Bamamav's 1947 Lincoln Club Coupe build

[Bamamav]

Checked for clearance under the hood, everything fit fine.


Even with the hood nearly closed, the big honking horn is cleared.

[Bamamav]

I took my gauges out as I want to refinish them and paint the dash. Keeping the stock speedo and clock, going to do the battery conversion on the clock. Opened the bezel for the other gauges, looks as though my Stewart Warner gauges will fit with a little work.

[Bamamav]

Haven't gotten much done this week. Did manage to get my SW gauges installed in my stock bezel. Still need to make a couple of straps to hold the rear panel on.




My power window kit came in, have got to gut the doors and install it.


Hope to be able to do some this week. Off most of the day tomorrow, so maybe I can get in a little shop time....

[ronnysplymouth]

I like what you did with the gauges but maybe paint the chrome outer rings of each gauge black so they don't look like an afterthought.....

[Bamamav]

Originally Posted by ronnysplymouth

I like what you did with the gauges but maybe paint the chrome outer rings of each gauge black so they don't look like an afterthought.....

I wish I had of thought of that! Too late now, they're glued in place. The rings don't really show that much when looking at them from straight on. They are more of a satin silver than chrome, so they do match the bezel anyway.

[Bamamav]

Decided to take out the under seat heaters this week. I'm not going to use them, so they were just in the way, and I wanted to see how the floor looked under the carpet. A little disappointed, several rust holes.

[Bamamav]

Floor is still strong, so I'm just going to overlay it with fresh metal. That will be easier than patching every hole, and easier than trying to cut out the old floor and fit a new one. Reckon I need to paint the old floor with Por 15 before I weld the new sheets over it?

[Flipper_1938]

I would overlay sheetmetal over the rusty floor. Cut out and replace what needs to be replaced. The future owners of the car will thank you.

[Bamamav]

After spending all day last Sat on something that didn't work out, and having to work on the lawnmower this week, I finally got to get somthing done to the Linc. I started installing my power window kit yesterday. Here's the original hydraulic unit in place, it was rusted solid and wasn't even attached to the glass. The glass was held up by screws through the door panel!



Here's the unit out of the door

[Bamamav]

Here's the kit I got off of eBay


I had to shorten the rack about 2" to fit it in the door where it needed to be.