Long Live Lincoln

"JR1" (type35bugatti) 05/10/2017 at 21:07 • Filed to: None

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‘’Tis a great company.

AestheticsInMotion > JR1 05/10/2017 at 21:11

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‘twas a great company

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > JR1 05/10/2017 at 21:11

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That’s completely lost in the modern world.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > JR1 05/10/2017 at 21:18

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Used to be. Then they made a Taurus with a V8 and called it a Continental

Frank W. Doom > AestheticsInMotion 05/10/2017 at 21:20

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barf

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/10/2017 at 21:24

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On the one hand, yeah, okay. On the other hand, V8 TAURUS HOON

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/10/2017 at 21:26

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There can be only one V8 Taurus!

AestheticsInMotion > Frank W. Doom 05/10/2017 at 21:28

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Googling “ugly lincolns” was not a wise move.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 05/10/2017 at 21:33

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Those tires are a lot bigger than they look . The ones on a ‘58-’60 are even bigger. The tires on a brand new base Escalade are only 32" diameter, the Lincolns are 29"/30", roughly.

JR1 > AestheticsInMotion 05/10/2017 at 21:34

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Every company has the worst car this just happens to be Lincolns

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/10/2017 at 21:35

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There’s room for more than one version of a joke, even within the same sort of joke. Ford has whole departments working on new jokes daily.

JR1 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 05/10/2017 at 21:35

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The crossovers are quite good, the new Navigator looks promising, in the Continental isn’t bad either

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/10/2017 at 21:36

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You looking at new tires for the Capri?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 05/10/2017 at 21:36

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Saw a new Conti behind me on Monday. Looked good in the wild.

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/10/2017 at 21:37

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I agree. I’ve seen a few. Must be selling pretty good

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/10/2017 at 21:37

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Like the Mark LT

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 05/10/2017 at 21:38

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I looked them up ages ago just so I’d know what I’d have to budget. Spoiler: A good bit. Not ready to cut - I don’t have the roof steel up over the operating table yet and the Galaxie is trying to pirahna my wallet one little bite at a time.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/10/2017 at 21:40

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That explains why so many people run huuuge wheels in them. They look terrible.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/10/2017 at 21:41

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The Blackwood is still the best joke of the 2000s, bar none. The ‘80s are a tough fight between the EXP (and the Probe) and Mustang rear suspension.

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/10/2017 at 21:41

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Roof? What’s wrong with the roof? It just needed a headliner I thought

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > JR1 05/10/2017 at 21:41

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I do love the design of the MKX, and MKC. Quite handsome for crossovers.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 05/10/2017 at 21:42

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I mean the workshop roof. I have a whole area that I’ll be putting it up on subframe cribbing in, and I don’t have a roof up over that area yet. I’ve got trusses and some other parts, but I don’t have the front wall posts in place...

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > AestheticsInMotion 05/10/2017 at 21:43

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I still like the MKT. I’d rather have a Flex, but it some one handed me an Exoboost MKT I’d drive it. Heck I’d choose a boosted MKT over an NA Flex.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/10/2017 at 21:45

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It’s easy to do. The bolt pattern is a 5/5.5, which means that anything tasteless available for a Ram or a Jeep (which is a LOT) will fit, pretty much. With how expensive the original mattresses are, tempting to a lot of people to go RIMZ.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > JR1 05/10/2017 at 21:52

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The MKC with the 2.3 is the only redeeming part of the lineup.

AestheticsInMotion > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 05/10/2017 at 21:55

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Nice drivetrain with a pretty decent interior... But those front ends make the Lexus predator grill and Acura’s Beak look like works of art

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > AestheticsInMotion 05/10/2017 at 22:03

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Yeah this version of the “waterfall” is terrible. The MKZ,MKC, and current gen MKX nailed it tho

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/10/2017 at 22:27

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My mistake! It’s unfortunate the Galaxie is being a pirahna, but all old cars always are.

JR1 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 05/10/2017 at 22:28

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Reasonable minds will disagree I suppose

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > JR1 05/10/2017 at 22:44

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Well, at the end of the day I’ll have a nearly new 54 year old car for cheaper than a payment plan per month on anything made this century, right? #PowerOfPositiveThinking

But seriously, the front suspension should be tight now (more, once I install a crank brace), the rear will be pretty tight when I replace the shocks ($22 per, pfft), and as of today it should be as solid a runner engine-, axle-, and trans-wise as it’s going to get. I’ve got the new door seals to install tomorrow, and those and a new headliner and carpet should make it pretty quiet inside and out.

Now if I can just replace that motor mount, fix the leaking radiator, and make sure of the alignment (a little wacky, it’s been in a fender bender ages ago), and do my rust fixes, exhaust, carpet, and headliner, I’ll be basically *done*. That seems like a big list, but it’s not bad at all. Paint job some number of miles down the road - not pressing.

Land_Yacht_225 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 05/10/2017 at 22:51

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Now, I won’t have that. My Intech Continental was a great car. Eons ahead of where any American car had right to be in the mid 1990s.

C62030 > JR1 05/10/2017 at 22:56

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If a car could look like the word “boulevard,” this would be it.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Land_Yacht_225 05/10/2017 at 23:23

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It wasn’t a Continental though.

JR1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/11/2017 at 07:22

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That actually doesn’t seem that bad. Good luck!