Subject: Re: [Spridgets] An American car in England

From: Greg Higgins via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 17:47:00 -0400

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Daniel, the vehicle id tag indicates the car runs on premium fuel, and
holds 24 U.S gallons.
What is the price of premium in the UK these days? I hope your neighbour
has deep pockets.

Greg Higgins

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 5:20 PM Weslake1330 via Spridgets <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> Well pondering marking the holes etc for my 1960s racing style door mirror
> bracket I was partway through making, I was interrupted by the sound of the
> air brakes of a truck outside my house, actually over the road from my
> house.  On the back trailer was a large American car.
>
> Turned out my Polish (that's a person from the country of Poland)
> neighbour who recently bought a new-ish Porsche is now the owner of a 1970
> (H reg) white Lincoln Continental.  Delivery man kept thinking it was mine
> when I went out to have a look and take photos.  Helped him get it unloaded
> but no petrol and wouldn't start.  Neighbour went to get some petrol.
> Delivery man had a Snap-on powerpack but it wouldn't start - kept tripping
> it.  Went to fetch my jump leads to find the delivery man, truck and
> trailer gone - just the car and my puzzled neighbour.  Passer by pulls up
> and produces a power pack - less results than the Snap-on power back but
> discovers battery leads aren't tight (on the little 'Halfords' battery).  I
> fetched some imperial spanners but the bolts are metric!.  Tightened them
> up and no luck so passer-by suggests jump leads (he also thought it was my
> car).  I get them from back in the house and passer-by has gone.  Neighbour
> has his Audi and I let him connect the jump leads (his wife has appeared to
> run the Audi).  Lincoln Continental Mk3 starts up after a while but with a
> graunching sound (stuck starter or air con or water pump or?) disconnect my
> leads and warm my cold hands on them.  Engine stops suddenly (5L of petrol
> gone already?) and wouldn't start with neighbour re-connecting jump leads
> with the Audi engine still running (Mmm) - bad starter??.    Pushed car
> towards his house (downhill, across my road with no lights other than my
> torch.
>
> So, another classic car in the neighbourhood (small neighbourhood too!).
> Neighbour seems keen but owns no tools that I know of!  Neighbour and
> delivery man told me it was a 4.6 Litre engine (never head of one).  Says
> 460 on the air filter - yep 460 cu in - what a beast - 7.5 litres!
>
> Boot lock is missing - I'll bet the neighbour wants to find one - anyone
> have one kicking around amongst their Spridget stash of spares?  Or a
> workshop manual (in Polish?)?
>
> I'm amazed that someone who knows almost nothing about classic cars or any
> cars and doesn't own a set of jump leads goes out and buys something like
> this!  I'm probably more interested in it than he is (almost certainly more
> than his wife is, or  mine!).  Here is a link to the website that sold the
> car
> https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=0&type=0&make=&trns=0&fuel=0&catc=0&dist=0&sort=0&srch=&page=21
>
> Regards
>
>
> Daniel
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Daniel, the vehicle id tag indicates the car runs on premi=
um fuel, and holds 24 U.S gallons.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div>What is the price of pre=
mium in the UK these days? I hope your neighbour has deep pockets.</div><di=
v><br></div><div>Greg Higgins</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 5:20 PM Weslake1=
330 via Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spridgets=
@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pad=
ding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi List,<div><br></div><div>Well pondering=
=C2=A0marking the holes etc for my 1960s racing style=C2=A0door mirror brac=
ket I was partway through making, I was interrupted=C2=A0by the sound of th=
e air brakes of a truck outside my house, actually over the road from my ho=
use.=C2=A0 On the back trailer was a large American car.</div><div><br></di=
v><div><div>Turned out my Polish (that&#39;s a person from the country of P=
oland) neighbour who recently bought a new-ish Porsche is now the owner of =
a 1970 (H reg) white Lincoln Continental.=C2=A0 Delivery man kept thinking =
it was mine when I went out to have a look and take photos.=C2=A0 Helped hi=
m get it unloaded but no petrol and wouldn&#39;t start.=C2=A0 Neighbour wen=
t to get some petrol.=C2=A0 Delivery man had a Snap-on powerpack but it wou=
ldn&#39;t start - kept tripping it.=C2=A0 Went to fetch my jump leads to fi=
nd the delivery man, truck and trailer gone - just the car and my puzzled n=
eighbour.=C2=A0 Passer by pulls up and produces a power pack - less results=
 than the Snap-on power back but discovers battery leads aren&#39;t tight (=
on the little &#39;Halfords&#39; battery).=C2=A0 I fetched some imperial sp=
anners but the bolts are metric!.=C2=A0 Tightened them up and no luck so pa=
sser-by suggests jump leads (he also thought it was my car).=C2=A0 I get th=
em from back in the house and passer-by has gone.=C2=A0 Neighbour has his A=
udi and I let him connect the jump leads (his wife has appeared to run the =
Audi).=C2=A0 Lincoln Continental Mk3=C2=A0starts up after a while but with =
a graunching sound (stuck starter or air con or water pump or?) disconnect =
my leads and warm my cold hands on them.=C2=A0 Engine stops suddenly (5L of=
 petrol gone already?) and wouldn&#39;t start with neighbour re-connecting =
jump leads with the Audi engine still running (Mmm) - bad starter??.=C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 Pushed car towards his house (downhill, across my road with no light=
s other than my torch.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>So, another cla=
ssic car in the neighbourhood (small neighbourhood too!).=C2=A0 Neighbour s=
eems keen but owns no tools that I know of!=C2=A0 Neighbour and delivery ma=
n told me it was a 4.6 Litre engine (never head of one).=C2=A0 Says 460 on =
the air filter - yep 460 cu in - what a beast - 7.5 litres!</div></div><div=
><br></div><div>Boot lock is missing - I&#39;ll bet the neighbour wants to =
find one - anyone have one kicking around amongst their Spridget stash of s=
pares?=C2=A0 Or a workshop manual (in Polish?)?</div><div><br></div><div>I&=
#39;m amazed that someone who knows almost nothing about classic cars or an=
y cars and doesn&#39;t own a set of jump leads goes out and buys something =
like this!=C2=A0 I&#39;m probably more interested in it than he is (almost =
certainly more than his wife is, or=C2=A0 mine!).=C2=A0 Here is a link to t=
he website that sold the car=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.salvagemarket.co.u=
k/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coup=
e-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;type=3D0&amp;make=3D&=
amp;trns=3D0&amp;fuel=3D0&amp;catc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sort=3D0&amp;srch=
=3D&amp;page=3D21" target=3D"_blank">https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicl=
e-list/details/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-cha=
se-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;type=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=
=3D0&amp;fuel=3D0&amp;catc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sort=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;pa=
ge=3D21</a></div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div><br><=
/div><div>Daniel=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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From: Bob Kitterer via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:14:03 -0700

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Hi Daniel,

Something is not right.  The car is a MK II which was only produced in 1956 a=
nd 1957 and is the only two door Continental produce after 1940.  It is a lo=
w production and highly sought after car.

