I doubt you look back this far and that's O.K. I'm posting this for me. My Dad was a man of meager means but he always helped his buddies as he could. He loanded some cash to Bert to start a junk yard in St. Paul, Minnesota. Bert would always bring me coins and buckets of keys, this video reminded me of that when you were trying different keys, thank you for bringing that memory back
I must admit (bearing in mind I'm from England UK) I'm respecting these old Continentals a lot more. Some have been shipped over to the UK there's a market as people like hiring them out for Weddings and special events. Big respect to you for putting the work in it's so fulfilling to watch a car have a new lease of life put into it - think about it a 1967 car still ready to roll it's mind blowing when you think of all the eras it's been through
Make sure the power steering has fluid. The pump is on the crankshaft on the timing cover. If it locks up it will seize to the crankshaft. Use type f fluid.
UA-cam algorithm suggests several of your old videos to me and I just finished watching this….lol Wow the difference of your videos 2 years ago and now is %1000 better…more lively & fun…using more cameras, kids, pets , the intro & ending, all of these so much better. I agree with you, doing your own edits is awesome 👏 Since you have a big shop with high ceiling, you could use your drone for another angle, use it like a tripod but high up, just put it up and let it take the video for several minutes unattended…also when you test drive the cars outside the yard, use the drone follow me mode feature…just a fun suggestion for more b-roll clips 🎥
Love your show.old school cars n trucks. Back in my days.we use 1qt.oil on back tires. Great burn outs.try it on your u tube channel. I'm from Morenci Michigan.
My father had a '66 Continental - essentially same as yours, just different grill and taillights. His was the same off-white but had a black vinyl roof and tan leather interior and in beautiful condition. That was the car I drove to school and work when I was 16 years old back in 1983. I loved the power of that 462 and that awesome exhaust note. Have fun with this one!
@@Sleeperdude LOL I had a 1981Park Avenue diesel silver, blue top, blue velour interior. Had a factory moonroof that leaked like crazy as did the transmission but it was a fun car
Being around vintage cars my entire 53 years im always amazed how the swipe of glue - lubricant the men in the OLD days put around the bead still holds well enough to hold air after being flat for 20-40 years , my 79 rally sport has been in the woods 29 years, i just brought it home in September 2022 ,but ,,,point is three of 4 tires held air, they don't make em like that anymore and its a dead giveaway that the people working nowadays don't have any idea what its like to actually WORK they don't try ,they dont care ,they simply want their 40 hours pay with as little human contact as possible, im extremely proud of the way folks actually tried back in the day, its awesome how you rescue classic after classic, when there's no electricity for charging these idiot electric cars ,my 84 camaro, 79 camaro 87 cutlass Supreme and my 97 Sierra will still be rollin through my home sweet home ALABAMA, and yes im surprised that f150 even worked after you kept cranking it before you drained the sludge, you just can't beat the vintage vehicles bro ,yall have a great evening
Good to see you choke the carb...can't say how many videos i've seen where they try to start an old cold motor without using a choke and wonder why it won't start.
You do know that. W-D 40 is Not a penitrating fluid? W-D stands for Water Displacement. If you want to free up rusty nuts and bolts and pistons, Liquid Wrench, or the Blaster you mentioned, work miracles sometimes.
When bleading the brakes at the master cylender, use some clear hose from that point and put the other end of the hose into a clean catcher container , that way you don't spurt it all over the place at the same time you can tip the caught fluid back into the master cylender, no waste
Remember, all the body seams on that thing were leaded at the factory... thats NOT just a big Mercury... that was a SERIOUSLY-built auto. There are specialists just for those things.....theyre not for the faint of heart to do right....
I LOVE this car!!! Thank you for the great video! Mind you it always drives me NUTS that people don't just go ahead and start by cleaning the points! WHY?? LOL.
My mom's mom used to buy these Lincolns. She was a little woman, but you'd better not be in her way. At least you know it runs, that's a big thing. Diddling all the little stuff is almost fun after trouble shooting the big stuff. One thing about the Lincolns they put dual exhaust on them from the factory and Cadillacs only had a single exhaust.
