I bought my Lincoln because of this video. I fkn love it. What a great color. Its the same color as my first car was and third car its just great. Dark cherry.
I had a Dark Cherry Red 2007 Lincoln Town Car (without the Landu top or all the extra chrome on it) that I put 464,000 miles on it, didn't burn nor use a drop of oil. It just had leaking valve cover gaskets at around 300,000 miles. I always changed my fluids regularly in it and it still ran and drove like it did when I bought it with 52,000 miles on it in July of 2015. I just sold it August of 2022 with 464,000 miles. They are Ford's last reliable body of frame car platform. These cars are very forgiving vehicles when it comes to maintenance. Love these Panther Platforms!
@@LisaMedeiros-tr2lz I was using it for Rideshare and family vacations. It was one of the best cars I ever owned. I wanted to keep it because it still ran and drove like new. Just didn't seem practical to have four vehicles at the time.
This gives me hope that I can remove my vinyl top and keep a hard top without it looking scrappy and unpresentable. I do not like the idea of having a vinyl top and no garage I just don’t want to deal with sun damage again😂
Very interesting report. That car in new Smyrna Beach was one that I was going to look at back in February. I ended up buying one in Ocala and got a great deal, the original owner who is 86 years old Female who owned it and was the only one to drive it. The vinyl roof was pretty much shot, but I replaced it in Orlando. 101,000 miles with perfect chrome wheels and interior. A few dings on the outside that you only see up close. New intake, complete rebuild of AC, and she provided over $3500 of receipts over the last couple of years. Yours looks great.👍 Thanks for sharing.
It came out good enough that I don't know why you said you still want to paint the whole car. I would save the coin myself as it looked pretty good from this distance anyway. I like the MK wheels. Not sure why you wouldn't bother to disconnect the battery when you did the airbag. I know you can say "see it worked out fine", but the way you were holding it, it would have taken your head clean off if it went off for any reason. The beauty cover has a couple tang slots on both sides of the alternator and you need to slide the tabs into those slots and push back towards the firewall before putting in the hex fastener in the back so it won't flop around. It looked like someone abused the passenger side carpet. Try some cleaner on a circular brush on your drill to see if that can help. I have had good luck with Tuff Stuff Multipurpose Foam Cleaner. It does a good job, but that may not be totally recoverable as it looked like it might have some oil and tears. Also give 409 a go with a MF cloth on the rear seat stains, and if that doesn't do it, try a little bit of your rubbing compound on a MF towel lightly so it doesn't take off the sheen along with the stain. Lastly if you can source a center console, it will look almost new in the interior. I like how you darkened the tail lights, though I would just leave that be myself (as I have) so the rear lights are as bright as they can be for the distracted drivers (like everybody). I picked my 2004 Ultimate less than a year ago with 92K. It was very clean in/out with only a couple minor chips. Like yours it has the vinyl landau (and would have preferred being without that for the reasons you showed), but am not ready yet to rip it off and paint it. I have the cashmere paint, which is a triple metallic, which I think will be impossible to match and would require a complete car redo. Just finished a correction and heavy compound and wax on the top, roof and hood that I hope protects the outside of the landau (I know that does nothing for underneath). We'll see where it goes. I also changed out all my fluids and glad I did. The tranny had the yellow pop cap in the pan, so it was never done. Service records from the previous owner forwarded to me as he passed. It was a garage queen for the most part. I got it about half price of what they go for compared to similar condition. I really like the car. Mine has the sunroof and every option. I need to diagnose the seat heaters that stopped working this Winter. The rear passenger window stopped functioning, but given the cost of the regulators and the fact I have four other windows (including sunroof) I will likely not bother. My bags are working good for now. Don't forget to do the windshield cowl gasket. Even though mine was redone once with RTV, had a swimming pool in the rear floor causing me to have to gut the interior to dry them out. After carpet clean, redo of the center console rusty feet and reinstall, it has been dry since after I redid the cowl and sealed the park brake and hood release cables on the firewall. What a PITA. Good luck with yours. Looking good.