More information here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Continental#Second_generation_(1956=E2=
=80=931957)

Bob  Kitterer

1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2013 Miata

Pay it Forward
Thanks Frank

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 2:20 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <[email-masked]=
am.net> wrote:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BF
> Hi List,
>=20
> Well pondering marking the holes etc for my 1960s racing style door mirror=
 bracket I was partway through making, I was interrupted by the sound of the=
 air brakes of a truck outside my house, actually over the road from my hous=
e.  On the back trailer was a large American car.
>=20
> Turned out my Polish (that's a person from the country of Poland) neighbou=
r who recently bought a new-ish Porsche is now the owner of a 1970 (H reg) w=
hite Lincoln Continental.  Delivery man kept thinking it was mine when I wen=
t out to have a look and take photos.  Helped him get it unloaded but no pet=
rol and wouldn't start.  Neighbour went to get some petrol.  Delivery man ha=
d a Snap-on powerpack but it wouldn't start - kept tripping it.  Went to fet=
ch my jump leads to find the delivery man, truck and trailer gone - just the=
 car and my puzzled neighbour.  Passer by pulls up and produces a power pack=
 - less results than the Snap-on power back but discovers battery leads aren=
't tight (on the little 'Halfords' battery).  I fetched some imperial spanne=
rs but the bolts are metric!.  Tightened them up and no luck so passer-by su=
ggests jump leads (he also thought it was my car).  I get them from back in t=
he house and passer-by has gone.  Neighbour has his Audi and I let him conne=
ct the jump leads (his wife has appeared to run the Audi).  Lincoln Continen=
tal Mk3 starts up after a while but with a graunching sound (stuck starter o=
r air con or water pump or?) disconnect my leads and warm my cold hands on t=
hem.  Engine stops suddenly (5L of petrol gone already?) and wouldn't start w=
ith neighbour re-connecting jump leads with the Audi engine still running (M=
mm) - bad starter??.    Pushed car towards his house (downhill, across my ro=
ad with no lights other than my torch. =20
>=20
> So, another classic car in the neighbourhood (small neighbourhood too!).  N=
eighbour seems keen but owns no tools that I know of!  Neighbour and deliver=
y man told me it was a 4.6 Litre engine (never head of one).  Says 460 on th=
e air filter - yep 460 cu in - what a beast - 7.5 litres!
>=20
> Boot lock is missing - I'll bet the neighbour wants to find one - anyone h=
ave one kicking around amongst their Spridget stash of spares?  Or a worksho=
p manual (in Polish?)?
>=20
> I'm amazed that someone who knows almost nothing about classic cars or any=
 cars and doesn't own a set of jump leads goes out and buys something like t=
his!  I'm probably more interested in it than he is (almost certainly more t=
han his wife is, or  mine!).  Here is a link to the website that sold the ca=
r https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-continen=
tal-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=
=3D0&type=3D0&make=3D&trns=3D0&fuel=3D0&catc=3D0&dist=3D0&sort=3D0&srch=3D&p=
age=3D21
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>=20
>=20
> Daniel=20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Hi Daniel,<div><br></div><div>Something is n=
ot right. &nbsp;The car is a MK II which was only produced in 1956 and 1957 a=
nd is the only two door Continental produce after 1940. &nbsp;It is a low pr=
oduction and highly sought after car.</div><div><br></div><div>More informat=
ion here:</div><div><br></div><div>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Con=
tinental#Second_generation_(1956=E2=80=931957)<br><div><br><br><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><span style=3D"text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255=
, 255, 0);">Bob &nbsp;Kitterer</span><div><span style=3D"background-color: r=
gba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;"><br></spa=
n></div><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-a=
lign: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">1960 Austin Healey Sprite&nbsp;(Mk IV i=
n disguise)</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255,=
 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">1966 Austin Healey Spr=
ite Mk&nbsp;III (Trevor) - still in boxes</span></div><div><span style=3D"ba=
ckground-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size:=
 13pt;">2013 Miata</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 13pt; text-ali=
gn: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></di=
v><div><span style=3D"font-size: 13pt; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-=
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pay it Forward</span></div><div><span style=3D=
"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-si=
ze: 13pt;">Thanks Frank</span><br><br></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><bloc=
kquote type=3D"cite">On Oct 30, 2019, at 2:20 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets &=
lt;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote=
 type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi List,<div><br><=
/div><div>Well pondering&nbsp;marking the holes etc for my 1960s racing styl=
e&nbsp;door mirror bracket I was partway through making, I was interrupted&n=
bsp;by the sound of the air brakes of a truck outside my house, actually ove=
r the road from my house.&nbsp; On the back trailer was a large American car=
.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Turned out my Polish (that's a person from t=
he country of Poland) neighbour who recently bought a new-ish Porsche is now=
 the owner of a 1970 (H reg) white Lincoln Continental.&nbsp; Delivery man k=
ept thinking it was mine when I went out to have a look and take photos.&nbs=
p; Helped him get it unloaded but no petrol and wouldn't start.&nbsp; Neighb=
our went to get some petrol.&nbsp; Delivery man had a Snap-on powerpack but i=
t wouldn't start - kept tripping it.&nbsp; Went to fetch my jump leads to fi=
nd the delivery man, truck and trailer gone - just the car and my puzzled ne=
ighbour.&nbsp; Passer by pulls up and produces a power pack - less results t=
han the Snap-on power back but discovers battery leads aren't tight (on the l=
ittle 'Halfords' battery).&nbsp; I fetched some imperial spanners but the bo=
lts are metric!.&nbsp; Tightened them up and no luck so passer-by suggests j=
ump leads (he also thought it was my car).&nbsp; I get them from back in the=
 house and passer-by has gone.&nbsp; Neighbour has his Audi and I let him co=
nnect the jump leads (his wife has appeared to run the Audi).&nbsp; Lincoln C=
ontinental Mk3&nbsp;starts up after a while but with a graunching sound (stu=
ck starter or air con or water pump or?) disconnect my leads and warm my col=
d hands on them.&nbsp; Engine stops suddenly (5L of petrol gone already?) an=
d wouldn't start with neighbour re-connecting jump leads with the Audi engin=
e still running (Mmm) - bad starter??.&nbsp; &nbsp; Pushed car towards his h=
ouse (downhill, across my road with no lights other than my torch.&nbsp;&nbs=
p;</div><div><br></div><div>So, another classic car in the neighbourhood (sm=
all neighbourhood too!).&nbsp; Neighbour seems keen but owns no tools that I=
 know of!&nbsp; Neighbour and delivery man told me it was a 4.6 Litre engine=
 (never head of one).&nbsp; Says 460 on the air filter - yep 460 cu in - wha=
t a beast - 7.5 litres!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Boot lock is missing -=
 I'll bet the neighbour wants to find one - anyone have one kicking around a=
mongst their Spridget stash of spares?&nbsp; Or a workshop manual (in Polish=
?)?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm amazed that someone who knows almost nothin=
g about classic cars or any cars and doesn't own a set of jump leads goes ou=
t and buys something like this!&nbsp; I'm probably more interested in it tha=
n he is (almost certainly more than his wife is, or&nbsp; mine!).&nbsp; Here=
 is a link to the website that sold the car&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://www.salv=
agemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-petrol-a=
utomatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;type=3D0&=
amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&amp;fuel=3D0&amp;catc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sort=3D0=
&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21">https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/det=
ails/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-lt=
d-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;type=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&amp;fue=
l=3D0&amp;catc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sort=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21</a></=
div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dani=
el&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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From: Rick Fisk via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:51:45 -0400

