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Re: [Spridgets] An American car in England

To: Weslake1330 <weslake1330@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] An American car in England
From: Charlie Shelden via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 05:24:46 -0500
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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

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.te=
am.net> wrote:
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> =EF=BB=BF
> Hi List,
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 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?)?
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> 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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> Regards
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> 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">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;spridgets@autox.team.net&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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