I would urge you to reconsider not disconnecting the battery when changing the airbag, especially when your young daughter is helping. But the car looks super after all the work and TLC you put in it.
I bet it’s so smooth , had a mercury sable 2004 luxury model best car I’ve ever had . Easy maintenance and customizable. I kept it looking stock because it was beautiful. Sparkle ✨ in the gold paint and tinted windows . It took me everywhere because it was gas friendly. Leather seats with center console and loud stock speakers . I can go on about this car . I’m glad to see them come back . I’m 21 and i can see why people loved those cars
Isn’t it easier to take the bumper trim off rather than tape it and peel the tape off? Nice Town Car. Mine has a canvas top and although it only has 45k miles I am sure it’s not pretty underneath. I like the look of the roof. Not sure what to do in the future. My car is on my channel.
id never buy one with a landau top if I wasn't going to keep the top on...this is crazy that hes even doing this...so many other town cars out there to choose from.
@@drewskeez1156 Well that is a function of getting a low miler to come up in some reasonable proximity. His vid started with him doing the great circle looking for one. Ones in pristine low mileage shape I have seen go for $15-20K. He explained having less than $5K in it INCLUDING the paint, so he got a reasonable deal. Mine has the top (wish it did not). If you keep the top on, as I am currently doing, it will rot and could require much more work than his did to fix it or the car will be devalued significantly with major rust perf. I have no room in my garage for mine, but have decent cover I hope will help, but what a PITA.
I bought an 03 during the pandemic same color no vinyl top, 150k miles. Spent $5.5k with inflated pandemic prices and still had to paint thr hood. Now it's 1/2 complete as a comfy sleeper.
People have different opinions but I like the chrome and the tops and everything else it makes a car stand out, my cars have been garaged and taken care of so we don’t have problems
I have an '03 with the air suspension. It still works great. Probably the smoothest riding car I've ever had the pleasure of riding in, much less driving.
Great job on this video. I own 2 town cars 1 with 1/2 Landau roof and the other without. I agree 100% those roofs are nothing but a problem and would like to remove from my car just afraid what it could lead to.
Love your passion for the Town Car. - really nice job and some inspiring ideas. If you intend to replace that stainless trim on the rear door frames, I have spares I would be happy to send you... replaced one of my fronts, had to buy a whole set. Keep up the videos and good luck on the F150.
By the time it was to late i had baught one with the landau top. I told myself before too i would never get a car with one. I just got ahead of myself when i saw the car and overlooked the top
I have the sun roof. I have not heard of any propensity for leaks, but checked out the drain ports to make sure that they were all clean and clog free. So far so good. I really like opening it up. Hardly need ac on a hot day.
Pretty cool video. Iv been looking for a town car and all these dealers with the prices sheesh. Can you believe these guys. The worst thing is when you get there with the ridiculous amount of money they want ready to spend the car isn't what they said on the phone and the pictures they took were at some odd angle that hides all the flaws. Again I just came across one with 81k on it but it's about 3 hrs away and I'm ashamed to even admit I'd even think about entertaining the idea of spending 11k. I just want it to be perfect and id like to get the dam car in this lifetime here the one I'm living in now. But anyway I think you know what I'm going thru. Who knows maybe I can talk them down some this is ridiculous. Idk but wish me luck. Cool video and congratulations on a nice car.
If your interested I'm thinking about selling my 36 inch stretch, dubble cut, diplomat, 2005 Town Car executive L limo. It has the coolest interior with partition, extra jumpseats, and fax machine . I'm a Town Car enthusiast and I had to have it. 4 years now and I love it but it needs a paint job. There are cracks in the paint where it was stretched. It would look amazing if redone. It runs like a top 126k miles. Interior is like something out of a movie. 🎬 🎬 🎬 It would make great content.