Excellent that you take the time to prep the engine before you attempt to turn it over. So many palookas out there with their "cold start" nonsense....they are clueless as to the potential damage they are causing to a dormant engine by not providing critical oil to cylinder walls, valves, etc prior to starting. Nice video as always.
Nice ! Looks to be very restorable , or even just the mechanical stuff. And drive it.. I have a 66 sedan .. it will keep you busy.. I gotta get back to working on mine..
@@CC_Top_Solutions cool ! You shouldn’t have any problems.. the 460ci is reliable. .. my 66 tends to get vapor lock. Other than that. I’ve never had any issues getting where I go.. I use to drive it 2 and a half hours from the city up to cottage county.. taking back roads. Where there’s no cell service. Late at night , driving out in the middle of nowhere at 12am. Lol
Last year for the 462, completely redesighned from the 430. With that racing idle, and showing it in park, you may have screwed up the tranny. Lots of work remaining, good luck !
I bought power window motors from Rock Auto for my 69...they work pretty good. Rear speakers are 4x10...i bought cheap Pyle speakers from Amazon and just run my phone to an old amp for speakers...sounds good and speakers fit perfect.
On old points like that had pretty good luck dragging a business card through them to get the gunk off the contact surfaces !! You can also use newspaper to do the same thing to get the contacts clean, but it tears easier ! That will be a NICE project
I love it, im doing a lot on my 69 Lincoln on my channel. The power window motors were not easy to replace. Be careful, there are hefty springs helping lift those windows!
Channel has gotten better for sure lately, the lovely girls don't apper much in these oldies but i do like these too. did not know that this channel used to have different name?
Oh yeah you reminded me. The way I look at it (if you system don’t leak) you front reservoir is big enough to fill the calipers. If the fluid is low so aren’t the break pads. Put in new pads and when you push the calipers back in you fill you the reservoir.
I would definitely like to see more of this car. I haven't seen anyone work on one of these recently. I would love to see her come back to life. It's a beautiful car.
Disk brakes on American cars before 1969 were four piston fixed caliper. The four pistons gave four chances to leak. The thin rotors were another problem. Sleeving the calipers, finding replacement parts, switching to some kind of modern fixed caliper replacement are whole fields of study and controversy. Also, be careful what wheel you put on it. Not all 15 inch wheels will clear the caliper. In 1969 most car companies went to a floating caliper design with one big piston that seldom leaked and thick rotors with an air gap between two surfaces. Some car guys would say to replace everything with early 70's single piston brakes components off a similar car. I think that car has a lot of potential. You can feel the quality of the full size cars, even a Galaxie, vs the compacts. You can cut diamonds in the back seat since the ride is so smooth. According to an iconic commercial, anyway. That steering wheel with the " Acorn" center is my favorite and was 1967 only. It met crash requirements. You are lucky your acorn stays on. The next year, better collapsing steering columns came out and the car makers went back to uglier steering wheels.
I'm currently driving a 97 Lincoln TC but I'm a Buick man because Dave Buick invented the OHV engine in 1897. He got a patent for it in 1903. All manufacturers went to OHV engines as soon as the patent expired 1n '53. It renovated the whole auto industry and is still used in cars today. The new DOHC engines are junk!
M.E.L series 383, 430 and 462. Had a 2.5 ton 46 Ford flatbed someone had swapped a 430 into, that truck was a beast with that Lincoln engine and transmission
@@Sleeperdude man ....I had a lead on a 58 mark III.....I went to see it ....the old man said it was sold... come to find out ....he didn't want to sell it to a black man cause he thought I was going to donk it Not all black people like donks people.... If I win the lottery.... DESOTO!!!!
I had a 66 , I would recommend taking the trans cooler lines off the rad and use a separate cooler, the trans lines rot in the radiator and sends coolant into the trans. Car runs and shifts better too.
Here is an idea for this monster, the top off to a point where the two doors meet Make sure you keep the sides all the way to the rear end and remove the real door handles. Remove the insides so you can build a flat bead and cut rear bumper so you can build a tailgate and not lose the style of the vehicle. Enclose the front into a cab and you can make a great pick up. I don't know how long a bed it will take but will sure make people double take when it is on the road. There may be very little changes to the underside, but you will one pretty pickup to compete with Ranchero that Ford used to build. It will draw big crowds at the car shows.
