Bamamav's 1947 Lincoln Club Coupe build

[Bamamav]

Started on the cleanup yesterday. Years of mouse poop, leaky trunk due to no gasket, and just general dirt.




I blew the front out with the air hose, it looks better.

[Bamamav]

The trunk area was finished in the same vinyl and carpet as the cabin. It was nice at one time. There was a wooden shelf area that the spare tire would have sat below. Sadly, with no trunk gasket, the rain destroyed the wood. So, out it went.



Was surprised the trunk floor is in great shape, just some surface rust that should knock off with a wire brush. Found a couple of rusted through areas on the upper fenderwells, nothing a small patch won't fix. I will eventually pull the carpet out of the front, too. Floors will be wire brushed, and painted with Rust Bullet or Por15.

[Bamamav]

That done, I moved to the rearend. Went ahead and pulled the too narrow 4 lug out.


Then, I got my tires out that I kept from the Maverick and set them up to determine what length rear I need. There is tons of room in those wheelwells! Those are 255/60/15's!


No, it's not at normal ride height, it's on jackstands, but the tire and the radius of the wheel well is in good sync! I will be running these wheels for a while, later on I want a set of torque thrusts.


OK kiddies, that's about it for this weeks update. I did fool around and get it running a bit, the old carb is about stopped up so it didn't run real good, but it sounds good anyway. Will be swapping to an aluminum intake and four barrel before I start driving it anyway.

Oh, I took a clue from Skull and am leaving it on the trailer until I get all the underneath stuff done. With the center boards out of the trailer, it's like having a low lift!

[Old Iron]

I would never have recommended it but, those white lettered BF's really look good under the LincCoupe

[skull]

QUOTE-Oh, I took a clue from Skull and am leaving it on the trailer until I get all the underneath stuff done. With the center boards out of the trailer, it's like having a low lift! -

Skull says your'e welcome glad l could help, even if it's long distance.

car looks in great shape


waitin' on more updates

Later

[Bamamav]

Originally Posted by Old Iron

I would never have recommended it but, those white lettered BF's really look good under the LincCoupe

Yeah, I was planning on turning the tires around so they'd be blackwalls, but now I'm not sure! I may just leave the white letters out just to be different!

[Old Iron]

Different is good

[Bamamav]

Worked on getting the seats clean this week. Some simple green, a brush, two rolls of paper towels, and lots of elbow grease. Turned out really great, the seats look almost new!

[Bamamav]

I found these welded to the rear frame. I couldn't figure out what they were for at first.....


Then I looked up front and found these....



Yep, home made tube shock brackets! Look like they may have been put on back in the 50's when tube shocks first became popular. I've seen kits on ebay that were sold to do this, they probably just copied them. I'm going to leave them on and use them since they are so sturdy built, just gonna clean them up a bit with a grinder and paint them.

I also found a 8" rear out of a Fairlane today. Will probably go pull it next weekend.

[Torchie]

looking good.
Once you start to drive this one you most likely will never pass another one coming the other way.
The 41 Ford frame that my project sits on has the same kind of tube shock bracets welded on. I am leaving them also. Was a very common type of switch.
Torchie.