This 1966 Continental coupe is an actual low mileage,
un-restored, garage kept strong #3 - low #2 survivor. This is a
CA-spec car that spent most of its life in the Bay Area before
coming to Central Texas as the first owner aged out. As, such it
has an old-man garage scrape on the LF fender as shown in the pics.
I acquired it from the second owner, who has it shipped out here as
a hobby car. Unfortunately the shipper put the second bit of damage
on the lower LR fender as shown in the pics.
It was pulled from several years of sitting earlier this year and
gone thru to so as to make it ready for the road. Some of the
things gone thru, adjusted, repaired or replaced include:
-4 new tires
-center link
-brakes brought up to '67 specs with a dual master cylinder,
proportioning valve, metering valve, and wheel cylinders
-rebuilt correct 3 port fuel pump
-rebuilt carb
-R12 charged A/C
-fuel tank float
-new timing set (no risk of sheading nylon gear teeth)
-rebuilt water pump
-resealed PS pump
-new shocks
There's probably a few other minor things done to bring it out of
it's cocoon that I can't remember now.
The interior on the car is pretty spectacular. The second owner
smartly had the front seat re-foamed to prevent sagging and has
allowed the original Ivy Gold leather to remain undamaged, showing
a very beautiful gentle patina. The same goes for the carpets, door
panels and dash. All are in 50 year old new condition. It was
clearly not a smoker's car.
In the trunk are the factory floor mats, jack, a Fortune magazine
from the fall of '65 introducing the new Coupe model for '66 and a
set of dealer accessory luggage that was sold with the car in San
Francisco (I'm told the luggage is noted on the original sales
invoice, but I've been unable to obtain a copy as of yet)
The underside is rust-free and leak free, with the original
red-oxide showing in several places.
The only thing the car needs, in typical Lincoln fashion, is some
work on the exhaust manifolds. Ports 4 & 8 both are a bit noisy,
not befitting the silence a Lincoln owner would expect.