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The data plate says MK III.  They were produced from '69 - '71.

Sent from my keyboard

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 7:14 PM, Bob Kitterer via Spridgets <[email-masked]=
eam.net> wrote:
>=20
> Hi Daniel,
>=20
> Something is not right.  The car is a MK II which was only produced in 195=
6 and 1957 and is the only two door Continental produce after 1940.  It is a=
 low production and highly sought after car.
=80=931957)
>> On Oct 30, 2019, at 2:20 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <[email-masked]=
eam.net> wrote:
>>=20
>> =EF=BB=BF
>> Hi List,
>>=20
>> Well pondering marking the holes etc for my 1960s racing style door mirro=
r bracket I was partway through making, I was interrupted by the sound of th=
e air brakes of a truck outside my house, actually over the road from my hou=
se.  On the back trailer was a large American car.
>>=20
>> Turned out my Polish (that's a person from the country of Poland) neighbo=
ur who recently bought a new-ish Porsche is now the owner of a 1970 (H reg) w=
>>=20
>> So, another classic car in the neighbourhood (small neighbourhood too!). =
 Neighbour seems keen but owns no tools that I know of!  Neighbour and deliv=
ery man told me it was a 4.6 Litre engine (never head of one).  Says 460 on t=
he air filter - yep 460 cu in - what a beast - 7.5 litres!
>>=20
>> I'm amazed that someone who knows almost nothing about classic cars or an=
y cars and doesn't own a set of jump leads goes out and buys something like t=
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">The data plate says MK III. &nbsp;They were=
 produced from '69 - '71.<div><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature" dir=3D"ltr"=
>Sent from my keyboard</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On Oct 30, 2019, at 7:14 PM=
, Bob Kitterer via Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]"=
>[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"ci=
te"><div dir=3D"ltr"><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html;=
 charset=3Dutf-8">Hi Daniel,<div><br></div><div>Something is not right. &nbs=
p;The car is a MK II which was only produced in 1956 and 1957 and is the onl=
y two door Continental produce after 1940. &nbsp;It is a low production and h=
ighly sought after car.</div><div><br></div><div>More information here:</div=
><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Contin=
ental#Second_generation_(1956=E2=80=931957)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L=
incoln_Continental#Second_generation_(1956=E2=80=931957)</a><br><div><br><br=
><div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color:=
 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bob &nbsp;Kitterer</span><div><span style=3D"backg=
round-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13=
pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 2=
55, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">1960 Austin Healey Sprit=
e&nbsp;(Mk IV in disguise)</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:=
 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">1966 Au=
stin Healey Sprite Mk&nbsp;III (Trevor) - still in boxes</span></div><div><s=
pan style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-a=
uto; font-size: 13pt;">2013 Miata</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:=
 13pt; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">=
<br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 13pt; text-align: -webkit-au=
to; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pay it Forward</span></div><d=
iv><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -web=
kit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">Thanks Frank</span><br><br></div></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Oct 30, 2019, at 2:20 PM, Weslake1330=
 via Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">spridgets@aut=
ox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cit=
e"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi List,<div><br></div><div>We=
ll pondering&nbsp;marking the holes etc for my 1960s racing style&nbsp;door m=
irror bracket I was partway through making, I was interrupted&nbsp;by the so=
und of the air brakes of a truck outside my house, actually over the road fr=
om my house.&nbsp; On the back trailer was a large American car.</div><div><=
br></div><div><div>Turned out my Polish (that's a person from the country of=
 Poland) neighbour who recently bought a new-ish Porsche is now the owner of=
 a 1970 (H reg) white Lincoln Continental.&nbsp; Delivery man kept thinking i=
t was mine when I went out to have a look and take photos.&nbsp; Helped him g=
et it unloaded but no petrol and wouldn't start.&nbsp; Neighbour went to get=
 some petrol.&nbsp; Delivery man had a Snap-on powerpack but it wouldn't sta=
rt - kept tripping it.&nbsp; Went to fetch my jump leads to find the deliver=
y man, truck and trailer gone - just the car and my puzzled neighbour.&nbsp;=
 Passer by pulls up and produces a power pack - less results than the Snap-o=
n power back but discovers battery leads aren't tight (on the little 'Halfor=
ds' battery).&nbsp; I fetched some imperial spanners but the bolts are metri=
c!.&nbsp; Tightened them up and no luck so passer-by suggests jump leads (he=
 also thought it was my car).&nbsp; I get them from back in the house and pa=
sser-by has gone.&nbsp; Neighbour has his Audi and I let him connect the jum=
p leads (his wife has appeared to run the Audi).&nbsp; Lincoln Continental M=
k3&nbsp;starts up after a while but with a graunching sound (stuck starter o=
r air con or water pump or?) disconnect my leads and warm my cold hands on t=
hem.&nbsp; Engine stops suddenly (5L of petrol gone already?) and wouldn't s=
tart with neighbour re-connecting jump leads with the Audi engine still runn=
ing (Mmm) - bad starter??.&nbsp; &nbsp; Pushed car towards his house (downhi=
ll, across my road with no lights other than my torch.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div=
><br></div><div>So, another classic car in the neighbourhood (small neighbou=
rhood too!).&nbsp; Neighbour seems keen but owns no tools that I know of!&nb=
sp; Neighbour and delivery man told me it was a 4.6 Litre engine (never head=
 of one).&nbsp; Says 460 on the air filter - yep 460 cu in - what a beast - 7=
.5 litres!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Boot lock is missing - I'll bet th=
e neighbour wants to find one - anyone have one kicking around amongst their=
 Spridget stash of spares?&nbsp; Or a workshop manual (in Polish?)?</div><di=
v><br></div><div>I'm amazed that someone who knows almost nothing about clas=
sic cars or any cars and doesn't own a set of jump leads goes out and buys s=
omething like this!&nbsp; I'm probably more interested in it than he is (alm=
ost certainly more than his wife is, or&nbsp; mine!).&nbsp; Here is a link t=
o the website that sold the car&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://www.salvagemarket.co=
.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-petrol-automatic-cou=
pe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;type=3D0&amp;make=3D&=
amp;trns=3D0&amp;fuel=3D0&amp;catc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sort=3D0&amp;srch=3D=
&amp;page=3D21">https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-li=
ncoln-continental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-auto=
s-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;type=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&amp;fuel=3D0&amp;ca=
tc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sort=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21</a></div><div><br=
></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Daniel&nbsp;</di=
v><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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Not exactly. Click on the =E2=80=9C5th generation=E2=80=9D link on the wiki y=
ou provided. It=E2=80=99s a 1970. I grew up in a neighborhood where there we=
re many =E2=80=9Cwaste management consultants=E2=80=9D and many friends had t=
hese as hand me downs from their parents. Same car as the 1970s Thunderbird.=
=20

