My coupe by 66Lincoupe

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Okay, I'm about ready to dig in again. I was a bit disappointed with the move from Arizona and the weather here, but I think I had a recharge over the winter. Here's the plan this late spring/summer after vacation:

I will finish the Upholstery - interior and trunk, and then get the engine in and humming finally. 

The body will have to wait for a while, I think I will just strip and seal it for this year and try for next year. It is going to be a bugger to find the rubber parts for the coupe specific stuff. I already have replaced the front bumper (Thanks Dan at GOldman) 

I have three ford script (gray) headlamps, two high beam and one low that I will be replacing with H4 style assemblies (I'm actually replacing all four, but only three are script.) 

I will be replacing the incandescent taillamps with LEDs. I already have a sequential "kit" from Webelectric, but will be replacing it with the system that came with the LED panels.

Hopefully join LCOC - Regional and National, I know mine will not be stock, but I appreciate the work that goes into an original vehicle restoration, and you can't beat the support I see available...

I will post photos as work progresses...

9-5-2009

While getting the final iteration of my engine figured out I decided it would be a good time to clean the engine bay. While removing the battery tray I found that I can no longer say this is a rust-free Arizona car...

The tray itself and the shield between the engine and battery look really good and still have most of the original black paint, and the rubber shield! This is the inner fender underneath everything. I "peeled it like an onion"  to get here. Actually, this area is very solid and the rust is just superficial, no flaking - and I took it all apart with nutdrivers and no "liquid hope" (penetrating oil).

I found some more grease pencil markings, too:

I'm not going for stock, or perfect - there are enough of those - So the engine compartment will probably be semi-gloss black, I just like the contrast. More later.