Christmas Gift Exchange for a Lincoln Mark IV

[kiwigtx]

@RR Fan Dan out cruising in his Mark IV be like........

 

[RemCharger]

 

[RR Fan Dan]

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Everything in that era seems to be green, is the joke...
give or take

Unlike today’s cars.

I see it has port windows in the rear.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

@RR Fan Dan out cruising in his Mark IV be like........

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I might have to change my avatar

 

[Charles Cook]

I bet that thing floats at around 80 mph. Lol

 

[RR Fan Dan]

I see what you did there

 

[Charles Cook]

I see what you did there

I love the new Avatar

 

[RemCharger]

Yup that's mint

 

[davek]

Some of you may remember in a recent post I purchased myself a 1973 Gran Torino as a Christmas gift to myself. Well the lady backed out of the deal after I initially put the deposit down because she wanted more money for the car. I’ve been working on the replacement gift but didn’t want to prematurely share in case the deal fell through again. The car is paid for and the transport company is picking up in Denver tomorrow, so I think it is safe to share. I gave a sneak peak in the other muscle cars you like thread. I’m not sure I want to be referencing myself to Frank Cannon though.

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[Cranky]

Stay aware of the no wake zones.....

 

[Charles Cook]

Since we are adding accessories you’re going to need this too.

 

[64BEL]

Congrats! Looks like it has a rim blow steering wheel. My parents' '73 Raunch Wagon had one, too.

 

[MarPar]

My parents' '73 Raunch Wagon had one, too.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

 

[1 Wild R/T]

In all seriousness, I worked on a lot of those back in the early eighties... The heat crossover was always plugged with carbon... That's great on a hotrod motor but on a car like that it means the choke doesn't operate properly & the fuel doesn't atomize properly...

Do the timing chain, pull the intake & have it boiled, replace belts & hoses, new water pump.....

 

[64BEL]

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Yes, Mario, we did take a lot of vacations in that car. It was mint green and we picked it up new at the dealership on St. Patrick's Day, 1973. LOL, the Family Truckster. You think you hate it now, but wait until you drive it!

 

[kiwigtx]

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Whoever designed that front end must have been on some really good drugs at the time.

 

[Detective D]

Awesome car. The interior is why you buy anything like that, nothing like it nowdays.
For the engine, I would seek MPG and responsiveness over maximum power.

A lot of Ford engines from that era were designed in the late 60's with compression ratio's pushing ten. On the 460, it was over ten. Then, Ford got into the habit for the next 30 years of detuning those engines to make whatever smog limits or whatever other mechanical limits OK on their vehicles. Like the 5.0 Mustang with a T5 manual, the T5 was rated at 300ft lbs, so the 5.0 was detuned to have less then 300 ft/lbs. They detuned their bigger engines to make smog, but also to make the auto trans last longer, at least that was the theory.

I would do the dual exhaust. But I would choose significant mufflers to keep it silent. Not restrictive, just big and quiet.
The best thing for the engine would be to return it to it's "Thunderjet" origins one way or another with compression. Probably with pistons, I doubt there is much to do with factory heads especially past 1970. If I recall right, 1974 factory big block compression was barely over 8, may have been 7.9. 73 was a bit better, a bit.
Ford engines from the 70's were slime pits inside from oil, carbon. Even at that milage, I bet it is slimed up inside. Nothing to worry about of course, but when you get into it be prepared lol.

I think you are going to love every minute of that ride. Driving a pillow is always a good time, and people will look and give a thumbs up.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

I would seek MPG an

We don’t get these cars because we are worried about gas milage. I agree with everything you said above. I’m probably gonna do only a timing set, and exhaust. Maybe a mild cam. Nothing you would notice by looking at it. If its a points distributor probably change that to Petronix. I agree on the mufflers. I was looking at something like this.

1974 Lincoln Continental Mark IV V8 Dual Exhaust w/4 Mufflers

SKU: 428514

waldronexhaust.com