Ron Soave

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 6:17 PM, Bob Kitterer via Spridgets <[email-masked]=
eam.net> wrote:
> =EF=BB=BFHi Daniel,
=80=931957)
>>> On Oct 30, 2019, at 2:20 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.=
rchive
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>=20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Not exactly. Click on the =E2=80=9C5th gene=
ration=E2=80=9D link on the wiki you provided. It=E2=80=99s a 1970. I grew u=
p in a neighborhood where there were many =E2=80=9Cwaste management consulta=
nts=E2=80=9D and many friends had these as hand me downs from their parents.=
 Same car as the 1970s Thunderbird.&nbsp;<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Ron Soave<=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Oct 30, 2019, at 6:17=
 PM, Bob Kitterer via Spridgets &lt;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:<br><=
br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<m=
eta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8">Hi Da=
niel,<div><br></div><div>Something is not right. &nbsp;The car is a MK II wh=
ich was only produced in 1956 and 1957 and is the only two door Continental p=
roduce after 1940. &nbsp;It is a low production and highly sought after car.=
</div><div><br></div><div>More information here:</div><div><br></div><div>ht=
tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Continental#Second_generation_(1956=E2=80=
=931957)<br><div><br><br><div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"text-align: -webkit=
-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bob &nbsp;Kitterer</span><=
div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -we=
bkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background=
-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">=
1960 Austin Healey Sprite&nbsp;(Mk IV in disguise)</span></div><div><span st=
yle=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; f=
ont-size: 13pt;">1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk&nbsp;III (Trevor) - still in b=
oxes</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0=
); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">2013 Miata</span></div><div><=
span style=3D"font-size: 13pt; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: r=
gba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 13pt=
; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pay i=
t Forward</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 2=
55, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">Thanks Frank</span><br><=
br></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Oct 30, 201=
9, at 2:20 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets &lt;[email-masked]&gt; wr=
ote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=
=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi List,<div><br></div><div>Well pondering&nbsp;marki=
ng the holes etc for my 1960s racing style&nbsp;door mirror bracket I was pa=
rtway through making, I was interrupted&nbsp;by the sound of the air brakes o=
f a truck outside my house, actually over the road from my house.&nbsp; On t=
he back trailer was a large American car.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Turn=
ed out my Polish (that's a person from the country of Poland) neighbour who r=
ecently bought a new-ish Porsche is now the owner of a 1970 (H reg) white Li=
ncoln Continental.&nbsp; Delivery man kept thinking it was mine when I went o=
ut to have a look and take photos.&nbsp; Helped him get it unloaded but no p=
etrol and wouldn't start.&nbsp; Neighbour went to get some petrol.&nbsp; Del=
ivery man had a Snap-on powerpack but it wouldn't start - kept tripping it.&=
nbsp; Went to fetch my jump leads to find the delivery man, truck and traile=
r gone - just the car and my puzzled neighbour.&nbsp; Passer by pulls up and=
 produces a power pack - less results than the Snap-on power back but discov=
ers battery leads aren't tight (on the little 'Halfords' battery).&nbsp; I f=
etched some imperial spanners but the bolts are metric!.&nbsp; Tightened the=
m up and no luck so passer-by suggests jump leads (he also thought it was my=
 car).&nbsp; I get them from back in the house and passer-by has gone.&nbsp;=
 Neighbour has his Audi and I let him connect the jump leads (his wife has a=
ppeared to run the Audi).&nbsp; Lincoln Continental Mk3&nbsp;starts up after=
 a while but with a graunching sound (stuck starter or air con or water pump=
 or?) disconnect my leads and warm my cold hands on them.&nbsp; Engine stops=
 suddenly (5L of petrol gone already?) and wouldn't start with neighbour re-=
connecting jump leads with the Audi engine still running (Mmm) - bad starter=
??.&nbsp; &nbsp; Pushed car towards his house (downhill, across my road with=
 no lights other than my torch.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>So, ano=
ther classic car in the neighbourhood (small neighbourhood too!).&nbsp; Neig=
hbour seems keen but owns no tools that I know of!&nbsp; Neighbour and deliv=
ery man told me it was a 4.6 Litre engine (never head of one).&nbsp; Says 46=
0 on the air filter - yep 460 cu in - what a beast - 7.5 litres!</div></div>=
<div><br></div><div>Boot lock is missing - I'll bet the neighbour wants to f=
ind one - anyone have one kicking around amongst their Spridget stash of spa=
res?&nbsp; Or a workshop manual (in Polish?)?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm a=
mazed that someone who knows almost nothing about classic cars or any cars a=
nd doesn't own a set of jump leads goes out and buys something like this!&nb=
sp; I'm probably more interested in it than he is (almost certainly more tha=
n his wife is, or&nbsp; mine!).&nbsp; Here is a link to the website that sol=
d the car&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/detai=
ls/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-=
chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;type=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&amp;fuel=3D=
0&amp;catc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sort=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21">https://=
www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-=
petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;t=
ype=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&amp;fuel=3D0&amp;catc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;=
sort=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21</a></div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div=
><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Daniel&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b=
r></div></div>
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rchive
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Might be something you checked. I presume it has oil and the shipper didn=E2=
=80=99t make them drain the engine. How awful that would be.=20

