Check out my Lincoln, in Lincoln NE!

[ihartmacz]

I got a bargain on Craigslist for this 1991 Lincoln Continental ($250). I am going to park the Mustang for the winter and drive this little bastard when it starts getting bad outside. I already love it; it runs pretty well. Brand new tune up (new wires, cap, rotor, and plugs), new tires, and a tape deck adapter for MP3 players... NICE

It's got the same 3.8L V6 that's in in my Mustang (no electronic ignition), so how can I go wrong. My Mustang is one dependable bitch.

The bad:
-ABS doesn't work
-Rusty
-Auto tranny (works well!!!)




The gauges look better than that, it's the phone's camera.








I love this interior...

[eggwich delfiero]

You posted this a few minutes ago, have you sold it yet?

i liek lincolns

[94Corolla5Speed]

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude I want that. For $250 that is awesome. I wish I could find and buy deals like that.

[theholycow]

(no electronic ignition)

Can't be. No way it's got points and condenser. My 1980 Buick has electronic ignition. It's not a modern distributorless computer-controlled electronic ignition, but it's not like we're dealing with a magneto. AFAIK everything since the 1970s has electronic ignition.

The bad:
-ABS doesn't work
-Rusty
-Auto tranny (works well!!!)

Bummer.

[DarkPilot]

The bad:-Auto tranny (works well!!!)

I'm sure you can hack a fine manual gearbox on there somehow

Maybe a few forumites can give you some advice on where to start.

[theholycow]

Should be easier than my project was.

[noob5,000,000]

Convert it to RWD and put an LS1 in it.

Looks like it would make a great beater, though. Hell of a deal.

[theholycow]

Wait, it's fail-wheel drive? I didn't know that. I retract my statement about it being easier to convert. I don't know how to do it for FWD.

[FDSpirit]

How the hell do you keep getting these killer deals?

[ihartmacz]

(no electronic ignition)

Can't be. No way it's got points and condenser. My 1980 Buick has electronic ignition. It's not a modern distributorless computer-controlled electronic ignition, but it's not like we're dealing with a magneto. AFAIK everything since the 1970s has electronic ignition.

I should have said the Lincoln has no DIS.

[Rope-Pusher]

I remember working on a VW Scirocco from the late 70's and it still used poince-n-condescenders and a carburetor with a non-functional float valve (well, maybe they ALL didn't have non-functional float valves, but this one did. Fuel overflowed the float chamber and splashed on top of the closed throttle plates at idle.

[ihartmacz]

I remember working on a VW Scirocco from the late 70's and it still used poince-n-condescenders and a carburetor with a non-functional float valve (well, maybe they ALL didn't have non-functional float valves, but this one did. Fuel overflowed the float chamber and splashed on top of the closed throttle plates at idle.

I don't like carburetors, I think they suck.

Yeah, I should have been more clear. The Lincoln doesn't have points, it has a new style distributor with an external coil. It also has one of those external starter relays. Damn old fashioned Ford. It will be so reliable. I wish it had DIS, but it doesn't.

Today my mom said: "I would trust a Chevy to start when it's cold more than a Ford. Just saying..." I gave her a weird look because it was just something I wouldn't expect a Jeep girl to say... I'm expecting good reliability out of this car. It runs smoothly and has a ton of response, doesn't leak coolant, new tune up, new struts all around, and tons of tune-up stuff.

So, the car originally came with air-ride, but the previous owner put conventional struts on all four corners! He said that the 1993s had the option of conventional struts or air ride.

[mtheis]

How many cars have you had?

[theholycow]

I don't like carburetors, I think they suck.

Word!

It also has one of those external starter relays. Damn old fashioned Ford.

What are the advantages of an internal solenoid? Like an external clutch slave cylinder, an external starter solenoid is much easier and cheaper to replace...but unlike an internal clutch slave, I can't guess the advantage of an internal starter solenoid.

It will be so reliable. I wish it had DIS, but it doesn't.

What is DIS? Distributorless Ingition System?

So, the car originally came with air-ride, but the previous owner put conventional struts on all four corners! He said that the 1993s had the option of conventional struts or air ride.

My first car was a beat-up Cadillac that had air ride. Sometimes a "Car is leveling" light would illuminate on the dash and sometimes I could hear the compressor running but it never actually worked.

I rerouted the air lines to schraeder valves in the trunk and pumped them full of fix-a-flat as preventative measure, then went to the gas station to air up. I got the rear of the car way up in the air. Then I left the gas station and went down into the street, as the lot there was raised. As the rear wheels hit bottom the stuff went "SPLAT"...leaving a puddle of fix-a-flat on the road and my car's rear end sagging once again.

[watkins]

It also has one of those external starter relays. Damn old fashioned Ford.

What are the advantages of an internal solenoid? Like an external clutch slave cylinder, an external starter solenoid is much easier and cheaper to replace...but unlike an internal clutch slave, I can't guess the advantage of an internal starter solenoid.

MASSIVE pet peeve. Its not a solenoid. Its an obese relay. Solenoids convert electricity to mechanical action.