trimacar Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Funny day. Beautiful weather in the Shenandoah Valley. At breakfast, talking about this and that, I mentioned to my lovely wife that there was a car in New Orleans that would be a good replacement for the Firebird, a car bought for our 17 year old son. He has yet to get a driver license, as many kids don't these days until late teens.I made an off hand comment that "nah, retired now, don't think I'll be buying any more cars".Idly going through Ebay, and did my usual search for cars close to home. Yikes, there's a car that my wife's been wanting for a while. Yikes, the price is right, and it's 10 miles from us.I love to make a short story long, but won't. Went and looked at car, belonged to father of two nice gentlemen who met us at the house, the car was the father's pet project and he recently passed away. Car has been in the same garage for 25 years, the fellow had done a lot of work to the wonderfully rust free and original car, needing a top and some minor interior work to be complete....wow, dream car for a trimmer. Hasn't run in a few years, but at the price well worth it....1967 Lincoln Continental convertible, one of the largest cars ever shipped from Detroit at a whopping 5300 pounds, and one of only 2300 or so of the last year of the four door LC convertible. Georjean loves the suicide rear door and the majesty of the thing...Now, garage space is an issue....pictures to follow next week, picking up Monday.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Dave, congrats on your new toy........Sounds too good to pass up. Now the garage space...........Hmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old car fan Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Love the car,classy .they will ,very soon ,bring the cash they really deserve.Have been looking at one for over a year,our corrall is full.In the 60,sI am not sure there Is a better one to buy,Congrats.What a great car to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 Thanks, one look and we were hooked....car was under cover and dust free, I was in nice clothes but dropped to floor and inspected underneath, even lifted new carpet that was half installed... no rust solid car..the funny part was in negotiation, I made an offer, fellow thought a minute and countered with the figure half way between asking price and offer, and my wife immediately said " yeah, that works" and deal was done...so maybe technically SHE bought car?I agree that these are a lot of car for the money, I've casually looked for one for a while, but never expected to find a really nice one in the pleasant four figures.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Sounds like you have a good one (wife), maybe she can get you to re-label your topic's. Mine too is a good partner in this hobby, even though she never liked my El Camino's since the 59, and now we're on our third one. She does like the tours with AACA and I always tell her what tours & cars I'm considering. Most times she thinks their cool too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Having been friends with Dave for many years I know how tight he is...... on space. I'm glad your wife approved of the new acquisition, and gave the go ahead on bringing it home. As any good friend would offer, you can bring ANY one of your open Classics to my garage for long term loan; I mean storage. Just be sure they are properly insured...... and registered. Good luck with the new car. I sold one 20 years ago and sure wish I kept it. ED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 Thanks Ed, generous offer, although if I took you up on storage something tells me you'd figure out how to disconnect the odometer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Dave,Congratulations on your recent new purchase!While this is not my car, I did get a chance to drive it last fall thanks to a fellow local Car Club member and friend. It is a BIG car! And floats down the road! He also has a factory 36" stretch limo that is currently in the restoration process. Talk about storage issues!!!Hope you have many happy miles on the road!DougBCA# 35039 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 David,Congratulations on Georjean's latest purchase/aquisition. We've always known that she has good taste. Dale especially loves that car, and has, ever since travelling cross-country from Denver to Rochester, MN along with the one Hank and Vesta Pittman drove, between the 1992 Chrome Glidden and Founders Tours.While we are also very tight on space down here, I could arrange in-and-out storage for the Pierce, Cord, and Packard, keeping them limber for your hopefully more frequent visits.Lets plan on taking the LC out for ice cream en route to the AACA Gettysburg Eastern Spring Meet in May - my treat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 Exactly what my wife said, great car for taking the whole flam damily to the ice cream parlor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 David, as said before you have a great knack for a well rounded collection - great choice, IMHO. Can't help with space, but I was cleaning the garage this weekend and remembered our discussion on my California Car Cover I had made up for My Packard 120, let me know if still interested, shipping may be scary though.In any event, great choice - reminds me of a guy in our neighborhood when I was growing up - he had a few of these as they were collected as early as the mid 70s. I would like one as well sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Sounds like you bought it right. Great find. As mentioned above, they seem to still be underrated. That's a whole lot of bang for your buck. Now if you need a place to store the Cord I could probably squeeze it in the shop next to mine. Then I can see what they changed on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Going to pick it up this afternoon if the weather holds....yes, a lot of bang for the buck, cheaper than chicken breast by the pound, I think! Don't want to have to push it for sure.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Here she is, what a boat.....a very good car, pictures always flatter of course, but rust free, decent paint, new interior.....needs tires, needs a top, now if I can just find a good trimmer, I hear they're hard to come by......came with a Suburban full of new and used parts, including what appears to be a NOS front fender, still has paper tags under it, which I believe will be for sale if someone needs it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard Eight Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Nice. What a tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan at larescorp Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 One of my favorite cars. What a beauty! My uncle had a black one when I was around 4 years old. I thought it was the coolest thing to watch those back doors open backward. Congrats on the great purchase! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Beautiful !!Drive it to Louisiana -- come visit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 What a sweeeeeeet ride!! I sincerely hope that you don't put whitewalls like on the red car, on yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 I need tires but like the narrow whitewall, agree that wide whites are a bit much for this car....think the original 9.15-15 size converts to 235R75-15....anyone know for sure? And should I buy radials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 What a beauty, that car is also on my list. Definitely radials if you plan to drive it - which you should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan at larescorp Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 (edited) Remember if you go with radials to have the car aligned to the positive side of the specs or you could end up with a wandering issue. Edited April 18, 2013 by dan@larescorp fixed it. thanks dc lol (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 As in wonder why it wanders?Thanks...dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank29u Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Gorgeous car - and it is a Boat!! Hey dc, doesn't dan get any slack, here? (just envious, not that clever) frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Just teasing, Dan!...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrope Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 One of my pals asked "What did your wife say when you came home with your last car?". I replied " She didn't say a word- For two weeks!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61polara Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I've run radials on my '67 for years and yes 235R75-15 is the best match. I'm not a trimmer, but there are some tricks to installing this top such as wiring running throught the top to the header motors and the pocket in the inside of the top above the rear window with the rubber magnetic strip which holds the top to the rear window frame when the top is up. This does not come with the replacement top and must be moved from the old top to the new one. Talk to someone who has done one of these before. They are great cars. I've had mine since 1979 along with several other '60's Lincolns which I no longer have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob McDonald Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Georjean - what a very cool name for someone who now gets to drive a very cool car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Thanks Dave good information. Right now the bows are bare, in perfect condition, so it'll be a top install with no reference. I do have the pieces, however, including the magnetic strip, which he saved. Also, the glass rear window, although I'm not quite sure how that gets attached....but hey, who needs a top!!Rob, when she was born, she had an Uncle George and an Aunt Jean, thus the name...thanks, it is a neat name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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