Sounds like you may become very familiar with this little beast of a car.=20=

Charlie=20

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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Might be something you checked. I presume i=
t has oil and the shipper didn=E2=80=99t make them drain the engine. How awf=
ul that would be.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>Sounds like you may become very f=
amiliar with this little beast of a car.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Char=
lie&nbsp;<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Weslake1330 via S=
pridgets &lt;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><=
blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi List,=
<div><br></div><div>Well pondering&nbsp;marking the holes etc for my 1960s r=
acing style&nbsp;door mirror bracket I was partway through making, I was int=
errupted&nbsp;by the sound of the air brakes of a truck outside my house, ac=
tually over the road from my house.&nbsp; On the back trailer was a large Am=
erican car.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Turned out my Polish (that's a per=
son from the country of Poland) neighbour who recently bought a new-ish Pors=
che is now the owner of a 1970 (H reg) white Lincoln Continental.&nbsp; Deli=
very man kept thinking it was mine when I went out to have a look and take p=
hotos.&nbsp; Helped him get it unloaded but no petrol and wouldn't start.&nb=
sp; Neighbour went to get some petrol.&nbsp; Delivery man had a Snap-on powe=
rpack but it wouldn't start - kept tripping it.&nbsp; Went to fetch my jump l=
eads to find the delivery man, truck and trailer gone - just the car and my p=
uzzled neighbour.&nbsp; Passer by pulls up and produces a power pack - less r=
esults than the Snap-on power back but discovers battery leads aren't tight (=
on the little 'Halfords' battery).&nbsp; I fetched some imperial spanners bu=
t the bolts are metric!.&nbsp; Tightened them up and no luck so passer-by su=
ggests jump leads (he also thought it was my car).&nbsp; I get them from bac=
k in the house and passer-by has gone.&nbsp; Neighbour has his Audi and I le=
t him connect the jump leads (his wife has appeared to run the Audi).&nbsp; L=
incoln Continental Mk3&nbsp;starts up after a while but with a graunching so=
und (stuck starter or air con or water pump or?) disconnect my leads and war=
m my cold hands on them.&nbsp; Engine stops suddenly (5L of petrol gone alre=
ady?) and wouldn't start with neighbour re-connecting jump leads with the Au=
di engine still running (Mmm) - bad starter??.&nbsp; &nbsp; Pushed car towar=
ds his house (downhill, across my road with no lights other than my torch.&n=
bsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>So, another classic car in the neighbour=
hood (small neighbourhood too!).&nbsp; Neighbour seems keen but owns no tool=
s that I know of!&nbsp; Neighbour and delivery man told me it was a 4.6 Litr=
e engine (never head of one).&nbsp; Says 460 on the air filter - yep 460 cu i=
n - what a beast - 7.5 litres!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Boot lock is m=
issing - I'll bet the neighbour wants to find one - anyone have one kicking a=
round amongst their Spridget stash of spares?&nbsp; Or a workshop manual (in=
 Polish?)?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm amazed that someone who knows almost=
 nothing about classic cars or any cars and doesn't own a set of jump leads g=
oes out and buys something like this!&nbsp; I'm probably more interested in i=
t than he is (almost certainly more than his wife is, or&nbsp; mine!).&nbsp;=
 Here is a link to the website that sold the car&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://www=
.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-pet=
rol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;type=
=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&amp;fuel=3D0&amp;catc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sor=
t=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21">https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-lis=
t/details/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-aut=
os-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;type=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&am=
p;fuel=3D0&amp;catc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sort=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21<=
/a></div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div=
>Daniel&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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Don=E2=80=99t know where my head was but the coupe was the only body for the=
 MK II Continental not the only year they made a coupe.  I should have know t=
his because my dad had five Lincolns of which three were Continentals and tw=
o of those were coupes.  He had a 1970 or close to that year that was one of=
 the =E2=80=9CDesigner=E2=80=9D models that Chuck mentioned.  My brothers an=
d I called it the =E2=80=9CPimpmobile=E2=80=9D much to our dad=E2=80=99s dis=
pleasure.  He had another one, 1980 as I recall.  I drove it from Minneapoli=
s to SOCAL and could never get the seat in a comfortable position.  It was f=
ar from the most comfortable  drive I have done.

Bob  Kitterer

Pay it Forward
Thanks Frank

> On Oct 31, 2019, at 3:25 AM, Charlie Shelden via Spridgets <spridgets@auto=
x.team.net> wrote:
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per didn=E2=80=99t make them drain the engine. How awful that would be.=20

