Awesome build. What a great combo. I love the Lincoln
63 Lincoln Continental Convertible+Terminator
- Thread starter drdvldog
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Alright everyone, been up to a bunch of work in addition to some painting of some of the motor and accessory brackets and bits to match the half ass powder coating that I tried to have done locally. Needless to say, only the timing cover and the pulley bridge came out decent, so I had my local PPG man match the tint. Here are a few pics of the before and after. Naturally, the shot with the engine mocked up with color has the formally horribly powder coated cam covers in position with just epoxy primer on them.
Next steps are fuel tank construction and finish up the triangulated 4-link in the rear to get the suspension finished. Then I will slide the engine/tranny in so I can get a driveshaft measurement and get that cooking!
This isn't a good shot of the cam covers to see how ate up they were when they had this powder applied. Coater literally did NO prep work and it looks like they were dirty and then shot with the powder to bake.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/Ev8zsv]
PPG color match for the metallic powder....apparently it is a 2017 Hyundai Color called "Marlin Blue"
[url=https://flic.kr/p/EB3nLy]
Going to do some welding on this piece and add some -12 AN male fittings to connect to IC fluid system
[url=https://flic.kr/p/EcevVW]
Done!
Next steps are fuel tank construction and finish up the triangulated 4-link in the rear to get the suspension finished. Then I will slide the engine/tranny in so I can get a driveshaft measurement and get that cooking!
This isn't a good shot of the cam covers to see how ate up they were when they had this powder applied. Coater literally did NO prep work and it looks like they were dirty and then shot with the powder to bake.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/Ev8zsv]
PPG color match for the metallic powder....apparently it is a 2017 Hyundai Color called "Marlin Blue"
[url=https://flic.kr/p/EB3nLy]
Going to do some welding on this piece and add some -12 AN male fittings to connect to IC fluid system
[url=https://flic.kr/p/EcevVW]
Done!
Little radiator hose mockup action
prep stage where I did my best to try and sand enough to remove my fingerprints
this thing is super dirty and disgusting...pardon the fancy Cobra Engineering bits...only shiny around at this point
Pre-staging area before I start my best "Dexter" impression
Temp paint booth prep
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I'm curious
Did you suddenly wake-up one night and came to the conclusion a Terminated 63 Lincoln Continental convertible with suicide doors was actually good idea?
......... then again, "who cares"
Keep going man! :rockon:
Did you suddenly wake-up one night and came to the conclusion a Terminated 63 Lincoln Continental convertible with suicide doors was actually good idea?
......... then again, "who cares"
Keep going man! :rockon:
*Cleans off shorts*
Keep at it man, looking great!
Keep at it man, looking great!
Not really, I have had several mustangs, wanted a Sonic Blue Terminator and just fell in love with this car before I got out of the Marines in San Diego. I found this car for sale in Jersey and before I even bought it I knew I was going to do a Cobra swap with the air ride. I have just been on the road a lot and it has been a LONG project...but it's coming together this year because the wife and a new baby are helping me settle down...and with this project in the garage, I am working on something every day trying to get her closer to running and driving again!
Ive had the Terminator drivetrain since 2010, so if it was a project that was starting today, I'd be using a coyote like everyone else because all the parts are offered from Ford in a standard more or less "plug in play" situation with less part numbers to track down.
Ive had the Terminator drivetrain since 2010, so if it was a project that was starting today, I'd be using a coyote like everyone else because all the parts are offered from Ford in a standard more or less "plug in play" situation with less part numbers to track down.
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Awesome project! Good luck and THANK YOU for your service!!
All the jewelry for the front end accessories once I get those cam covers finished up later this week
Where did you get all your jewelry from? Very nice!!!
^^^ Is that blood? LOL.
Definitely a very different and unique project. Nice work with the painted parts. I like the color.
Definitely a very different and unique project. Nice work with the painted parts. I like the color.
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