My coupe by 66Lincoupe

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2-27-2014

I realized looking through your thread that I did the exact same "tooled leather" in my interior.

3-17-2015

Went to our first outing... A local parking lot show not a lot of cars and Frankenstein was the only Lincoln. That being said I have seen a lot of coupes popping up on enthusiast sites and Facebook. Maybe there will be a lot more.

3-23-2015

New tires - 235/75R15 with 1.48" whitewalls. The brand is Sierra. $440 with free shipping in the US.

The tires I had were 1.625" (1 5/8) Firestone FR721 but Firestone no longer makes them. Another choice was American Classic with a 1.625" whitewall but they were 220 each. And for a consumable that a tire store won't touch after six years that is a bit high for me... 

The smaller whitewall isn't really that drastic (it's only .145" so the difference is minimal) and I am pleased with the quality. They also have a touring tread so they are very quiet. I put 130 miles on the car yesterday driving at nearly 90 degrees ambient and they seemed wonderful. Tire pressures stayed within reason for a tall tire (deflection causes heat so I generally increase pressure by a couple PSI in the desert so that deflection temperature rise is less of a factor) And the compound didn't seem to vary with temperature - I wasn't picking up stones like a soft compond tire would after reaching temp.

Overall and so far I am happy with them!