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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Don=E2=80=99t know where my head was but th=
e coupe was the only body for the MK II Continental not the only year they m=
ade a coupe. &nbsp;I should have know this because my dad had five Lincolns o=
f which three were Continentals and two of those were coupes. &nbsp;He had a=
 1970 or close to that year that was one of the =E2=80=9CDesigner=E2=80=9D m=
odels that Chuck mentioned. &nbsp;My brothers and I called it the =E2=80=9CP=
impmobile=E2=80=9D much to our dad=E2=80=99s displeasure. &nbsp;He had anoth=
er one, 1980 as I recall. &nbsp;I drove it from Minneapolis to SOCAL and cou=
ld never get the seat in a comfortable position. &nbsp;It was far from the m=
ost comfortable &nbsp;drive I have done.<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=
=3D"text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bob=
 &nbsp;Kitterer</span><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 2=
55, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;"><br></span></div><div><s=
pan style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-a=
uto; font-size: 13pt;">1960 Austin Healey Sprite&nbsp;(Mk IV in disguise)</s=
pan></div><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text=
-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk&nbsp;II=
I (Trevor) - still in boxes</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color=
: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">2013 M=
iata</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size: 13pt; text-align: -webkit-au=
to; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size: 13pt; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(25=
5, 255, 255, 0);">Pay it Forward</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-=
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">T=
hanks Frank</span><br><br></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D=
"cite">On Oct 31, 2019, at 3:25 AM, Charlie Shelden via Spridgets &lt;spridg=
[email-masked]&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"=
cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D=
"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8">Might be something you checked. I presume it ha=
s oil and the shipper didn=E2=80=99t make them drain the engine. How awful t=
hat would be.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>Sounds like you may become very famil=
iar with this little beast of a car.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Charlie&=
nbsp;<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>=
<blockquote type=3D"cite">On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Weslake1330 via Sprid=
gets &lt;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><bloc=
kquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi List,<div=
><br></div><div>Well pondering&nbsp;marking the holes etc for my 1960s racin=
g style&nbsp;door mirror bracket I was partway through making, I was interru=
pted&nbsp;by the sound of the air brakes of a truck outside my house, actual=
ly over the road from my house.&nbsp; On the back trailer was a large Americ=
an car.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Turned out my Polish (that's a person f=
rom the country of Poland) neighbour who recently bought a new-ish Porsche i=
s now the owner of a 1970 (H reg) white Lincoln Continental.&nbsp; Delivery m=
an kept thinking it was mine when I went out to have a look and take photos.=
&nbsp; Helped him get it unloaded but no petrol and wouldn't start.&nbsp; Ne=
ighbour went to get some petrol.&nbsp; Delivery man had a Snap-on powerpack b=
ut it wouldn't start - kept tripping it.&nbsp; Went to fetch my jump leads t=
o find the delivery man, truck and trailer gone - just the car and my puzzle=
d neighbour.&nbsp; Passer by pulls up and produces a power pack - less resul=
ts than the Snap-on power back but discovers battery leads aren't tight (on t=
he little 'Halfords' battery).&nbsp; I fetched some imperial spanners but th=
e bolts are metric!.&nbsp; Tightened them up and no luck so passer-by sugges=
ts jump leads (he also thought it was my car).&nbsp; I get them from back in=
 the house and passer-by has gone.&nbsp; Neighbour has his Audi and I let hi=
m connect the jump leads (his wife has appeared to run the Audi).&nbsp; Linc=
oln Continental Mk3&nbsp;starts up after a while but with a graunching sound=
 (stuck starter or air con or water pump or?) disconnect my leads and warm m=
y cold hands on them.&nbsp; Engine stops suddenly (5L of petrol gone already=
?) and wouldn't start with neighbour re-connecting jump leads with the Audi e=
ngine still running (Mmm) - bad starter??.&nbsp; &nbsp; Pushed car towards h=
is house (downhill, across my road with no lights other than my torch.&nbsp;=
&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>So, another classic car in the neighbourhood=
 (small neighbourhood too!).&nbsp; Neighbour seems keen but owns no tools th=
at I know of!&nbsp; Neighbour and delivery man told me it was a 4.6 Litre en=
gine (never head of one).&nbsp; Says 460 on the air filter - yep 460 cu in -=
 what a beast - 7.5 litres!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Boot lock is miss=
ing - I'll bet the neighbour wants to find one - anyone have one kicking aro=
und amongst their Spridget stash of spares?&nbsp; Or a workshop manual (in P=
olish?)?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm amazed that someone who knows almost n=
othing about classic cars or any cars and doesn't own a set of jump leads go=
es out and buys something like this!&nbsp; I'm probably more interested in i=
t than he is (almost certainly more than his wife is, or&nbsp; mine!).&nbsp;=
 Here is a link to the website that sold the car&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://www=
.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-pet=
rol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;type=
=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&amp;fuel=3D0&amp;catc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sor=
t=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21">https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-lis=
t/details/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-aut=
os-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;type=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&am=
p;fuel=3D0&amp;catc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sort=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21<=
/a></div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div=
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I didn't check the battery terminals when the power pack and jump leads
were fastened as I didn't want to be the person 'shorting out' either car!
I wondered if it had oil in it.  I'm guessing the oil light must have gone
out when the owner go it it to start.  It's not a fresh import and seems to
have been in the UK for a while, through the reg number comes out as a
Yellow Triumph.  A work colleague and friend has a 65 Mustang, says that
the screeching noise might be the heater fan as it's about where the noise
came from.  I'm certain I saw some disconnected pipes for the air con but
that are connected in the sale photos.  Rain is forecast for the weekend
but I guess that's the earliest the neighbour will try to get it started
again, probably borrowing my jump leads.