@@Sleeperdude The iidea of making one of these into a pickup comes from 67 that was already done into a pickup. I had stopped to get gas and saw this sitting along side the station. So happy I wasn't driving. Need a good metal worker to make it work.
I doubt you look back this far and that's O.K. I'm posting this for me. My Dad was a man of meager means but he always helped his buddies as he could. He loanded some cash to Bert to start a junk yard in St. Paul, Minnesota. Bert would always bring me coins and buckets of keys, this video reminded me of that when you were trying different keys, thank you for bringing that memory back
That’s awesome thank you!
You and your family have given me a lot of joy and memories< I was 10 years old when my Dad and brothers rebuilt the 350 in the Impala @@Sleeperdude
I must admit (bearing in mind I'm from England UK) I'm respecting these old Continentals a lot more. Some have been shipped over to the UK there's a market as people like hiring them out for Weddings and special events. Big respect to you for putting the work in it's so fulfilling to watch a car have a new lease of life put into it - think about it a 1967 car still ready to roll it's mind blowing when you think of all the eras it's been through
Thank you I appreciate it
How did I miss this one. LOVE the Lincolns.
Yes they are classy
Yep. 462 V8. I have a really nice one of these in green. Great cars.
That’s cool
Josh, the word legend is overused these days, but you really are a legend for saving this Lincoln 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Thank you
Are there any ore vids on the Lincoln??
No all kidding aside that type of Lincoln has always been my favorite
Yeah they are really cool cars
Same . And the Mark 4 or 5 what was it? During the year of 1956 for Lincoln I believe it was a mark 4
430
I heard an awful lot of valve train noise does it have oil pressure or was that my phone or did it finally quit
In my opinion, this is where your channel starts taking off
If I had lots of money, I would have a Lincoln Continental as they are my fav cars! Elegant and Classy
They are very cool
@@Sleeperdude Do you fix them and sale them? Sorry If I missed that portion. Ps. Hello from Carthage, TN
Make sure the power steering has fluid. The pump is on the crankshaft on the timing cover. If it locks up it will seize to the crankshaft. Use type f fluid.
Ok thank you
UA-cam algorithm suggests several of your old videos to me and I just finished watching this….lol Wow the difference of your videos 2 years ago and now is %1000 better…more lively & fun…using more cameras, kids, pets , the intro & ending, all of these so much better. I agree with you, doing your own edits is awesome 👏
Since you have a big shop with high ceiling, you could use your drone for another angle, use it like a tripod but high up, just put it up and let it take the video for several minutes unattended…also when you test drive the cars outside the yard, use the drone follow me mode feature…just a fun suggestion for more b-roll clips 🎥
Thank you we have definitely learned a lot over the years
How can people let such elegant cars like this go to this condition. Ugh!
I don’t know it sat out with the window down for years
Love your show.old school cars n trucks. Back in my days.we use 1qt.oil on back tires. Great burn outs.try it on your u tube channel. I'm from Morenci Michigan.
Nice thank you
What a cool car. This is going to be a great build. I envy you getting this awesome piece of American history.
My 59 Lincoln is almost 20 feet long. It barely fits in my garage. LOL Great video!
Yeah they are big thanks
What a piece 9f history, awesome build👏🏿👍👆☝🏽☝🏽👆👍👏🏿
Thank you
My father had a '66 Continental - essentially same as yours, just different grill and taillights. His was the same off-white but had a black vinyl roof and tan leather interior and in beautiful condition. That was the car I drove to school and work when I was 16 years old back in 1983. I loved the power of that 462 and that awesome exhaust note. Have fun with this one!
