....love those cars... just don't try to separate the body from the frame -all factory welded (don't ask me how I know). It's a bit hard to see the scale of the '46-'48 Lincolns....they're like a mid-forties Ford coupe on steroids -longer, wider, 'beefier' and make great customs once they get a serious haircut. Mine is chopped 5 1/2"/7 1/2"....
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BGDClinc: I kind of get the impression that you chopped the windshield area. , Was it an aluminum casting or steel? If aluminum how did you deal with the chop? Rikster did this photoshop : my plan for the result. Getting closer running this April 2013 Movin/on
It's all steel and the windshield is flat glass. The 'A' pillars went down 5 1/2" and needed only a couple of minor relief cuts to line up great. Did the Continental have an aluminum header or something? Rikster did a great job on that photoshop rendering....I love that thing....
I'm of the understanding that Continentals of all body styles went down the line and depending on the order a top was installed or left off as a convertible. I've checked the door posts and header above the windshield and a magnet won't stick. I talked to an owner of a Continental from Eureka Calif. who had chopped his & he's the one that told me about the aluminum casting. He chopped his & wanted to remove the exposed hinges and ended up rebuilding the entire door pillar. Mine has a flat glass windshield as well. Not a HAMB friendly car but here is a picture. The car is really clean & well done.
Wow...really a cool look to that one..and new to me also. Good for you, and keep us in the loop on progress. I like that a lot.. Cheers...
...there are minor resemblances between '46 - '48 Lincoln Continentals and my car which is known as a Lincoln Club Coupe (like that of the OP).... Hope everybody sees the famous pushbutton door openers on the OP car....they were available on more than Continentals and the interior ones are actually cooler.....
Before you go painting over the trim again, consider taking the black painted pieces off the car and putting paint stripper on them, see what the old chrome looks like underneath. If it's been sanded and/or ground, it's probably a lost cause, but I've had some luck stripping painted trim pieces off to find relatively decent chrome underneath, and even half ass old chrome with wear on it is better than painted (black OR silver). Worth a shot. Otherwise, looks like a nice old car with a lot of potential.
Thanks all! I did some research, finally found the vin number on the frame, turns out it's a 47. Been going over it as I have time. The rear has to go, it's a four lug from a Mustang II and it's too narrow anyway. Had to take the rear seat out to get a look into the trunk, found a set of skirts in there! The mounting hardware is rusty, going to clean them up and see if they're useable. Don't know if I'd ever run them, but might every once in a while just for the different look. I can't get the trunk lid open. The lock cylinder is gone, and the button mashes in, but doesn't release the latch. I will probably have to crawl inside from the back seat to get it open and see what's going on with the latch. Drivers door won't latch, either. Guess I will go with some bear jaw latches there if I can use the stock pushbuttons.
Haha! I gave mine to my high school girlfriend when I left for college to pay off what I owed her for wrecking her car.... He O.P. still wins but it did get her off my back about her car.
Cool find. A chop would look great. Hopefully you have decent chrome under there. Maybe dropping the front bumper would save one piece to worry about and give it a nice look up front. Anyone have a picture of one sans bumper.
Would have been doubly awesome with the original 12 cylinder flathead. I'm not sure which Lincolns had the v-12's, but from your steering wheel it looks like this one did. Also not sure where the "Zepher" model came in to play
....the 12 cyl Flatheads were prone to overheating and many died an early death. Many were replaced with regular Flatheads, and early Cad and Olds OHV engines. I believe the 'Zephyr' name was dropped in '41 or '42....
From what I've been able to find, that is right on both counts. The V 12's weren't really that great in stock form. The Zephyr name was dropped when production ended in 42, but since they are the same body, people still called the 46-48's Zephyrs, it just wasn't the official Lincoln name for the car.
I'm keeping the bumpers, but I am going to lose the over riders on both so it will just be a blade. No chop either, I like the lines as they are. Thinking about losing the trunk handle and license bracket too, moving the license to the bumper. All in due time, got to get her driving first.....
I'd like to see your car in the Photoshop thread and see what it would look like in various chopped styles. I'll let you decide & not post a picture there myself.
...Bobby...what I did with mine was to swap the bumpers front to back. That way you get a smooth one for the front, and the license plate recess and bumper guards/overridders on the back. I had to build new bumper supports. I also tossed the large bumper guard/overridders on the ends of the bumpers....
Great idea! I'll look into that in the future! Made a little progress today, got the four lug rear out. From a few charts I found, looks like a 67-70 Mustang rear will be the right width. Got to find one now. I also got the rotten wood and carpet out of the trunk area, shew! No trunk gasket, so it leaked in every time it rained. Pans look good, only minor surface rust. Looks like a little time with a wire brush on a drill will clean them up nicely. Then some rust bullet or por15 to keep them from rusting. Haven't got any pics uploaded to photobucket yet. Not much to see, just some nasty carpet.
The 9" rear axle I put into mine seems to be from a later Fairlane-Comet or Torino. Don't worry about the car it comes from rather the axle width drum face to drum face. "Kevinstang" has some good measurements but does not include all of the options. I've got over 15 different 9" rear axle assemblies and it's hard to hone into the exact one that fits all of your needs. Don't buy just a housing and try to fit everything else since there are 3 or 4 -8 different axle setups and brake drum bolt patterns that will drive you crazy. (more wine needed now) Since you are fitting to a parallel leaf setup you'll most likely need only to move spring perches. PM me a e-mail so we can exchange info out of HAMB and not clough the website. BTW some 76-78 Mustang 4 bolt 8" rear axles can be just replaced with similar 8" 5 bolt shafts, been there done that, in a Mustang II 78 GT 302 Fastback Richard >>> Movin/on
I forgot about this thread somehow. Here's a few pics of some updates I have done. New gauges, painted dash Cleaned interior, small rust spots fixed, Peel and Seal on floors POR 15 in trunk
Under hood after a clean up but before engine paint Here's how she sits now. Don't bitch about the wheels, they're all I have right now. They will be replaced with a set of Torque Thrusts or something similar later on, as well as the white letters turned inside.
Drove her over to our annual local show a few weeks back. Had to run on a 2 gallon jug, as I haven't finished the fuel system yet. That's the wife's yellow Vette beside it. Still have to put in the complete wiring harness, only have the engine and brake lights wired right now, finish the fuel system, and change the steering column out before I can start putting serious road miles on her. Got lots of compliments at the show, rust bubbles and all. Most were, "What is it?"
Chrome is toast. All of it was sanded off, and the pot metal parts like the grill are pitted. I'm just going to paint it metallic silver with a clearcoat over it, it will look like a powdercoat when finished, unless I find somebody local with a big enough oven to do the bumpers, then I might go ahead and powdercoat it all. I've been looking for a year and have found a few chrome pieces in fair shape, but most are as bad or worse than mine. It's not a restoration, so I don't mind if it's not quite perfect.
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