Lincoln Capri or 53-55 Mercury build

Thanks for the good news. I have one '54 Lincoln Capri coupe here that was a sub-framed aborted project. Only bought it because it has a nicer body that the coupe I already had. Why was it an aborted project? Probably because of the sub-frame!!! Now I found another coupe that's nicer than either one I already have!! What am I to do? Anybody wanta' buy a sub-framed '54 Lincoln Capri?

 

I might be interested in that subframed Capri if its all there.

 

Not quite all there. It has a SBC sitting in it and the front seat is missing. Bumpers, trim, gl*** is all there. Except for the frame, nothing has been cut. Pretty solid car, good floors, but does have rust in the typical front fender places. Was originally (not now) a yellow with black top car.

 

I rebuilt my 368 Lincoln and really liked the performance. Watch fuel pressure on the stock carb, they were touchy, too much and the seals/gaskets gave way. I still have an original Hilborn FI unit for this engine if anyone is interested.

 

Found a guy that can supply a set of control arms so I'm going to move towards a custom set of control arms! I also got a line on another 52' Capri 2-door today, that I'm going to chase.


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I wonder how close the 54 to 56 Merc and Fords are,parts for them are cheaper.

 

The Lincoln is stand alone, now of the Ford/Merc stuff works.....


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Latest Kanter Catalog came yesterday. $1,255 buys the complete front end rebuild kit. OUCH!!

 

Just doing more research and I believe a complete swap could be done using late 50's ford and T-bird stuff! The ball joints seem to be the exact same design (except a slightly smaller tapered shaft) and it would also offer the ability to use Granada spindles, disc brake conversions, and a host of other goodies. The T-bird parts seem to be ALOT cheaper and more plentiful.

 

This is exciting info.

 

Well, I talked to another guy and he says they are close to the same but the bolt pattern is a little off. He believes it would still be doable. I do have a line on a complete dropped spindle/ disk brake conversion but it uses factory ball joints.


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I'm still determined to come up with a tubular control arms using a set of old ones as a pattern and modern balljoints.


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Started some progress on this experiment. I have the 52' on the lift and getting ready to pull the doghouse on my "spare" 52 outside. The guy never came thru with the extra control arms/ spindles that he said he had so I be forced to pull them off my other car. I have done a lot of research on the power steering conversion and it seems like the borgerson set-up for a full size ford should work. I have a few more measurements to take and I need to confirm the spline cut on the pitman arm, if its the same as the Mercury and Ford there is no reason why it shouldn't work.
If I can get this power steering thing addressed I'll work on updated control arms this fall, once I have JIG and the parts sourced it should be able to produce multiple sets.

 

I have a set, I thought you knew

 

Carrera Shock Lincoln

 

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No, I didn't. Do you want to part with them?


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I will to support the cause.