54 Lincoln Project started(PICS)

Well, Picked up the car about 6 weeks ago. Great shape. No rust at all, no bondo! Interior cleaned up really well and is in great shape with the exception of the front seat, needs reupholstered. Put her on a trailer to get her home. Car runs and drives but had a bad front end shake and brakes were pretty well shot. Just rebuilt front end...New control arm bushings, welded control arms, rebuilt brakes, new shocks, stabilizer bushings, tie rod ends and adjustment sleeves, brake lines.....cut springs and now have the stance I wanted. Next is blocking the rear end then work on motor. This is my first old car so i am learning a lot as I go.

 

I wish you all the best. I sold a 54 Capri over a decade ago and STILL miss it every day. Good luck with your new ride, they are GREAT cars.

Tim the Toolman

 

Your files are too wide, too tall or to large...



explanatory picture in a minute


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To successfully upload pics to the HAMB they have to conform size-wise in 3 different dimensions,

Height, Width and File size.

Here's a pic of the max dimensions and file size the HAMB will accept,
note the different file types/Extensions allowed (left side of pic).






For pics, the accepted extensions (file types) are
- .bmp .gif .jpe .jpg .jpeg .png(not shown)
To the right of each file type listed is the max File size and further right
is the allowed width and height. All picture types are allowed up to 800 wide by 600 high.


.....Make sure your pic is no larger in any dimension (including size/kb) or the HAMB will reject them.


Conversely, you can easily open up a free Photobucket account and upload all your pics into albums
(that you create) and then post them on any forum in sizes much larger than the the host forum allows.

One very handy thing about Photobucket is that it will automatically take your EXTREMELY BIG pics and
automatically re-size them as they upload. The max size that 'bucket will return to you (based on their free account)
is 1024 width.

Here's what a large image looks like on this forum, notice that it forces the right side of the screen to extend beyond
the normal forums width.

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Luckily, 'bucket has an option that allows you to re-size down to 800 width:



To sum it all up, you can see why the HAMB has a size restriction,
It keeps images from overriding regular forum and screen widths..


Over and above all that,
The benefits of having a free bucket account are many, from auto resizing to being able to -easily-
post and re post pics to multiple forums or emails.
It also takes a great deal of the strain off of Ryan and the HAMB by keeping the 'heavy weight'
of large images off their server which in turn keeps the HAMB flowing at a much
faster/smoother pace for all members.




http://photobucket.com/

Although photobucket is free, I have opted for the $20/year membership which allows me to post unlimited file
width/size pics as well as post unlimited amounts of pics using unlimited amounts of bandwidth.
-At times my 'bucket account has served up more than 5 or 6 million pictures to various forums -
in any one 30 day period.




Hope this has helped and hope to see your pics soon..







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Thanks..I will upload the pics tonight

 

Uploaded pics..more to come later

 

WHat happened to Beckjoy with her 54?? Anyone know??

 

Nice progress. Looks like it's gonna be fun.

 

Great start to a beautiful car! If you want to get rid of the hubcaps pm me!

 

Consider Yourself a Lucky Dog ! Those make great looking Kustoms with minimum modifications, You're off to a good start !

 

Damn, I love these cars

 

Makes me want to tackle the two I have for sale... But not sure I have the Time & money to do them justice at the moment.

 

Luv them ol' Lincolns, and that one has a great style.
great interior, too. Simple but elegant dash.

 

Love it!

 

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Oh Man!
These Valve Covers are to die for!























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wow,nice.what part of idaho?i'm in ontario or.have a 56 & 57.when,if you get ready for chrome,check with salt lake chrome.they are great to work with and do great work.good luck jack

 

I wish my 53 looked that good when I started. Now get it down to the alignment shop and start driving it

 

Nice car! Looks good so far keep up with the pictures!


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love that body style. Nice start to a killer ride! good luck!

 

Just finished lowering the rear end 2 inches. Replaced plugs, wires, cap and rotor...runs a lot better! MOre pics coming tonight....now on to an alignment and some motor work

 

Love them mid 50s Lincolns, heres a friends Mild Custom

 

Lots of progress but not a whole lotta progress pics. Once I get wrenching I forget about the camera. Finally found exhaust manifolds after months of looking. White walls installed today. Finally able to drive it. Rear end and front end pulled apart and rebuilt. Motor cleaned up. Lowered. Interior cleaned. Got power windows working as well as power seat. Still lots of work to do but looking forward to it!!

 

Good looking car, have a 54 myself, but needs alot of work, mainly interior and front end. Body not bad, and it runs.

 

My fuckin transmission is making me crazy...

 

They are old, going on 60 years old. But those transmissions are almost bullet proof. Stick with it.

 

Im trying...lol! Love these cars!

 

Thanks for Posting............

Love them ole' Rink-ens, Sure your happy yours
is Solid ! Good rook'in Car.

 

love those old Lincoln's! Good luck with the project, nice car.

 

You a have selected a very nice car. I have always wanted one. I am sure you will do it justice.