My coupe by 66Lincoupe

2 minute(s) of a 130 minute read

9-28-2014

All but the parcel shelf and dash are done. The little stuff takes forever! I like the look of th 67-8 coffin pull trim so I used them. They make the handle look less tacked on.

Overall

And the armrest panels. I used a metallic black that looks amazing in the sun and my daughter painted the star backgrounds red to match the piping in the seats! Looking cool!

Armrest

10-15-2014

Well, I have moved across country back home to Arizona. No work on the Lincoln other than loading it onto a little truck so it could go onto a bigger truck to come across too... Now Frankenstein is sitting in the employee parking lot here at work until the house closes - It was supposed to close early but we all know how "supposed to" works. Luckily the weather is nice so he isn't sitting in a hailstorm or other yuck!

And I found that the glue I used to trim the headliner isn't strong enough to hold the headliner. TIme for some 3M 90!!!

When I sent him away:

And a fun tidbit... I had built the car to run on E85 or E100. So when I added 18 gallons of premium unleaded he ran horribly rich. I couldn't figure out why - then I remembered... DUH!

So re-jet the carb, re-tune the engine got him running beautifully and then proceeded to back over the wheelchock I had been using to hold him in place while I set drive idle. Said wheelchock shattered into a hundred razor-sharp shards. One of which went through the sidewall of the LF tire...  So now I am looking at new tires! yay!

oh well. every day can't be roses.