Builds 66 Lincoln Continental build thread

[65slab]

Lincoln isn't getting much love lately, but it did get the seats put back in. Mostly, I needed the floor space to put the part r107 in the shop for the winter.

We did sit in the back seat for a bit of pondering.

Any new updates?? Doing similar work to my 65 Continental. Just found this forum and just went through all 7 pages of this forum. I have a few body work questions also. Very detailed! I appreciate this write up.

 

[Gumby]

I've been distracted by my 450sl, but once I start daily driving that my plans are to get the rest of the body work done on the Slab.

65 is prolly the best year.

 

[Gumby]

How to build a project car on the cheap:

Mock up the grill to align the header panel I had replaced earlier. It looked good until I was doing hood gaps.
Get carried away and install the headlights.
Desire LED headlights with turn signals and running lights. Decide i need to terminate the wiring, so I should do this right away-ish
Remove the OEM FoMoCo script glass lens sealed beam headlights.
See the new LED headlights are too deep for the buckets. The instructions say cut the headlight buckets so I did that. An alarming number of features got cut off. Put that off for a future version of me to deal with. Also, after the bowl was cut from the mounting ring, there was nothing for the bucket to pivot on. The adjusters are two screws working against a spring. It needs the bottom to act as a fulcrum.
Watch SuperfastMatt
Buy a Bambu Labs X1C 3d printer.
Re-learn solid modeling.
Print 7 versions of a headlight bucket.
Print 4 of the final version. Order new adjusters and springs
Assemble.
Easy, easy, lemon squeezy

 

[Gumby]

The printer has a camera in it.

 

[klinetime574]

I love what you’re doing. Just read all 144 posts. Sub’d.

 

[RobMoll]

The dogleg hole required a lot of work. I ended up ordering a patch panel because of the wheel arch lip that fades away on the dog leg. I’m going to have to form part of the arch anyway. My plan is to use my bead roller with a custom turned roller. The inner wheel well was gone about 12” around the lower hinge. The hinge bucket was gone. The lower part of the door jam was bad. There was 4 layers together all needing repairs.

The outer door patch on the left is unfinished because I can't do gaps until the dogleg is repaired
Dogleg with the loose rust removed.

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The dogleg hole required a lot of work. I ended up ordering a patch panel because of the wheel arch lip that fades away on the dog leg. I’m going to have to form part of the arch anyway. My plan is to use my bead roller with a custom turned roller. The inner wheel well was gone about 12” around the lower hinge. The hinge bucket was gone. The lower part of the door jam was bad. There was 4 layers together all needing repairs.

The outer door patch on the left is unfinished because I can't do gaps until the dogleg is repaired
Dogleg with the loose rust removed.

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Hey new here, great work man you make it look way too easy.. I was wondering where you got the replacement panels you welded onto the continenetal? I've searched up and down the webs can't seem to find anyone selling replacement sheetmetal panels

 

[Gumby]

I was thinking it was Wolf, but it might have been ebay. Both the doglegs and 1/4 panels left a lot to be desired.