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1966 Lincoln Continental Suicide Door Convertible on 2040-cars

Year:1966 Mileage:82215 Color: lights work
Location:

Oroville, California, United States

Oroville, California, United States

1966 Lincoln Continental Convertible

Thank you for looking.  This car is complete and unmodified, except for paint, with a clear title and 82,215 actual miles.  Originally Dark Metallic Green, has since been painted Black.  Included are the owners manual, 1 set of original keys, and 1 set of NOS key blanks. 

We purchased the car in May 1990 from someone in Ohio, and it had 70600 miles on the odometer.  It has been a California car ever since, but being from Ohio, there is rust in the body, and Bondo filler too, although the previous owner told us there wasn't any rust.  Contact me if you would like closer up pictures than what is here in the listing.  So it will need paint and body work to be a show quality car, but not necessary to be driveable.  To my knowledge, there are no rust holes in any of the floor pans either.  We drove the car until 1993, and it has sat, covered, since then.  It was parked because of needing a new Master Cylinder, and all the transmission seals need replacing too.  Never found the time to work on the car, so it just sat.  Now it is time to let it move on to someone who can put the time and care into it.

The 462 engine starts easily and runs smooth.  There is a small crack in the right side exhaust manifold.  The gas in the tank is over 20 years old, so the gas tank will probably need cleaning.  To start it every once in a while, I run a fuel line from the fuel pump to a gas can to use fresh gas.  The transmission shifts smoothly too, but as mentioned above, needs all the seals and gaskets replaced.  It runs good, but is not driveable as is.

Twenty some years ago, all windows and window switches worked, except the rear door windows don't drop automatically when the rear doors are opened.  Probably needs new relays.  The trunk lid still works, and the top worked with only 1 relay bypass to get it to unlock.  I have not tried the top since then due to the age of the material.  Everything else worked at the time too, except the A/C compressor, which seems to be seized up.  The top was torn in a wind storm since the pictures were taken, and has been taped up, no rain entered the interior.  The framework for the top is in good condition.  All weatherstripping needs replacing.

The interior is basically in good shape.  No holes in the seats, door panels or carpet, and all trim pieces are there.  There is a small crack along the speaker grille in the dash pad, and the drivers side arm rest housing is cracked, so it hangs a bit off center.  There is pitting in the dash panel chrome, and some of the other interior chrome.  The clock still worked (20 years ago), as did the AM/FM Town & Country radio.  All the glass is in good shape too, no cracks.  All dash, warning, interior and exterior lights work.

All exterior chrome trim pieces and emblems are there.  The bumpers and door handles could use rechroming, but are in good shape otherwise.  The right side windshield chrome trim is damaged, and a replacement trim piece is included.  The front fender quarter panel peak crown trim pieces have screws holding them on in front.  I am also including 2 replacement crown trim pieces.  The front grille and headlight bezels are undamaged, as are the rear tail lights.

A new exhaust system (pipes and mufflers) was put on in 1990, as were new Michelin radial tires, brake pads, shoes and wheel cylinders, shocks and tie rods.  The carburator was also replaced then, belts and hoses, and the water pump was too.  There is lots of tread left on the tires, but they are almost 24 years old, so would recommend only using the tires to transport the car.

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