That’s awesome I drove a 1980 Buick park avenue black on black with no a/c
@@Sleeperdude LOL I had a 1981Park Avenue diesel silver, blue top, blue velour interior. Had a factory moonroof that leaked like crazy as did the transmission but it was a fun car
My dad had a 81 cutlass diesel
Being around vintage cars my entire 53 years im always amazed how the swipe of glue - lubricant the men in the OLD days put around the bead still holds well enough to hold air after being flat for 20-40 years , my 79 rally sport has been in the woods 29 years, i just brought it home in September 2022 ,but ,,,point is three of 4 tires held air, they don't make em like that anymore and its a dead giveaway that the people working nowadays don't have any idea what its like to actually WORK they don't try ,they dont care ,they simply want their 40 hours pay with as little human contact as possible, im extremely proud of the way folks actually tried back in the day, its awesome how you rescue classic after classic, when there's no electricity for charging these idiot electric cars ,my 84 camaro, 79 camaro 87 cutlass Supreme and my 97 Sierra will still be rollin through my home sweet home ALABAMA, and yes im surprised that f150 even worked after you kept cranking it before you drained the sludge, you just can't beat the vintage vehicles bro ,yall have a great evening
Good to see you choke the carb...can't say how many videos i've seen where they try to start an old cold motor without using a choke and wonder why it won't start.
Yeah a lot of people don’t have any idea how to start a carbureted car
Been a while since I saw someone use a come-along! Nice work!
Can't wait to see you restore this classy ride!! She's nice!
Great car😁 its a 462ci Lincoln motor only used in the 66 and 67 continentals and on de stearing colom the park safty switch go bad😉
Ok thank you
Always loved these cars. Could float down the interstate.
They are cool
Good that the garage door was up or you would now have a drive thru on one side. Woh Nellie.
For sure
How fast the kids grow. thanks for the entertainment
Yes they have
Good looking car. Glad to see you rescue it.
You do know that. W-D 40 is Not a penitrating fluid? W-D stands for Water Displacement. If you want to free up rusty nuts and bolts and pistons, Liquid Wrench, or the Blaster you mentioned, work miracles sometimes.
Yeah I do like pb blaster much better
When bleading the brakes at the master cylender, use some clear hose from that point and put the other end of the hose into a clean catcher container , that way you don't spurt it all over the place at the same time you can tip the caught fluid back into the master cylender, no waste
Ok thanks
Remember, all the body seams on that thing were leaded at the factory... thats NOT just a big Mercury... that was a SERIOUSLY-built auto. There are specialists just for those things.....theyre not for the faint of heart to do right....
I LOVE this car!!! Thank you for the great video! Mind you it always drives me NUTS that people don't just go ahead and start by cleaning the points! WHY?? LOL.
Thank you they are very cool cars. It is usually the points for sure
Nothing like family 👪 power! Everyone looking GOOD 👍 !!
Thank you
Great find, even happy you purchased the old Lincoln, what a awesome project
I just subscribed👍😎
I'm not a ford or a lincoln guy but I really dig the suicide door models Nice find!!
My mom's mom used to buy these Lincolns. She was a little woman, but you'd better not be in her way. At least you know it runs, that's a big thing. Diddling all the little stuff is almost fun after trouble shooting the big stuff. One thing about the Lincolns they put dual exhaust on them from the factory and Cadillacs only had a single exhaust.
Excellent that you take the time to prep the engine before you attempt to turn it over. So many palookas out there with their "cold start" nonsense....they are clueless as to the potential damage they are causing to a dormant engine by not providing critical oil to cylinder walls, valves, etc prior to starting. Nice video as always.
Yeah you have to get some oil in there first
Thats why motorhome engines don't last too long cos they're dormant a long time before starts
Nice ! Looks to be very restorable , or even just the mechanical stuff. And drive it.. I have a 66 sedan .. it will keep you busy.. I gotta get back to working on mine..
I like your style...ivd been picking away at mechanical and electrical...first 100+ mile road trip is next weekend...i cant wait!
@@CC_Top_Solutions cool ! You shouldn’t have any problems.. the 460ci is reliable. .. my 66 tends to get vapor lock. Other than that. I’ve never had any issues getting where I go.. I use to drive it 2 and a half hours from the city up to cottage county.. taking back roads. Where there’s no cell service. Late at night , driving out in the middle of nowhere at 12am. Lol
Last year for the 462, completely redesighned from the 430. With that racing idle, and showing it in park, you may have screwed up the tranny. Lots of work remaining, good luck !
I keep rewinding back to watch Ralphie's head go back when you dropped it into gear. I can't wait to see the rest of this.
