1962 lincoln continental....THE GREEN MILE....excessivly long build

[LonesomeTriZ]

What the hell does this mean?

"engine turns over but doesn't ignite"

[SYKO]

What the hell does this mean?

"engine turns over but doesn't ignite"

um probably no spark....deedadeee


that apears to be in decent shape, anything past 65 is way easier to build, more parts avail and common parts are used instead of all lincoln speciific parts like the early sixties lincolns. The thing about lincolns... ifyou put 20k into one you can get 20k back out or more, they are worth what ever you do to them. The owner is right about what they can be worth, even custom ones can fetch the same price as restored ones.

[LonesomeTriZ]

Yeah I know. I just never heard it described that way. It makes him sound ignant.

[tanks350x]

Hey syko, there is a place in Ct. that has at least 20, to 25 of those suicide door beasts.. The next time I take a ride by there I'll try to get some info on the place for ya.. If you were to drive by there, and didn't know about it you would be like

[SYKO]

wow... bringing this back from the dead. this is the reason why my 500 hasnt been finished




ok ive had quite a few people wanting to know whats going on with my 62 well it goes something like this:



it sat..I pounderd.... wtf will I do? new motor? new stearing? new rear end? man hell.....

then something hit me..... new stuff? why not ALL NEW? well...nearly new...ok new enough.


so I started measuring taking notes and doing research finaly I decided on what to do :0


so here is goes im mating the outer hull of the 62 to the inner structure of a 1999 lincoln towncar effectivly making it a new continental. The only thing that will be from 62 will be the outer sheetmetal and glass everything else interior/drivetrain/suspension will be 1999..... :wow:


now heres the fun part Im about a month ahead of what I post as far as pics for this project everything is rolling according to plan so lets start this !






started on finishing up my doors

[SYKO]

so while I was working on the doors at the shop I wheeled the old monster out of the shed to the shop







then brought my spot weld cutter from the shop so I can take off the front end (remember these cars are UNIBODY even the fenders are welded on)






then removed the outer fenders then the front clip












:wow:

[SYKO]

so then I gutted the inside out everything down to the wiring






then after I got it all on stands from one end to the other I started my rough cut of the body off the chassis, this would be similiar to a body drop ecept this car is a uni body so I will be effectivly just cutting the middle structure out while the outer structure keeps it rigid

[SYKO]

then I slowly let the middle down and out











now before you say I should have braced it up before cutting, I measured it with my tram guage all over all the time and it hasnt moved out of spec 1mm so im good if it was any other 60s car it would have folded up by now :0



see what happens when it dosnt have any structure?

[SYKO]

the very slight differences between the two its not quite as bold as you might think. Just alot of patience and a ton of measuring and cutting then welding.


heres the donor... everything runs great and works great im saving all the sheetmetal to fix a salvaged towncar afterwards

[SYKO]

well since I got it all cust apart I needed to make a quick dolly to roll it out with to load it on a wrecker to get it to the other shop it also give you a better perspective of what all has been cut out.















I also went by my homies shop and picked up another condensor, ac compresor, and complete dual exhuast for the car as well...for free :0

[SYKO]

got my new concept drawing back today, I like the original silver and black but thought it was probably done to death allready, and I wanted some kolor! plus I have nearly all these colors sitting on a shelf allready so why not?! I like it any way and thats all that matters. Some pinstriping and light leafing and I think it will be sic!










compaired to the original concept drawing

[SYKO]

well nibblin around right this minute, both rear doors are done and finishing up some smaller parts that needed to be stripped and primed down.

[SYKO]

on the way to the shop so I can finish up the cleaning job to the body to get it ready to mate the two halves together










chilllinnnnnnn in the shop

[SYKO]

here are some of the work needed to get the 62 ready for everything to weld to and clear to meet the two chasis, also some pics of the body problems encounterd











and like most older cars both the dog legs and rear lower quarters will have to be worked I decided when the car was still on the dolly to do this work since it sat up a bit higher ill post some more pics when I get my laptop back with all the pics in it.








the drivers side was especialy nasty, the outside was gone and they stuffed fiberglass matt and resin into the damaged area so I had to recreat the inner and outer on this side

[SYKO]

thats it for now next set of pics will the the dissasembly of a 1999 towncar!