[Spridgets] An American car in England

[Bob Kitterer]

You are absolutely correct.  My mistake.

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 6:15 PM, Ron Soave <soavero at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Not exactly. Click on the “5th generation” link on the wiki you provided. It’s a 1970. I grew up in a neighborhood where there were many “waste management consultants” and many friends had these as hand me downs from their parents. Same car as the 1970s Thunderbird. 
> 
> Ron Soave
> 
>>> On Oct 30, 2019, at 6:17 PM, Bob Kitterer via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>> 
>> Hi Daniel,
>> 
>> Something is not right.  The car is a MK II which was only produced in 1956 and 1957 and is the only two door Continental produce after 1940.  It is a low production and highly sought after car.
>> 
>> More information here:
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Continental#Second_generation_(1956–1957)
>> 
>> 
>> 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 <spridgets at autox.team.net> 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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