Yeah I thought that part was funny He didn’t realize what was about to happen
These Lincoln’s are iconic. So hard to find in good condition, this one is in great shape.
Yeah they are very cool
I bought power window motors from Rock Auto for my 69...they work pretty good. Rear speakers are 4x10...i bought cheap Pyle speakers from Amazon and just run my phone to an old amp for speakers...sounds good and speakers fit perfect.
Great video, can't wait to see this Lincoln up and going.
I’m really enjoying your previous videos. You guys are awesome!
Thank you
This is good entertainment & you know that the difference is between sitting & setting!
Great video guys what a car 🚗 luv it x its like an old fashioned limousine 👍💖
On old points like that had pretty good luck dragging a business card through them to get the gunk off the contact surfaces !! You can also use newspaper to do the same thing to get the contacts clean, but it tears easier ! That will be a NICE project
I usually use a dollar bill, or a five if I can afford it 😉
I love it, im doing a lot on my 69 Lincoln on my channel. The power window motors were not easy to replace. Be careful, there are hefty springs helping lift those windows!
My mom had an 1988 Lincoln town car. My first car was a 67 Mustang convertible in line 6 automatic. No keys. The 88 town car key fit my 67 Mustang.
My dad had a 1974 Ford F150 and my mom had a 1980 thunderbird and one key would work in either one. Same Key
Fords are notorious for that
Channel has gotten better for sure lately, the lovely girls don't apper much in these oldies but i do like these too. did not know that this channel used to have different name?
A real classic, suicide doors and all . Real gangster. One of my favorite
Thank you
damn, those doors will always be a classy touch ;)
Yes super nice
Wow looking at some older videos.
Squeezy and ralphie.
Look how little kids are pushing the car off the trailer.🤘🙏🙏
Oh yeah you reminded me. The way I look at it (if you system don’t leak) you front reservoir is big enough to fill the calipers. If the fluid is low so aren’t the break pads. Put in new pads and when you push the calipers back in you fill you the reservoir.
Ok thank you
This a a great channel for mainly one reason - the people 🤛🏽 (+ the animals)
Thank you we appreciate it
Finish fixing the brakes, putty the rust, a respray with a bit of paint and detail and Sleeperdude can sell it for $60,000! :-)
They do bring big money
“Just crank the oil filter down so tight that no one can ever get it off”. In a case of that kind, you forgot the red loctite
That was quick watched the film in about 5 secs. Thx!
No problem
Thanks for making this video! That was funny once you got it started and had to throw it in park to stop! 😁💯
Thanks
I'm binge watching 👍
Awesome
There's a lot of potential there for that hot-rod Lincoln!
That trunk could house a family of three
I like this car a lot.
Thanks
I would definitely like to see more of this car. I haven't seen anyone work on one of these recently. I would love to see her come back to life. It's a beautiful car.
Funny about the keys. The key to my 67 mustang would start my buddy’s mom’s 72 cougar but her key couldn’t start my car
Fords are wierd like that
Cant wait for the next installment on the Lincoln and kudos to you for saving a great part of American history.
Wow, you found Elvis and he's selling off his luxury car collection.
Looks like it
Great job
Thank you
You have a 462 Mel engine. 460 came out in late build 68 models. I own a 68 with 460 engine.
Yes that’s correct
That's the biggest air filter housing I've ever seen.
Wow
I know right
Take a few of those springs off the gas linkage! That's a lead foot grandpa set up.
Great video! Advice: don’t start the video with the climax of the story. Build to it so you build an excited fan base
Ok thanks
460 or 429 older ones had round valve covers good car to bring back hard to find
Ok thanks
I love this Lincoln but I love any Lincoln lol. I love all cars but the luxury cars are the best.
My Dad had one of these. This car was a tank. And got about the same MPG.
I just clocked 11.5 mixed use in my first measured tank through a 69 Continental with 460. The ride is well worth the mileage!
A classic American dinosaur 🦕
Cool ride.......
