1964 Lincoln Continental Convertible

[kvisser]

As some of you may know, I've hiding my 64 Lincoln convertible for the past few years in my buddy's garage. I keep it off site for 2 reasons: 1- I only have a carport and this Lincoln really needs a garage. 2- Every time my wife sees the car she immediately says "You gotta sell that thing!" I respond by not responding, endure the uncomfortable silence, and get on to the next subject. With the car offsite, I have to endure fewer of these conversations. The real stinger is, she gave me the car for my 40th birthday. I think that's the reason she really doesn't push the subject.

So I get a call from my friend last week, I sold the house, you need to move the Lincoln. I hadn't had much time the past year and I never started it in that period. I was worried about the quality of the gas and all sorts of issues. I got some automotive advice from guys about all the hardship I was going to go thru and the things I needed to do.

So I go over to the garage, check my fluids (this is very important because the car really marks its spots. This car is as ungreen as you can get.) I install a new battery (there is a constant voltage leak somewhere) I contemplate all the issues that I was told to address, promptly trash those ideas, crank on the starter for a good minute and she fires to life! It took a while to get her up to temperature. Its not a car you can just start up and drive away. it has to be in the mood to go.

I brought it to work, had some guys do a quick detail and the beast came out looking pretty good.

I got some good news/bad news that same night. The deal fell thru which was bad for my friend but good for me, at least temporarily. I can continue to avoid the conversation since the beast still lives offsite.

I took the car out that same night and it was so beautiful, I decided to do some moonlight photography. I had no idea of my results since I screwed up my lcd screen on the camera. Everything here was a stab in the dark, literally.

I tried playing with long exposures and a little flashlight which gave some interesting results. I also installed my cheap tripod in the back seat for some fisheye motion shots which had an interesting effect.

[cmcpokey]

thats a hell of a hat...

seriously though, some great shots of a truely awesome car. i have always loved those, and its nice to see them being taken care of. i even dabbled in the idea of buying one before i got my car the wife wants me to get rid of.

[NSXType-R]

Originally Posted by cmcpokey

thats a hell of a hat...

seriously though, some great shots of a truely awesome car. i have always loved those, and its nice to see them being taken care of. i even dabbled in the idea of buying one before i got my car the wife wants me to get rid of.

What, the G35?

[cmcpokey]

Originally Posted by NSXType-R

What, the G35?

the RX-7... she hates it. not really sure why.

[coolieman1220]

Originally Posted by cmcpokey

the RX-7... she hates it. not really sure why.

do you have pics and specs of it?

[baddabang]

Originally Posted by coolieman1220

do you have pics and specs of it?

The car or his wife?

[NSXType-R]

Originally Posted by cmcpokey

the RX-7... she hates it. not really sure why.

Only seats two and is small?

[cmcpokey]

Originally Posted by coolieman1220

do you have pics and specs of it?

the thread is here: http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...okeys-rex.html, its a 1981 RX-7 S (the base model) with the 12a engine in it. and it is NOT for sale.

Originally Posted by baddabang

The car or his wife?

lol

Originally Posted by NSXType-R

Only seats two and is small?

i think its something more fundamental than that. she sees it as an unnecessary expense and something that is occupying a space in the garage. plus, as it belonged to my grandmother, i think she sees it as a symbol of my family, of whom she isn't very fond of.

[Ferrer]

That's probably one of my very favourite american cars from the 60's.

[johnnynumfiv]

Great looking classic. On the note of the 22's a guy I know has one just like yours in baby blue, with 22" superman logo wheels and it also has a superman steering wheel. I assume they are drum brakes, have you tried adjusting(so there is less tension) the brake on the side that its pulling to? Try to keep it as long as you can, I regret selling my Chevelle every time I see an old car on the road.

PS. You just dated yourself there.