Extreme: 66 vs. 67

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RMAENV wrote:
OK guys I know this thread has been beaten to death but I just noticed one difference today. A friend of mine was working on a '67 2-door and I noticed that the front passenger side plug wire is completely exposed allowing you to change the plug with a socket and rachet. On my '66 vert the back side of the battery box covers the 1st plug on the passenger side so you need to put a socket on the plug and use an open end wrench on the socket as there is no room for the head of the rachet. Even if you could get the rachet head in there, taking the plug out would not allow you to get the ratchet head out.

So the difference is that the battery box on the 67 was moved forward about 2 inches.
The 66/68 CONV uses plates on the engine mount insulators to move the engine forward whereas the sedans do not. Do not know exact reason but must have been done for some clearance issue(s), akin to the LINC SPECIFIC C6 bell that had to clear HVAC on firewall.

My computer is down and I will post pics when back up.

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My thoughts on the engine mounting plates used on the CONV only were incorrect. Read on-
toddallen 28 DEC 2011 wrote:
I know I am butting in ....no doubt Kultulz is the engine pro, but this is a Lincoln specific question

If your engine is 1.5 inches forward, it probaby has to do with the motor mount mounting plate that are on a convertible body that are moved forward from the sedan cars by about 1.5 inches. When installing motor mounts in the earlier convertible Lincolns, the motor mounts have to have an adapter plate that moves the engine back to the original position (this is just a steel plate with 4 holes in it). This was done on convertibles only to help dampen vibration due to the fact that the covertible body is less rigid since there is no top for structural support. I imagine that your car has the convertible mounting spots (moved forward), but someone left off the motor mount plates used on a convertible (to move it back to the proper postition). Could have even been a screw up at the factory.

Look at this picture below (stolen from this board) to see the revised position of a convertible motor mount, to install the proper motor mount, one needs the flat steel adapter plates (not shown) bolted to the mount itself that will move the engine back. The actual motor mounts for a sedan and convertible are the same.

If you want a picture of the adapter plate I can go home and scan an image.

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Re: Authenticity to the Extreme: 66 vs. 67

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Dan Szwarc wrote:
Not only did you post a picture of the outside mirror brushing for 67, but a RH mirror to boot, which to my knowledge, was not available in 1966.
Dan,

The RH mirror is not listed under Basic PN 17682. But there is a Mirror Kit (17696) in the Accessories Section (M1) that has a RH kit listed. My M1 microfiche card has a smudge there on the year(s). Can you show the MPC to ID the years the kit was released for?

My thoughts... :| ... are that a RH mirror was available as an option (towing package), possibly was also released as a Service Part but may heve been discontinued due to low sales. If one needed a service replacement, the kit had to be ordered.
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Re: Authenticity to the Extreme: 66 vs. 67

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Thanks Kultulz. If that is the case the 67 I used in the pics was a sedan and mine is a convertible. Hope you get your puter up soon.
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Re: Authenticity to the Extreme: 66 vs. 67

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OK, we missed one major difference with the seats.
1966- Seat stainless trim- There is a stainless steel trim piece that starts at the lower outside corner of the seat, wraps the outside edge of the seat, continuing up and over the top edge of the backrest, wrapping down the interior outside edge of the seat.
1967- stainless starts at the same spot but finishes at the upper outside edge of the seatback.

The 66 seat stainless trim detail is similar to that used in all 61-65 Lincolns.

First photo is a 67, second photo is a 66.

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Re: Authenticity to the Extreme: 66 vs. 67

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Okay, all--there is another difference between the two years that I had failed to mention...and after going through the entire thread, I'm surprised nobody else did, either. Then again, it's a difference that isn't visible.

It involves the inside latches of the front doors. They look the same, but they don't exactly operate the same. Sure, they both have to be pulled back to open the door, but the difference is when the doors are locked: In '66, the latch and lock are integrated in the tried-and-true Ford tradition used in prior years and from at least '73 to today--the locked door will automatically unlock and open when you pull the handle. In '67, that is not the case--for safety reasons (to appease Ralph Nader, no doubt), Lincoln adopted the GM method, requiring you to unlock the door first before you could open it. To my knowledge, that GM-type setup stayed on through the end of the Suicides, then Ford went back to its old setup in the '70s (not sure exactly what year, but I know for certain that it was restored to the automatic unlock setup by M-Y '73).

I remember this from my grand's '67; the front doors would not open with the inside handle if they were locked. If anyone has a '67 with front doors that will unlock themselves and open when the handle is pulled, then a prior owner had the latches swapped.

Note that this difference is only to the front doors. Obviously, all rear doors had to be unlocked first before they could be opened (always been the case with the rears).

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Re: Authenticity to the Extreme: 66 vs. 67

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I don't have a 67, but are you absolutely sure, Tony, that 67 required unlocking the doors before trying to open them? My 1969 Lincoln did not require this and my 1970 Marquis certainly does not.

Any 67 or 68 owners out there who can comment?
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My '67 front doors will not open with the handle if the door is locked. I'd prefer the other method, but I've gotten used to opening the lock before grabbing the handle. Nick
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Re: Authenticity to the Extreme: 66 vs. 67

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Thanks for the information about your 67. I learn something new every day.

Now if I could just stop forgetting something else, I'd be getting ahead.
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