Oh Lordy, I now own a Fordy (a Lincoln actually)..

[ronebee]

pretty great that you have this car. I have my Grandfathers 64 Corvette Coupe that he bought new in '64. That lincoln is badass.....

[njsteve]

The reproduction license plate arrived today from www.licenseplates.tv. TV-77 was my grandfather's plate issued by the State of New York. the official &quot;TV&quot; plates were specifically issued to television station employees, similar to the official &quot;PRESS&quot; plates they have today. Since WABC was 77 on the AM dial, he chose that plate early in his career and kept it for decades. When he officially retired he had to turn the plates in, which didn't make him too happy at the time. So now his car has its (new) old plate back again. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[68l30]

Looks great! That is one LARGE front end.... Kinda the last thing you see before getting run down... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]


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[Tracker1]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ronebee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">pretty great that you have this car. I have my Grandfathers 64 Corvette Coupe that he bought new in '64. That lincoln is badass..... </div></div>

That's pretty cool. You should do a Member's Rides story on that '64 - love to hear about it.

Man, a family could live in that Lincoln Steve

[njsteve]

I need to get one of the unique A/C hoses rebuilt for my Grandfather's 1971 Lincoln Continental. The hose was rubbing against the master cylinder, and wore a hole in the rubber section of the hose. These cars were unique in that they used a GM A6 compressor and the complete Frigedaire A/C setup just like any 1970's GM car. No one makes the replacement hoses for them.

Does anyone out there recommend a specific shop that can replace the rubber hose section and reattach the ends (or replace them)?

Thanks.

[firstgenaddict]

Someone on the CRG had modified/made a set of dies for a Weatherhead hydraulic crimping machine to replicate the factory crimp on the AC hoses (your appear to have the same crimp), you will have to do a site search as it was a few years ago if memory serves.

[njsteve]

I ended up sending the hose to Classic Auto Air in Tampa. They gave me a price of $112 to redo the hose with my ends. Hopefully done in a week or two...or as soon as the cold weather hits.

I did find an NOS Ford hose for the other side high pressure line for $45!

[firstgenaddict]

If their crimp is exactly the same as original let the GM guys know, as this was the issue the person on the Camaro Research board faced when he ultimately decided to modify a set of current dies to produce the identical crimp on the production line installed assembly.

[TimG]

What a great story, I so wish I had one of my Grandfathers old Cadillac's for the garage. Amazing pictures and he sounds like an amazing man. Thank you for sharing.

[njsteve]

Thanks to Enio45, who sent me the bulk section of hood insulation he found, I was able to reproduce the original insulation sections for the hood on Grampa's Lincoln. Hopefully the mice won't like this stuff as much as the old stuff they chewed up while it sat in my Dad's garage for a few decades. I'm glad I saved the old pieces to use as patterns.

The whole process only took about a half hour (minuse the several times I had to chase the stuff across the driveway when a gust of wind came through). [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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