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

[RPOLS3]

I thought some of the older electric ones would make respective adjustments (faster/slower) if they kept getting moved in a particular direction (forward or backwards)..........maybe an urban legend?

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by RPOLS3

I thought some of the older electric ones would make respective adjustments (faster/slower) if they kept getting moved in a particular direction (forward or backwards)..........maybe an urban legend?

A WiTcH!!!!

[njsteve]

I finally had a few hours today to install that NOS tail light/bumper moldings. That was fun! Especially after having the car wool-waxed underneath last month. My arms were completely covered in the black stuff. I looked like an oil field worker after a well blowout. But hey, this battleship ain't gonna be rusting any time soon after that procedure. I wasn't able to remove the rear bumper and had to reach under and around things to get the couple of molding nuts off the underside of the lower molding. Luckily 35 years ago when we had it painted, someone neglected to install all those original nuts back on (me), so it worked out well!

I was also able to chase down that pesky non-functional tail lamp socket. Turns out it was not the socket but a defective 1057 bulb that had no internal ground connected. When I switched another working bulb into that position, it worked fine. And when I moved the funky bulb to a new spot it didn't work there. So in the trash it went.

So far I have almost 500 miles on this baby since getting it out of storage a couple months ago. It's about to roll over to 87,000 miles! Only another 2,000 miles and I'll be at the oil change due date on the Lincoln dealer reminder sticker stuck on the windshield back when my Dad had his last oil change done back in 2000. That was right before the dealer (Crest Lincoln Mercury in Woodbridge, CT) offered to help him junk it for a tax deduction because they got tired of trying to work on it. (Yes, I still hold a grudge about that)

[njsteve]

I had the paintless dent removal guys come out today and have a go at the Lincoln and a couple of our other daily drivers as well. Simply amazing is all I can say. It's like watching a magician/balloon animal artist at a birthday party. These guys do magic right before your eyes!

In a matter of minutes the father and son duo had all the dings and dents out of the Lincoln that my father had made over the year by storing his lawn mowing tools on top of, and leaning his shovels/rakes/axes against and even opening other cars' car doors into.

The son worked on the Lincoln as he arrived in a separate truck before his dad did. He removed around 90% of the dents. Some of them were in areas that there was body filler evident so he couldn't do anything about those but what they did remove was astonishing. He finished so quickly, that when his dad arrived a half hour later, I had him attack a hood and fender ding in my son's daily driver and then two giant dents in the hood of my father-in-law's 2019 Honda (that we just bought for our daughter) that was the result of him running over a mailbox a year or two ago. The dents were so deep that the he said there's no way he could remove them...and then proceeded to remove 95% of them and shrink the metal back up into place so now it looks no worse than a factory flaw. Simply amazing.

Here's their info in case you're in the PA/NJ/NY area and need some work done. Richard Adelman, National Hail & Dent Removal (267) 446-8560 [email protected] www.nationalhailanddent.com.

I can't say enough about these guys. True artists. I was genuinely sorry I didn't have more cars for them to work on at the time. (my daughter currently is borrowing my wife's car until the Honda is registered, and was an hour away so we couldn't get that worked on.)

Next up is getting the paint detailed/buffed out by someone who knows what to do with old single stage paint jobs. Any recommendations?

[njsteve]

In case you were curious, here's the before and after of the 1/4" deep dents in the Honda's hood:

[Too Many Projects]

GOOD PDR people ARE magicians.
When I worked for Centerline, they rented a stall to a guy during the winter and inclement weather during the summer too. I had him do quite a few things for me over the years. I miss that connection and we live too far apart now for him to come to me.

[RPOLS3]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

GOOD PDR people ARE magicians.

This ^^^^^