Hello from Canada. You are right, the final result was worth it. Well done!
Just wow…. Very impressive
Thank you very much!
I bought my Lincoln because of this video. I fkn love it. What a great color. Its the same color as my first car was and third car its just great. Dark cherry.
I've owned 5 Towncars over the years, anywhere from 1979 to 1999 and loved them.
Love the video have two Town Cars myself and always looking for a deal on a third Town Car
Late to the show - I like what you did with the wheel selection - nice look!!
Those wheels are long gone now. I plan on doing an updated video in the next couple of months on the car.
Turned out beautiful 😍
This is my dream car & u really did a fantastic job bringing it back. Awesome video!
Glad you liked it! Thank you
Love the video and how the Lincoln turned out.
I had a Dark Cherry Red 2007 Lincoln Town Car (without the Landu top or all the extra chrome on it) that I put 464,000 miles on it, didn't burn nor use a drop of oil. It just had leaking valve cover gaskets at around 300,000 miles. I always changed my fluids regularly in it and it still ran and drove like it did when I bought it with 52,000 miles on it in July of 2015. I just sold it August of 2022 with 464,000 miles. They are Ford's last reliable body of frame car platform. These cars are very forgiving vehicles when it comes to maintenance. Love these Panther Platforms!
Dude, you must live in your car, do sales or limo to put 60K/yr. That is a lot of driving. They are great cars though.
@@LisaMedeiros-tr2lz I was using it for Rideshare and family vacations. It was one of the best cars I ever owned. I wanted to keep it because it still ran and drove like new. Just didn't seem practical to have four vehicles at the time.
Awesome job I am hoping to own my first town car as restoration antique type project
Go for it!
This gives me hope that I can remove my vinyl top and keep a hard top without it looking scrappy and unpresentable. I do not like the idea of having a vinyl top and no garage I just don’t want to deal with sun damage again😂
Good looking cars I love how you can find 1 owner old man cars that are next to factory condition
For sure. Just got mine last year. Relatively low mile garage queen grocery getter. It went from one old man to another.
Sick!!! Those wheels look great!!
Watched the vid all the way through. Dude, great content the car came a long way looks incredibly stylish 👍
Thank you. She's my daily. I love every bit of her
Very interesting report. That car in new Smyrna Beach was one that I was going to look at back in February.
I ended up buying one in Ocala and got a great deal, the original owner who is 86 years old Female who owned it and was the only one to drive it. The vinyl roof was pretty much shot, but I replaced it in Orlando.
101,000 miles with perfect chrome wheels and interior. A few dings on the outside that you only see up close. New intake, complete rebuild of AC, and she provided over $3500 of receipts over the last couple of years.
Yours looks great.👍
Thanks for sharing.
