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

From: Allen Hefner via Spridgets <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 10:22:34 -0500

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It looks like the car was mis-represented on the seller's web site.
460cc???

Your neighbour will have to go about this as with any restoration. Start
with a good pressure washing, drain all the fluids, check compression,
check (and replace) belts and anything rubber, cover the driver's seat with
duct tape, etc. Replace the battery, fill the fluids and see if it
starts...if everything checks out. And don't try to drive it until the
brakes and hydraulics are renewed.

That's much more of a project then I would want.

Allen Hefner
Norristown, PA
Sun City Center, FL

*Current:*
2016 Subaru outback somewhere
2006 Chebbie
*Former:*
1963 Sunbeam Alpine Series III
1967 Triumph TR4A IRS
1964 VW Type I
1967 VW Type II
1967 Rover 2000TC
1977 MG Midget (Sniff!)

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 6:24 PM Weslake1330 via Spridgets <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> 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 a=
nd
>> two 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 broth=
ers 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 t=
he
>> seat in a comfortable position.  It was far from the most comfortable
>>  drive I have done.
>>
>> 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 31, 2019, at 3:25 AM, Charlie Shelden via Spridgets <
>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>> =EF=BB=BFMight be something you checked. I presume it has oil and the sh=
ipper
>> 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 <
>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>> =EF=BB=BF
>> 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 so=
und
>> of the air brakes of a truck outside my house, actually over the road fr=
om
>> 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 19=
70
>> (H reg) white Lincoln Continental.  Delivery man kept thinking it was mi=
ne
>> when I went out to have a look and take photos.  Helped him get it unloa=
ded
>> 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 trippi=
ng
>> 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 u=
p
>> 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 the=
m
>> 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.  Neighb=
our
>> 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 petr=
ol
>> gone already?) and wouldn't start with neighbour re-connecting jump lead=
s
>> 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).  Say=
s
>> 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 certai=
nly
>> more than his wife is, or  mine!).  Here is a link to the website that s=
old
>> the car
>> https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-contin=
ental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/80892=
1?x=3D0&type=3D0&make=3D&trns=3D0&fuel=3D0&catc=3D0&dist=3D0&sort=3D0&srch=
=3D&page=3D21
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">It looks like the car was mis-represented on the seller&#3=
9;s web site. 460cc???=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Your neighbour will have to=
 go about this as with any restoration. Start with a good pressure washing,=
 drain all the fluids, check compression, check (and replace) belts and any=
thing rubber, cover the driver&#39;s seat with duct tape, etc. Replace the =
battery, fill the fluids and see if it starts...if everything checks out. A=
nd don&#39;t try to drive it until=C2=A0the brakes and hydraulics are renew=
ed.</div><div><br></div><div>That&#39;s much more of a project then I would=
 want.=C2=A0<br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signatur=
e" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr=
"><div><div><br></div><div>Allen Hefner</div>
<div>Norristown, PA</div><div>Sun City Center, FL</div>
<div>=C2=A0</div>
<div><em>Current:</em></div>
<div>2016 Subaru outback somewhere</div><div>2006 Chebbie</div>
<div><em>Former:</em></div>
<div>1963 Sunbeam Alpine Series III</div>
<div>1967 Triumph TR4A IRS</div>
<div>1964 VW Type I</div>
<div>1967 VW Type II</div>
<div>1967 Rover 2000TC</div>
<div>1977 MG Midget (Sniff!)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><=
/div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_a=
ttr">On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 6:24 PM Weslake1330 via Spridgets &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"lt=
r">Yep, I&#39;ve named it the pimp-mobile.=C2=A0 I didn&#39;t find wikipedi=
a 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 Spridgets &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"_blank">[email-masked]=
.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"mar=
gin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1=
ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Don=E2=80=99t know where my head was but the coupe wa=
s the only body for the MK II Continental not the only year they made a cou=
pe.=C2=A0 I should have know this because my dad had five Lincolns of which=
 three 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=
 that Chuck mentioned.=C2=A0 My brothers and I called it the =E2=80=9CPimpm=
obile=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=
 never get the seat in a comfortable position.=C2=A0 It was far from the mo=
st 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=
=A0Kitterer</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"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:=
13pt">1960 Austin Healey Sprite=C2=A0(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 Austin Healey Sprite Mk=C2=A0III (Trevor) - still in b=
oxes</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);t=
ext-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:13pt">2013 Miata</span></div><div><span st=
yle=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:-we=
bkit-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-size:13pt">Thanks Frank</span><br><br></div></div><div dir=3D"lt=
r"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Oct 31, 2019, at 3:25 AM, Charlie Sheld=
en via Spridgets &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" target=3D"=
_blank">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><=
blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BFMight be something you c=
hecked. I presume it has 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 familiar with this little beast of a car.=C2=A0</div><d=
iv><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]=
.net" target=3D"_blank">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></bl=
ockquote></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 throug=
h making, 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 t=
railer was a large American car.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Turned out m=
y Polish (that&#39;s a person from the country of Poland) neighbour who rec=
ently bought a new-ish Porsche is now the owner of a 1970 (H reg) white Lin=
coln Continental.=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 Delivery man had a Snap-on powerpack but it wouldn&#39;t start - kept t=
ripping it.=C2=A0 Went to fetch my jump leads to find the delivery man, tru=
ck and trailer gone - just the car and my puzzled neighbour.=C2=A0 Passer b=
y 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;Halfo=
rds&#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 le=
ads (he also thought it was my car).=C2=A0 I get them from back in the hous=
e and passer-by has gone.=C2=A0 Neighbour has his Audi and I let him connec=
t the jump leads (his wife has appeared to run the Audi).=C2=A0 Lincoln Con=
tinental Mk3=C2=A0starts up after a while but with a graunching sound (stuc=
k starter or air con or water pump or?) disconnect my leads and warm my col=
d hands on them.=C2=A0 Engine stops suddenly (5L of petrol gone already?) a=
nd 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 toward=
s his house (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 neighb=
ourhood (small neighbourhood 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 (never head of one).=C2=A0 Says 460 on the air filter - yep 4=
60 cu in - what a beast - 7.5 litres!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Boot l=
ock is missing - I&#39;ll bet the neighbour wants to find one - anyone have=
 one kicking around amongst their Spridget stash of spares?=C2=A0 Or a work=
shop manual (in Polish?)?</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m amazed that some=
one who knows almost 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 interested in it than he is (almost certainly more than hi=
s wife is, or=C2=A0 mine!).=C2=A0 Here is a link to the website that sold t=
he car=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details=
/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-c=
hase-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" targ=
et=3D"_blank">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</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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