Regards

Daniel

On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 at 10:24, Charlie Shelden <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Might be something you checked. I presume it has oil and the shipper
> didn=E2=80=99t make them drain the engine. How awful that would be.
>
> Sounds like you may become very familiar with this little beast of a car.
>
> Charlie
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <
r
> bracket I was partway through making, I was interrupted by the sound of t=
he
> neighbour who recently bought a new-ish Porsche is now the owner of a 197=
0
> (H reg) white Lincoln Continental.  Delivery man kept thinking it was min=
e
> when I went out to have a look and take photos.  Helped him get it unload=
ed
> Delivery man had a Snap-on powerpack but it wouldn't start - kept trippin=
g
> discovers battery leads aren't tight (on the little 'Halfords' battery). =
 I
> up and no luck so passer-by suggests jump leads (he also thought it was m=
y
> car).  I get them from back in the house and passer-by has gone.  Neighbo=
ur
> has his Audi and I let him connect the jump leads (his wife has appeared =
to
> run the Audi).  Lincoln Continental Mk3 starts up after a while but with =
a
> graunching sound (stuck starter or air con or water pump or?) disconnect =
my
> leads and warm my cold hands on them.  Engine stops suddenly (5L of petro=
l
> I'm amazed that someone who knows almost nothing about classic cars or an=
y
> this!  I'm probably more interested in it than he is (almost certainly mo=
re
> than his wife is, or  mine!).  Here is a link to the website that sold th=
e
> car
> https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-contine=
ntal-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921=
?x=3D0&type=3D0&make=3D&trns=3D0&fuel=3D0&catc=3D0&dist=3D0&sort=3D0&srch=
=3D&page=3D21
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I didn&#39;t check the battery terminals when the power pa=
ck and jump leads were fastened as I didn&#39;t want to be the person &#39;=
shorting out&#39; either car!=C2=A0 I wondered if it had oil=C2=A0in it.=C2=
=A0 I&#39;m guessing the oil light must have gone out when the owner go it =
it to start.=C2=A0 It&#39;s not a fresh import and seems to have been in th=
e UK for a while, through=C2=A0the reg number comes out as a Yellow Triumph=
.=C2=A0 A work colleague=C2=A0and friend has a 65 Mustang, says that the sc=
reeching noise might be the heater fan as it&#39;s about where the noise ca=
me from.=C2=A0 I&#39;m certain I saw some disconnected pipes for the air co=
n but that are connected in the sale photos.=C2=A0 Rain is forecast for the=
 weekend but I guess that&#39;s the earliest the neighbour will try to get =
it started again, probably borrowing my jump leads.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div><br></d=
iv><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Daniel</div></div><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 =
at 10:24, Charlie Shelden &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">shelden3=
@pldi.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Might be something you checked. I presume it h=
as oil and the shipper didn=E2=80=99t make them drain the engine. How awful=
 that would be.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Sounds like you may become very fa=
miliar with this little beast of a car.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Char=
lie=C2=A0<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Weslake1330 via=
 Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank=
">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockq=
uote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi List,<div>=
<br></div><div>Well pondering=C2=A0marking the holes etc for my 1960s racin=
g style=C2=A0door mirror bracket I was partway through making, I was interr=
upted=C2=A0by the sound of the air brakes of a truck outside my house, actu=
ally over the road from my house.=C2=A0 On the back trailer was a large Ame=
rican car.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Turned out my Polish (that&#39;s a=
 person from the country of Poland) neighbour who recently bought a new-ish=
 Porsche is now the owner of a 1970 (H reg) white Lincoln Continental.=C2=
=A0 Delivery man kept thinking it was mine when I went out to have a look a=
nd take photos.=C2=A0 Helped him get it unloaded but no petrol and wouldn&#=
39;t start.=C2=A0 Neighbour went to get some petrol.=C2=A0 Delivery man had=
 a Snap-on powerpack but it wouldn&#39;t start - kept tripping it.=C2=A0 We=
nt to fetch my jump leads to find the delivery man, truck and trailer gone =
- just the car and my puzzled neighbour.=C2=A0 Passer by pulls up and produ=
ces a power pack - less results than the Snap-on power back but discovers b=
attery leads aren&#39;t tight (on the little &#39;Halfords&#39; battery).=
=C2=A0 I fetched some imperial spanners but the bolts are metric!.=C2=A0 Ti=
ghtened them up and no luck so passer-by suggests jump leads (he also thoug=
ht it was my car).=C2=A0 I get them from back in the house and passer-by ha=
s gone.=C2=A0 Neighbour has his Audi and I let him connect the jump leads (=
his wife has appeared to run the Audi).=C2=A0 Lincoln Continental Mk3=C2=A0=
starts up after a while but with a graunching sound (stuck starter or air c=
on or water pump or?) disconnect my leads and warm my cold hands on them.=
=C2=A0 Engine stops suddenly (5L of petrol gone already?) and wouldn&#39;t =
start with neighbour re-connecting jump leads with the Audi engine still ru=
nning (Mmm) - bad starter??.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Pushed car towards his house (dow=
nhill, across my road with no lights other than my torch.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div>=
<div><br></div><div>So, another classic car in the neighbourhood (small nei=
ghbourhood too!).=C2=A0 Neighbour seems keen but owns no tools that I know =
of!=C2=A0 Neighbour and delivery man told me it was a 4.6 Litre engine (nev=
er head of one).=C2=A0 Says 460 on the air filter - yep 460 cu in - what a =
beast - 7.5 litres!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Boot lock is missing - I=
&#39;ll bet the neighbour wants to find one - anyone have one kicking aroun=
d amongst their Spridget stash of spares?=C2=A0 Or a workshop manual (in Po=
lish?)?</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m amazed that someone who knows almo=
st nothing about classic cars or any cars and doesn&#39;t own a set of jump=
 leads goes out and buys something like this!=C2=A0 I&#39;m probably more i=
nterested in it than he is (almost certainly more than his wife is, or=C2=
=A0 mine!).=C2=A0 Here is a link to the website that sold the car=C2=A0<a h=
ref=3D"https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-co=
ntinental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/8=
08921?x=3D0&amp;type=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&amp;fuel=3D0&amp;catc=3D0=
&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sort=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21" target=3D"_blank">htt=
ps://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-continental-=
460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=3D=
0&amp;type=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&amp;fuel=3D0&amp;catc=3D0&amp;dist=
=3D0&amp;sort=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21</a></div><div><br></div><div>Re=
gards</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Daniel=C2=A0</div><div><br></=
div><div><br></div></div>
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Yep, I've named it the pimp-mobile.  I didn't find wikipedia very clear
either and I kept wondering why it only had 2 doors for a while.