It came out good enough that I don't know why you said you still want to paint the whole car. I would save the coin myself as it looked pretty good from this distance anyway. I like the MK wheels. Not sure why you wouldn't bother to disconnect the battery when you did the airbag. I know you can say "see it worked out fine", but the way you were holding it, it would have taken your head clean off if it went off for any reason. The beauty cover has a couple tang slots on both sides of the alternator and you need to slide the tabs into those slots and push back towards the firewall before putting in the hex fastener in the back so it won't flop around. It looked like someone abused the passenger side carpet. Try some cleaner on a circular brush on your drill to see if that can help. I have had good luck with Tuff Stuff Multipurpose Foam Cleaner. It does a good job, but that may not be totally recoverable as it looked like it might have some oil and tears. Also give 409 a go with a MF cloth on the rear seat stains, and if that doesn't do it, try a little bit of your rubbing compound on a MF towel lightly so it doesn't take off the sheen along with the stain. Lastly if you can source a center console, it will look almost new in the interior. I like how you darkened the tail lights, though I would just leave that be myself (as I have) so the rear lights are as bright as they can be for the distracted drivers (like everybody). I picked my 2004 Ultimate less than a year ago with 92K. It was very clean in/out with only a couple minor chips. Like yours it has the vinyl landau (and would have preferred being without that for the reasons you showed), but am not ready yet to rip it off and paint it. I have the cashmere paint, which is a triple metallic, which I think will be impossible to match and would require a complete car redo. Just finished a correction and heavy compound and wax on the top, roof and hood that I hope protects the outside of the landau (I know that does nothing for underneath). We'll see where it goes. I also changed out all my fluids and glad I did. The tranny had the yellow pop cap in the pan, so it was never done. Service records from the previous owner forwarded to me as he passed. It was a garage queen for the most part. I got it about half price of what they go for compared to similar condition. I really like the car. Mine has the sunroof and every option. I need to diagnose the seat heaters that stopped working this Winter. The rear passenger window stopped functioning, but given the cost of the regulators and the fact I have four other windows (including sunroof) I will likely not bother. My bags are working good for now. Don't forget to do the windshield cowl gasket. Even though mine was redone once with RTV, had a swimming pool in the rear floor causing me to have to gut the interior to dry them out. After carpet clean, redo of the center console rusty feet and reinstall, it has been dry since after I redid the cowl and sealed the park brake and hood release cables on the firewall. What a PITA. Good luck with yours. Looking good.
Great job Gabe me so many great ideas 💡
Yay! Thank you! Good luck with your project.
I would urge you to reconsider not disconnecting the battery when changing the airbag, especially when your young daughter is helping. But the car looks super after all the work and TLC you put in it.
You're 1,000% correct. I've gotten so accustomed to doing this at least 40+ times but all it takes is one time & it'll cause a major accident.
wow... great work... I thought it was all over once that landau roof came off.. great transformation
I bet it’s so smooth , had a mercury sable 2004 luxury model best car I’ve ever had . Easy maintenance and customizable. I kept it looking stock because it was beautiful. Sparkle ✨ in the gold paint and tinted windows . It took me everywhere because it was gas friendly. Leather seats with center console and loud stock speakers . I can go on about this car . I’m glad to see them come back . I’m 21 and i can see why people loved those cars
If you have not tried one yet, you should. With the 4.6 and the longer wheelbase, the LTC takes it to the next level compared to the Sable.
Nice deal on that ! Love town cars and big body vehicles. Next time I'm in winter garden going to look around how close are you ?
Isn’t it easier to take the bumper trim off rather than tape it and peel the tape off? Nice Town Car. Mine has a canvas top and although it only has 45k miles I am sure it’s not pretty underneath. I like the look of the roof. Not sure what to do in the future. My car is on my channel.
id never buy one with a landau top if I wasn't going to keep the top on...this is crazy that hes even doing this...so many other town cars out there to choose from.
@@drewskeez1156 Well that is a function of getting a low miler to come up in some reasonable proximity. His vid started with him doing the great circle looking for one. Ones in pristine low mileage shape I have seen go for $15-20K. He explained having less than $5K in it INCLUDING the paint, so he got a reasonable deal. Mine has the top (wish it did not). If you keep the top on, as I am currently doing, it will rot and could require much more work than his did to fix it or the car will be devalued significantly with major rust perf. I have no room in my garage for mine, but have decent cover I hope will help, but what a PITA.
You did a GREAT job on this man. !!!!
I bought an 03 during the pandemic same color no vinyl top, 150k miles. Spent $5.5k with inflated pandemic prices and still had to paint thr hood. Now it's 1/2 complete as a comfy sleeper.
People have different opinions but I like the chrome and the tops and everything else it makes a car stand out, my cars have been garaged and taken care of so we don’t have problems
I have an '03 with the air suspension. It still works great. Probably the smoothest riding car I've ever had the pleasure of riding in, much less driving.
