Sold the Lincoln, Now it's an IH Metro Project

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Well I've been wanting one forever and I finally found a clean 65 Lincoln Continental. No engine. Going to finish the drag truck project then pull the Lincoln in this winter. Planning on getting a Dmax/4l80 combo, 20"s or 22"s and lowered. Leaving it alone beyond that. I'm a sucker for the suicide doors.

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TheBac

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Love suicide doors. Turbo blanket business must be doing pretty good, Levi. Congrats!
 
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Love suicide doors. Turbo blanket business must be doing pretty good, Levi. Congrats!

Yeah, things have been good. I've had a few other irons in the fire pay off lately, so the timing was just about perfect. At $2K, I couldn't pass it up in this condition. Hope things have been going well for you Tom.

Humm You will have to keep us up to date on this my buddy has a 66 and the 462ci is killing him lol

Should be a fairly straight forward deal. Looking real quick today, it's going to need a front sump pan since the crossmember and steering won't allow a factory sump duramax to sit low enough. I'm wondering if I can get my hands on a stamped Kodiak pan and just flip it sump forward. Need to look at the pan rail bolt pattern to see if that can be anything more than an idea.
 

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Awesome project levi please keep us informed as it progresses i want to do the same with a 66 gto or tempest and make it to look like the gto.I swear these old cars have more room under the hood then the 2500 lol
 

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YES! I love those things, that is a great price for the sape it looks like it's in :thumb:. All the one's iver ever looked at have a bad habit of the hinges rotting out.
 

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so ****ing jealous continental with the rag top is on my bucket list of cars to own before i die
 
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Thanks guys! Been awhile since I brought home a new project. I'm having a hard time wiping the grin off my face. Once the truck is finished, I'll update progress on the engine swap for this.