On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 at 15:34, Bob Kitterer via Spridgets <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> Don=E2=80=99t know where my head was but the coupe was the only body for =
the MK II
> Continental not the only year they made a coupe.  I should have know this
> because my dad had five Lincolns of which three were Continentals and two
> of those were coupes.  He had a 1970 or close to that year that was one o=
f
> the =E2=80=9CDesigner=E2=80=9D models that Chuck mentioned.  My brothers =
and I called it
> the =E2=80=9CPimpmobile=E2=80=9D much to our dad=E2=80=99s displeasure.  =
He had another one, 1980
> as I recall.  I drove it from Minneapolis to SOCAL and could never get th=
e
> seat in a comfortable position.  It was far from the most comfortable
>  drive I have done.
>
> Bob  Kitterer
>
> On Oct 31, 2019, at 3:25 AM, Charlie Shelden via Spridgets <
> =EF=BB=BFMight be something you checked. I presume it has oil and the shi=
pper
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Yep, I&#39;ve named it the pimp-mobile.=C2=A0 I didn&#39;t=
 find wikipedia very clear either=C2=A0and I kept wondering why it only had=
 2 doors for a while.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 at 15:34, Bob Kitterer via Spridge=
ts &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]=
</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:=
0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">=
<div dir=3D"auto">Don=E2=80=99t know where my head was but the coupe was th=
e only body for the MK II Continental not the only year they made a coupe.=
=C2=A0 I should have know this because my dad had five Lincolns of which th=
ree were Continentals and two of those were coupes.=C2=A0 He had a 1970 or =
close to that year that was one of the =E2=80=9CDesigner=E2=80=9D models th=
at Chuck mentioned.=C2=A0 My brothers and I called it the =E2=80=9CPimpmobi=
le=E2=80=9D much to our dad=E2=80=99s displeasure.=C2=A0 He had another one=
, 1980 as I recall.=C2=A0 I drove it from Minneapolis to SOCAL and could ne=
ver get the seat in a comfortable position.=C2=A0 It was far from the most =
comfortable =C2=A0drive I have done.<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D=
"text-align:-webkit-auto;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Bob =C2=A0Ki=
tterer</span><div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);text-=
align:-webkit-auto;font-size:13pt"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"bac=
kground-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:13pt">1=
960 Austin Healey Sprite=C2=A0(Mk IV in disguise)</span></div><div><span st=
yle=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);text-align:-webkit-auto;font-si=
ze:13pt">1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk=C2=A0III (Trevor) - still in boxes</s=
pan></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);text-ali=
gn:-webkit-auto;font-size:13pt">2013 Miata</span></div><div><span style=3D"=
font-size:13pt;text-align:-webkit-auto;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)=
"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:13pt;text-align:-webkit-au=
to;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Pay it Forward</span></div><div><s=
pan style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);text-align:-webkit-auto;f=
ont-size:13pt">Thanks Frank</span><br><br></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>=
<blockquote type=3D"cite">On Oct 31, 2019, at 3:25 AM, Charlie Shelden via =
Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank"=
>[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockqu=
ote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BFMight be something you checked.=
 I presume it has oil and the shipper didn=E2=80=99t make them drain the en=
gine. How awful that would be.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Sounds like you may=
 become very familiar with this little beast of a car.=C2=A0</div><div><br>=
</div><div>Charlie=C2=A0<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><=
div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:20 PM, =
Weslake1330 via Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" t=
arget=3D"_blank">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquot=
e></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr=
">Hi List,<div><br></div><div>Well pondering=C2=A0marking the holes etc for=
 my 1960s racing style=C2=A0door mirror bracket I was partway through makin=
g, I was interrupted=C2=A0by the sound of the air brakes of a truck outside=
 my house, actually over the road from my house.=C2=A0 On the back trailer =
was a large American car.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Turned out my Polis=
h (that&#39;s a person from the country of Poland) neighbour who recently b=
ought a new-ish Porsche is now the owner of a 1970 (H reg) white Lincoln Co=
ntinental.=C2=A0 Delivery man kept thinking it was mine when I went out to =
have a look and take photos.=C2=A0 Helped him get it unloaded but no petrol=
 and wouldn&#39;t start.=C2=A0 Neighbour went to get some petrol.=C2=A0 Del=
ivery man had a Snap-on powerpack but it wouldn&#39;t start - kept tripping=
 it.=C2=A0 Went to fetch my jump leads to find the delivery man, truck and =
trailer gone - just the car and my puzzled neighbour.=C2=A0 Passer by pulls=
 up and produces a power pack - less results than the Snap-on power back bu=
t discovers battery leads aren&#39;t tight (on the little &#39;Halfords&#39=
; battery).=C2=A0 I fetched some imperial spanners but the bolts are metric=
!.=C2=A0 Tightened them up and no luck so passer-by suggests jump leads (he=
 also thought it was my car).=C2=A0 I get them from back in the house and p=
asser-by has gone.=C2=A0 Neighbour has his Audi and I let him connect the j=
ump leads (his wife has appeared to run the Audi).=C2=A0 Lincoln Continenta=
l Mk3=C2=A0starts up after a while but with a graunching sound (stuck start=
er or air con or water pump or?) disconnect my leads and warm my cold hands=
 on them.=C2=A0 Engine stops suddenly (5L of petrol gone already?) and woul=
dn&#39;t start with neighbour re-connecting jump leads with the Audi engine=
 still running (Mmm) - bad starter??.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Pushed car towards his h=
ouse (downhill, across my road with no lights other than my torch.=C2=A0=C2=
=A0</div><div><br></div><div>So, another classic car in the neighbourhood (=
small neighbourhood too!).=C2=A0 Neighbour seems keen but owns no tools tha=
t I know of!=C2=A0 Neighbour and delivery man told me it was a 4.6 Litre en=
gine (never head of one).=C2=A0 Says 460 on the air filter - yep 460 cu in =
- what a beast - 7.5 litres!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Boot lock is mi=
ssing - I&#39;ll bet the neighbour wants to find one - anyone have one kick=
ing around amongst their Spridget stash of spares?=C2=A0 Or a workshop manu=
al (in Polish?)?</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m amazed that someone who k=
nows almost nothing about classic cars or any cars and doesn&#39;t own a se=
t of jump leads goes out and buys something like this!=C2=A0 I&#39;m probab=
ly more interested in it than he is (almost certainly more than his wife is=
, or=C2=A0 mine!).=C2=A0 Here is a link to the website that sold the car=C2=
=A0<a href=3D"https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lin=
coln-continental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-auto=
s-ltd/808921?x=3D0&amp;type=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&amp;fuel=3D0&amp;c=
atc=3D0&amp;dist=3D0&amp;sort=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21" target=3D"_bla=
nk">https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-conti=
nental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/8089=
21?x=3D0&amp;type=3D0&amp;make=3D&amp;trns=3D0&amp;fuel=3D0&amp;catc=3D0&am=
p;dist=3D0&amp;sort=3D0&amp;srch=3D&amp;page=3D21</a></div><div><br></div><=
div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Daniel=C2=A0</div><div>=
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From: Rick Fisk via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 18:45:52 -0400

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It has only two doors because a proper car only has two doors.  Grocery gett=
ers and soccer mom vans have four doors.  Four door pickups have become very=
 popular here in the states amongst the feminist soccer mom grocery getter t=
ypes.  LOL

Rick

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> On Oct 31, 2019, at 6:24 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <[email-masked]=
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> Yep, I've named it the pimp-mobile.  I didn't find wikipedia very clear ei=
ther and I kept wondering why it only had 2 doors for a while.

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