Yes it is
Disk brakes on American cars before 1969 were four piston fixed caliper. The four pistons gave four chances to leak. The thin rotors were another problem. Sleeving the calipers, finding replacement parts, switching to some kind of modern fixed caliper replacement are whole fields of study and controversy. Also, be careful what wheel you put on it. Not all 15 inch wheels will clear the caliper. In 1969 most car companies went to a floating caliper design with one big piston that seldom leaked and thick rotors with an air gap between two surfaces. Some car guys would say to replace everything with early 70's single piston brakes components off a similar car.
I think that car has a lot of potential. You can feel the quality of the full size cars, even a Galaxie, vs the compacts. You can cut diamonds in the back seat since the ride is so smooth. According to an iconic commercial, anyway.
That steering wheel with the " Acorn" center is my favorite and was 1967 only. It met crash requirements. You are lucky your acorn stays on. The next year, better collapsing steering columns came out and the car makers went back to uglier steering wheels.
Thank you
New here but definitely want to see this rebuild , love them ole Lincoln’s
I'm currently driving a 97 Lincoln TC but I'm a Buick man because Dave Buick invented the OHV engine in 1897. He got a patent for it in 1903. All manufacturers went to OHV engines as soon as the patent expired 1n '53. It renovated the whole auto industry and is still used in cars today. The new DOHC engines are junk!
That is very cool
Buy a Honda next time.
Oh that's a pretty car!
Thank you
These had a curb weight of over 2 tons. SOme serious sheet metal lol
The key that worked looks just like my thunderbird trunk key
Interesting
Thats how I do my vehicles love the channel
Thank you
Always double flare brake lines for safety.
They are high pressure lines.
Ok thanks
"This thing has got more dipsticks than where I work" 😂😂😂🤣🤣
I’m glad you liked that one
It has a 462 cu in motor that's all they have in them I had one and I repaint the original color and put nice wheels and tires what a cruzer
1969 had 460...i think some 68s did too.
462 cu in , nothing like the 385 series.
M.E.L series 383, 430 and 462. Had a 2.5 ton 46 Ford flatbed someone had swapped a 430 into, that truck was a beast with that Lincoln engine and transmission
Have fun and learn.especially with the family
looks like the Lincoln used in the 70's movie Take This Job & Shove It !
For sure
@@Sleeperdude man ....I had a lead on a 58 mark III.....I went to see it ....the old man said it was sold...
come to find out ....he didn't want to sell it to a black man cause he thought I was going to donk it
Not all black people like donks people....
If I win the lottery.... DESOTO!!!!
@@clevelandmaker386 that’s crazy man even if you were going to dink it I don’t understand people wanting their wishes to go with their car
Was hoping Jimmy Hoffa's body would be somewhere in that trunk.
Me too
That car is longer than a Monday for sure
Absolutely
Sweet Ride...
Thank you
I had a 66 , I would recommend taking the trans cooler lines off the rad and use a separate cooler, the trans lines rot in the radiator and sends coolant into the trans. Car runs and shifts better too.
Ok thanks
Poor thing. Once she started moving, she REALLY wanted to go home
Yes she did
Oddly enough, this same car shows up in my Facebook Marketplace feed
Yes it’s for sale
Well that’s cool, didn’t realize you were in my neck of the woods
Two Tons of Fun...well done!!!!
Thanks
The Matrix was a 65 Lincoln with suiced doors . The rear doors will suck the rear person out if not closed good
Makes sense
It does look like a 430, but it's a bigger version------a 462
Awesome 👍
Love that continental!
Those thinga go for so much money but parts are hard to find
That’s my problem right now is parts
Here is an idea for this monster, the top off to a point where the two doors meet Make sure you keep the sides all the way to the rear end and remove the real door handles. Remove the insides so you can build a flat bead and cut rear bumper so you can build a tailgate and not lose the style of the vehicle. Enclose the front into a cab and you can make a great pick up. I don't know how long a bed it will take but will sure make people double take when it is on the road. There may be very little changes to the underside, but you will one pretty pickup to compete with Ranchero that Ford used to build. It will draw big crowds at the car shows.
My wife does like trucks
@@Sleeperdude The iidea of making one of these into a pickup comes from 67 that was already done into a pickup. I had stopped to get gas and saw this sitting along side the station. So happy I wasn't driving. Need a good metal worker to make it work.
Oh I just love your videos
Check out the all stainless Lincoln continental.
Ok will do