Potential "new" car. 1965 Lincoln, barn find.

RyanA · Post by **RyanA** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:30 am

Well, drove to see a friend today and check out the progress on his Continental. His interior is about 85% done (still has to put dash back together and put the metal fabbed kick panels in the car along with a few other little touches). Exterior is nearly vinyled (just has to do the tops of the 2 passenger doors) and everything between the fender top chrome is vinyl. The car is almost ready for paint. He has plans to put a brick wall on one side with graffiti and plans on doing a Harley theme on the other side. Black, orange, and red colors with some tribal and skulls. His car is one year older than mine, it's a 1964.

Got a bunch of pics from his factory service manual so I know how to get the carb set up, check over wiring on the car, etc. We also talked about what he did to lower the car. I'm going to do the same front drop but not drop the rear quite as far (probably 1" less). The wheels in these pics are 18's; he has 20's for it but does not yet have tires for them. Not sure if I'll do 18's, 20's, or 22's yet.

Here are a few pics I took of his car this evening:

gsrauto98 · Post by **gsrauto98** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:51 am

damn hellagangsta lol, speaking of continentals there is a convetible black one that has been parked at this shop off of chesterfield airport road, and it looks pretty sweet

02Type-S · Post by **02Type-S** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:48 am

NICE!!!! What size wheels are on his?

jdmludegirl · Post by **jdmludegirl** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:51 am

99BlackHatch;198712 wrote:Great find big guy. Can't wait to see ti when it's completed

...wtf?!?!?! Is he your best buddy or something, and that is what you refer to him as?! :kermit:

RyanA · Post by **RyanA** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:02 pm

Right now, he has the 18's off of his Impala SS on it. He has 20's that look very similar but he has not yet bought tires for them. Said he did not want to get tires only to have the car sit on them for a year or two before he may get the car done. He does drive it the way it is every once in a while just to keep everything lubed up.

I'm thinking as long as I have 18's or larger, it should look good. I probably won't do paint on the car for at least a year. Plans in order of importance are Mechanically tip-top, drop, wheels, interior, paint. Paint is at the bottom of the list as I figure it may look pretty cool slammed on wheels but looking pretty much "barn find" otherwise.

02Type-S · Post by **02Type-S** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:57 pm

Go 20s

luvmyhondas · Post by **luvmyhondas** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:40 pm

Damn! the cops will be looking for you after stealing the car from that guy!

RyanA · Post by **RyanA** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:27 am

OK, car is now at the shop. The trunk lid is pretty much TRASHED so I'll need another one. Here are some pics after I dragged it out of the barn, after it was loaded, and after I rinsed it off a bit:

Car still wet; it's not nearly this shiny...

Phate · Post by **Phate** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:33 am

Thing looks great.

gsrauto98 · Post by **gsrauto98** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:04 am

its amazing what a little rinse will do lol, anyways good luck with the project, keep us updated