Great job on this video. I own 2 town cars 1 with 1/2 Landau roof and the other without. I agree 100% those roofs are nothing but a problem and would like to remove from my car just afraid what it could lead to.
Well said!
I love my 2010 lincoln town car just wish it wasn't white lol
Cool video. I thought you would paint the whole grill to match…like a Ford crown Vic sport. Is there a part 2 to this?
I'm going to have the rest of the car painted in December. Stay tuned!
If the stain on the seat is grease try MINERAL SPIRITS
Love the color; great job matching it , My only thing is the B Pillar drivers door is chrome and rear door is black.
I just ordered the set of chrome covers
Love your passion for the Town Car. - really nice job and some inspiring ideas. If you intend to replace that stainless trim on the rear door frames, I have spares I would be happy to send you... replaced one of my fronts, had to buy a whole set. Keep up the videos and good luck on the F150.
Thanks for the tips! I did replace the trim on the rear doors already. 👍
By the time it was to late i had baught one with the landau top. I told myself before too i would never get a car with one. I just got ahead of myself when i saw the car and overlooked the top
Just saw your video I like the video
What size tires do you have on those newer rims? Do they rub at all?
It was on 245/50/20's. However I ended up selling the wheels/tires.
All town cars should have white walls ,it just brings >to up to par !
100% agree
Great advice ,and also afraid to buy a town car with son roof ,because they leak ,so thanks 😊
I have the sun roof. I have not heard of any propensity for leaks, but checked out the drain ports to make sure that they were all clean and clog free. So far so good. I really like opening it up. Hardly need ac on a hot day.
I got one up here in Detroit michigan bro 97000 miles all highway miles grey with the half black top n cream leather interior
It's a 97
I love those 97s
Great video 😊
Thanks! 😊
@@thisweekendsprojectmake sure you subscribe to his channel he has good Lincoln stuff
Are you from the Orlando area?
No, SWFL in the Ft. Myers area
It's pronounced "Lan dow".
Are you in Houston cause that salvage yard looks like the one off of hwy 288 and almeda genoa Rd..
Florida
Pretty cool video. Iv been looking for a town car and all these dealers with the prices sheesh. Can you believe these guys. The worst thing is when you get there with the ridiculous amount of money they want ready to spend the car isn't what they said on the phone and the pictures they took were at some odd angle that hides all the flaws. Again I just came across one with 81k on it but it's about 3 hrs away and I'm ashamed to even admit I'd even think about entertaining the idea of spending 11k. I just want it to be perfect and id like to get the dam car in this lifetime here the one I'm living in now. But anyway I think you know what I'm going thru. Who knows maybe I can talk them down some this is ridiculous. Idk but wish me luck. Cool video and congratulations on a nice car.
Find a local seller. Stay away from the dealerships
Use Bee's wax on the plastic and rubber to protect them,it's better than wd40.
Didn't think of that. Thanks.
Doing the same thing a 2001 Lincoln Town car
If your interested I'm thinking about selling my 36 inch stretch, dubble cut, diplomat, 2005 Town Car executive L limo. It has the coolest interior with partition, extra jumpseats, and fax machine . I'm a Town Car enthusiast and I had to have it. 4 years now and I love it but it needs a paint job. There are cracks in the paint where it was stretched. It would look amazing if redone. It runs like a top 126k miles. Interior is like something out of a movie. 🎬 🎬 🎬 It would make great content.
I'd love to do a video on it if you're in Florida.
Wht size coil spring you put on there
I have to change intake . Need tht for my lights yours look great ❤
Springs came with the car. It was already converted.
I hate fake convertible top cars, they all fade over time and get discolored. Also rust & hole issues like this guy shows in this video.
My friend it's called a landau top not a landune top. you need to know how to pronounce. LANDAU
I never put an "n" in Landau. Not sure why you heard "landune", lol
@@thisweekendsproject You pronounced it Land-ooo, but it's Land-ow. No biggie, We knew what you were talking about.