So lately I have been caught up in personal life as well as started a new job. It has been fun but I haven’t been online very much. Lets see if I can get back into a normal swing of things, but this post is about something else. This post is about a new car that I have.

 

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I totally forgot to mention this, The Shop is

Hall Ass “The Shop”
http://www.hallasstheshop.com
23102 Mariposa Ave
Torrance, CA 90502
ph: 310-325-2921

They are a great shop for custom work, custom builds and general repairs. It is seriously been the only place i have taken my cars.

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1964 Lincoln Continental
That is how many of these were made, and I happen to get one in January. It was in ok shape.

 

Yeah, everything is there, mostly, there are a few smaller items missing here and there but it has had a lot put into it, just needs a little more done. I am not taking a whole lot of time to do the work on it, I am only taking about 1 day a month, 12 hours or until the shop kicks me out. At this point I have spent 2 full days working on it, and a couple of random hours here and there when I could.

The first steps were to inventory her and see what she has. I have about 95or so photos of what was there. It turns out most of the chrome is there, along with most of the parts, they were all in the cab. I also found the VIN plate, that I was able to decode.

This tells me the VIN number, but some other random details as well.

• The body code – Lincoln Continental 4 door Sedan
• The factory color – Beige (eww!!)
• The factory interior color – Beige (at least it matched)
• The date of production – May 24th 1964
• Original Shipped to area – Oakland CA

It also tells a couple of other peices of information.

The VIN number also tells me it was a 1964 year model with a MEL 430 engine. Lets start here

Yeah, that is it, the MEL430 boat anchor. Damn I dont like that blue. But its covered in a few years of dust and stuff,but that is the basic motor,rebuilt but never started. Same as the transmission. No fluids in either, no batter, the wires all need to be connected and but they are all there.

But that was the first day, just inventorying parts and getting it ready to roll, not start, but roll as in push this bitch.

The Second Day

The second day I went the shop had pushed the car into the front area because it was now a Current Project instead of a Former Project, so in the sunlight I could get a good over view of things.

 

Looks like some things are missing. But it is mostly there. So we started by finding out what was needed to make the car a Running Vehicle, yes I do have the carb and it was there but that wasnt my primary, First things first, lets assemble some stuff.

Radiator and A/C Condenser first.

 

And yes, that is a factory speaker.

I dont have pictures of these parts because they were just simple “lets run to AutoZone and grab them”

• Coil Pack – Delco basic for Ford motors – Gives spark to the engine
• Thermostat – Was in the box of random parts but the gasket wasn’t
• Carburetor Gasket – Had to get so that the carb would mount
• Hose Clamps – those were not with the car, but new hoses were
• Car Cover – the car is outside now

With that list of stuff, Andy and I (mostly Andy) mount the carb, the coolant system together, and while we were thinking of starting the motor, Andy saw an issue.

 

The power steering pump goes there, I have the power steering pump BUT I do not have any of the mounting hardware or gaskets or supporting pieces to mount it. So that means no firing up of the motor at that point. “You can put the oil in, and watch it drain out from the there”  so no firing it up until i get the gaskets and mounting hardware.

I ordered the stuff for it from Old Lincoln Parts worry about finding the parts on their web site, it isnt the greatest web site, but Call them, they know their stuff. He was able to tell me every step of what i needed to do when i said “MEL 430 Power steering mounting hardware”.

But because the scope of the work is that great we were able to do other things while waiting for the parts. So while talking about what else to work on, the hood was mounted

I got a nice high flow Holley Carb for the car. Holley StreetAvenger 870CFMand its nothing to sneeze at. I had to get a adapter plate to mount it properly because the linkage was not clearing a vacuum outlet. But once I got it on there, I had to double check for clearance issues, and still need to check it correctly. But damn it looks kind of sexy sitting there

And then after getting that all said and done, we called it the end of day 2

 

The list of things for next time I go will be:

• Clean Prep Paint
  • Power Steering pump after test mounting
  • Harmonic Balancer
  • Upper Radiator Support
  • Pullies (i really dont like this blue)
  • Water reservoir (the beat up looking can on top)
• Found oil pressure sensor location 
• verify all wires are connected to correct locations
• Mount the doors (? maybe)
• Verify cost of disk brake parts
• Find some damn wheels for disk brakes to work

Also, I would like to let everyone know that El Angsto is going to be moving forward with his photography and he has already scheduled the first "Staged” pictures of the car, those pictures will be done after it is running so that we can drive it to a location