My '80 Lincoln Continental Mark VI Coupe "White Lightnin"

[87gtVIC]

Looks great Brandon.

[88Vic]

only question I have is... "where's the washer tank?"

+1 I'm looking to put a CAI on mine and I need ideas on where to put it, hopefully keeping the stock tank but not necessarily. I see you have a new coolant resivoir, I figure i'll just delete mine since the radiator stays full but the resivoir never fills.

[marquisman]

its good to hear that you got your lincoln on the road. the engine looks good too!

[LTDMan83]

I think you and Dave are my heros!! So much attention to detail and you can "feel the love" that has gone into the work. REALLY makes my heart feel good seeing so much put into these cars!!! Bobby

Thanks Bobby, I really appreciate that. This really is a labor of love for me.

only question I have is... "where's the washer tank?"

Both the Vacuum Reservoir and the Washer Tank are mounted under the DS of the core support, right about where the Air Filter sits. Washer tank is from an '85 XR7. I wanted it mounted out of sight, but as a result you have to reach under the car to pop open the lid, and then you can stick a funnel through the stock hole in the fender liner into the bottle to fill it back up again. Not too hard to do, and made for a much cleaner engine bay.

Wow, that's pretty And that's not even your good engine.

Ford dark blue seems to work on these cars. After I painted the upper trailing arms Ford blue, I realized that it was way too bright for a conservative CV.

Packman

Thanks packmang. Yea I agree. I like the Dark Ford Blue, beats the hell outta the stock semi-gloss black too. Never really been a fan of the medium or light ford blue.

Looks great Brandon.

Thanks Dave.

+1 I'm looking to put a CAI on mine and I need ideas on where to put it, hopefully keeping the stock tank but not necessarily. I see you have a new coolant resivoir, I figure i'll just delete mine since the radiator stays full but the resivoir never fills.

Hot coolant expands under pressure. Once it expands it needs somewhere to go, your expansion tank is that place. If the expansion tank isn't there it spews out the hole next to the cap, and all over the DS inner fender. If you delete your expansion tank your radiator will not stay full, unless you only fill it up about 75% of the way. Go read up on how it works.

its good to hear that you got your lincoln on the road. the engine looks good too!

Thanks MM. Been looking forward to getting her on the road for over a year now, and it feels great. There's a real sense of accomplishment there now for me when I look at her. She drives like a dream too, like you would expect from a Lincoln of this caliber. Couldn't ask for much more than this. I think I'm in Love.






I will try and get a vid posted up of her running soon, if I can borrow my buddys camcorder off him (the sound on my cam sucks for vids). Also will have pics of the body fully back together, and teh NOS Front Bumper installed.

Stay Tuned.

[tjc78]

Very nice. Enjoy it, done just in time for spring/summer cruising.

[gabegt90]

Looks great brandon i love reading your updates motor really looks great. Like it was ment to be in there. Glad you gave efi a second chance

[LTDMan83]

Very nice. Enjoy it, done just in time for spring/summer cruising.

Thanks. Gonna be doing alot of cruising in this baby this season, starting this weekend. Driving to a friends house that lives 145 miles away, so I will get to see how she handles a small road trip.

Looks great brandon i love reading your updates motor really looks great. Like it was ment to be in there. Glad you gave efi a second chance

Thanks Gabe. I'm glad I gave EFI a second chance too. Even for all it's faults and shortcomings, it does look pretty bad ass in there. Thinking now that I might indeed go ahead with an EFI top end on my 351 that I'm building. Probably stock ford lightning stuff, instead of the EZ-EFI.

[johnunit]

So jealous! it's so damned clean... damn you and your skills and tools and climate...

yes vids! vids!!!

[LTDMan83]

Rollin Strong

Been really busy lately, we have alot of projects going on at work right now, that we are trying to get done before the summer car show season starts up here, so I haven't had much time to do anything other than drive this car, but I'm happy to report back that I've put over 800 miles on her since the swap, with 0 problems! She has been really good to me!; and I can now say for sure that I LOVE THIS LINCOLN!!!! Have even been driving it to work lately (with covers on the seats of course), and all the guys at my shop love it as well. A few have been begging me to let them take it out for a cruise around town, but I know how rough these assholes are on cars, so they aren't getting handed my keys.

This thing gets granny driven 99% of the time, as I don't want to fuck it up, and then be in an endless search for Rare Body Parts which were only made for 4 years total. This car bone stock, has little to no traction, so it would be very easy for someone who was driving it and not prepared for how easily it loses traction, to stomp the gas, lose traction, panic, stomp the brakes, and then put it into a wall or tree. After all the work I've put in on this car, I'd want to cry after that happened. I might let my best friend cruise it around at or below the speed limit, just because I trust his driving skills, but I'm the only one that is gonna ever get rough with her.

Still can't say that I fully trust 86-91 Ford SEFI though, so as an extra precaution against breakdown and towage, I now carry a full set of tools, floorjack/jackstands, a fire extenguiser, an extra TFI module, an extra Mustang A9S ECM, 2 extra starter solenoids and + battery cables, an extra starter, and an extra Fuel Pump with me, all NIB and stowaged in the trunk. Just in case I have to repair my car on the side of the road, or in a parking lot one day, to avoid a massive tow bill.

Will have more updates soon, when I can finally get away from working on other peoples cars.

[LTDMan83]

So jealous! it's so damned clean... damn you and your skills and tools and climate...

yes vids! vids!!!

Thanks! I've been doing this since I was 21 years old, and I have alot of money invested in tools. The climate here is far too hot in the spring/summer, the Fall and Winters here are just about perfect though. I really didn't put in alot of effort toward making this engine look good or into the paintwork on the top end parts, just enough to make it last. I figured what's the use, when it will only be in the car for 1 year tops, before the 351 swap.

Vids shall be done.