Quick rundown.... My dad bought the car in 1992 from a widow in Carmel, Ca. Her husband had passed away so she started to sell off all his toys. We believe that they were the original owners, but really can't verify. I was 12 at the time and I remember seeing a 1950 something T-bird in the garage next to the Lincoln. The T-bird looked clean, nothing around it, but the Lincoln had a couch laying across the hood! This would not be the last time she had something laying across her hood.. LOL. My father drove her home with no problems. In 93' a drunk driver rear ended the left quarter panel. He took the car to the body shop and had her fixed. On my 17th birthday, my dad handed me the keys and said it was mine! So just like any teenager... I ripped her apart. It just shows that these Lincolns were built to last. I almost drove her in the ground. 100 mph on the I-15, drove her throught the desert, 360's in the parking lots... you name it, I did it or tried it. 18 Years later, here I am trying to make her pretty.
I've got the timing gears and chain (read down below and you'll see what I found), Pertronix II, new oil pump and shaft, and a few odd's and ends.
Here are some pictures.... Ill keep adding as I go! Enjoy.
Here she is getting loaded up on the Tow Truck
This is when I brought her home. I washed off about 10 years of dirt and dust. She looks good about 15 feet away!
I pulled the fuel tank. The tank was about 3/4's full.... PITA!!!
The tank on the right is the one I pulled from the car. The one on the left is a tank my dad pulled from a salvage yard. My tank is dirty and dented, but the extra tank is clean and appears to be sealed. Im having difficulty trying to verify if its an actual 64 tank. The only difference is a little nob on the top portion of the extra tank. Maybe someone can verify.
The fuel sending unit on the left was pulled out of my car. The one on the right was pulled from the extra tank. There are some differences, but damn near identical... if that makes sense.
The extra unit's number is C4 F-9275-B. My original is C4 F-9275-A. ????
I found this up under the seat... I think its a build sheet???? After decoding it, the car was built in the Seattle plant and shipped and sold in the bay area.
This is actually a radiator out of a 65. We pulled it from one of our parts car when I blew the water pump.
This is probably the best pic. Not only was there $5 worth of change, but notice that there is Lip Liner/makeup and a hair pin under the seat. My wife is my high school sweetheart and she saw this and mentioned that it wasn't hers!!! I really tried to explain that it was possibly my sisters or a girlfriend prior to her, but it didn't work LOL. 13 years later I still have some explaining to do!!
The Fuel pump on the right is a true 3-port?????
My first "father and son" project on the car was to replace the thermostat. I remember that my hands were small enough to put the bolts back on the resevoir. My father said," make sure that thermostat doesnt slip down. If it does, we'll find out sooner or later". If you can see on the upper left corner, you can see that the thermostat did slip, I actually tighten it down in the wrong position. LOL. 18 years later Im able to correct my mistake.
Im now in the process of pulling the front end of the engine off to replace the timing components, while replacing a new water pump, thermostat etc. As you can see, its nasty down there, but trust me, this is a pic after I pressure washed everything. I found those water diverters that everyone recommends pulling. Once I pull them, what would be the next step? When I put the water pump back on should I just make the gasket seal around it????
We have had the car since 1992. The engine has 174K miles on it. As I was tearing apart everything I noticed that some of the bolts were coming off too easy. I pulled one bolt off the timing cover and noticed that it was the only one without a washer. Everything in that area was very "loose" which led me to believe that someone had done some type of engine of work. When I pulled the cover I found metal sprockets vice the plastic doo hickies that everyone says is voodoo for these engines.
Is this too much slack??... I know, horrible picture.
Could someone tell me what this is? It fell off when I pulled the cover. I also dropped the shaft for the fuel pump into oil pan
Ill keep adding pics as I fix and screw things up. Hopefully this will help someone out later on down the line. ACC
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