Projects 1954 Lincoln Capri.....a car with a small history

Sounds very good. .....where are the pictures 54 Lincolns are very rare and here in Germany I think I have the only 4door sedan

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the new stance

before



after

 

wiring grows up step by step

instruments are done



wiring for the right hedflight and flasher are also done



headlights are done

 

the old lady grows up step by step





got new ventilation grills



for adapting work times I mounted both fenders



I think the stance looks good

 

They are rare over here...especially as 4 doors. I have a 2 door where i am only starting the work you already progressed so far... Mine is an old race car an will be brought back to functional Panamericana style...wish I was as advanced with the project as you are...

 

the valve cover gaskets, I bought last year have been a little bit to short (10cm) so I had no other chance than cutting new once by myself



heat protection for the crossover tube



the new cables are in place, now it´s time put them right into the fuse box.....a lot of work but I think that´s the right way



weiter gehts dann hoffentlich am kommenden Freitag

 

the battery will get his new home in the trunk, for that I built a battery holder

 

I noticed the original vacuum wiper motor: now that you've changed to 12volt electrics, you might consider changing to electric wipers for reliability. Many years ago (same problem) I unbolted the vacuum motor , bolted on a 1956 chevrolet electric wiper motor (mounting screws & linkage connection are the same), attached the Lincoln control cable, attached the wiper motor power-wire to the electrical system. Result : reliable wipers operated from the original control on the dashboard. Other vehicles may have the same wiper motor. I hope this helps.

 

THX for that!! That sounds good, I think I have to look for one ;-)

 

Hi @all I have a question to the "Lincoln Guru´s" here at the HAMB. I´m searching for dropped spindels for my `54. Does anyone of you know where to find them??? A little bit longer ago I found some pictures of a customized `54 that had some dropped spindels and disk brakes. At the moment I´m collecting the parts for the disk brakes. I´ll use E-150 disks and 99 Camaro callipers.



If I´m wright, this `54 has the dropped spindels. Maybe some of you know this car and can help me to get contact to the owner ???

 

Wow. She taught school in my town. Ellensburg, Wa

 

I think that's Rob and Debbie Butler's Lincoln. She used to be here on the HAMB, under LincolnLady, or similar name.

 

time to start frenching the antenna













couldn´t get it finished at that evening .....but I´ll do that in the next days

 

played once again with the hight and now I think it looks good...2,5 inches are enough





next thing to do is closing the fender skirts, I´m waiting for mine that I will get in the next few days

 

glovebox with radio

first idea sketched with Inventor



the laser cutted parts

 

building the exhaust system

 

Cool project

 

Nice job on the restoration. I had one identical to yours a couple of years ago. Keep up the good work....

 

Still watching. Wish mine had front fender air ducts as nice as yours.

I bought a '57 368 out of an original car with A/T attached. It's the Ford not GM tranny.

I would've gone with '55 exhaust manifolds to eliminate the crossover and get duals. Fortunately the '57 engine came with those manifolds, 12v starter & generator, spin-on oil filter, Carter carb and a paper element air filter with a fresh air duct to the radiator header.

I found a Mexican VIN tagged '55 Lincoln. It has heater delete pieces. I might have to see if I can get those in the future. How it landed on the east coast of USA baffles me. It's a rusty piece of junk.

 

Found another newspaper story of the lady that bought my Lincoln in 1954 Mrs. Vetabelle Phillips Carter The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from the Feb.26th 1928
http://www.newspapers.com/image/57578261/

 

Awesome job! Thanks for sharing, great motivation. Keep up the good work.


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Love the work your doing, those valve covers and air cleaner are great. I like the stance and the mods to the fenderskirts. One thing tho, and its just my opion, but the wheel combination (painted w/spiders) just doesn't go with the stately Linclon. Choose a nice set of wheel covers instead. You have the ability to phtochop.....try it.

 

I'll be following this one.

 

I'd like to see some updates on this project. Especially interested in the wiring.

As for the disc brakes. I'd try some Carbon/Kevlar friction material on those stock 12" dia. shoes before I went to all that trouble. Try Porterfield Brakes, they are on the west coast, OR or WA. I told one of my buds about them. He tried their stuff and it works.

I latched onto a BIG JOB Rated Ford truck intake manifold from a HAMBer. It'll accept the dual float Holley with no adapter plate and bolt right on any of these Lincoln Y-blocks.

I've also located a truck bell housing, flywheel that'll bolt on the Lincoln engine. Just might have to make mine a 4-speed!!!

AND I bought another '54 Lincoln 2-dr hardtop. Have to go pick it up. It's about two hours away.

 

Thumbs up!
I also have a 4-door mild kustom.

 

On an earlier post I seen you rebuilt your front end. Did you replace the ball joints? If so, where did you get them???
Thanks in advance


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Hi coolbreezel, no I didn´t replaced the ball joints ´cause I found them at ebay.com and they were "a little bit" to expencive and mine looked good.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Remanufactu...ash=item5b33f5e057:g:36sAAOSwTuJYr5uF&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Remanufactu...ash=item544369a4ed:g:mTgAAOSwTM5YtkZe&vxp=mtr

 

So, that's just over $1,000 for just ball joints! OUCH!! All the more reason to do the screw in Chrysler screw in ball joint conversion.
Still not cheap, but here's Kanter's complete front end kit: https://www.kanter.com/productdetai...&CategoryID=39&ProductCode=182&Router=Catalog

 

Kanter sis $1300 for a rebuild kit for a 52'......


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Long time ago since my last post and by the way.....I was a little bit "tired" and not so many things happened to the old lady. I moved to another place with the Lincoln and I only made some small things. I frenched the antenna, built the fender skirts, stripped the paint of the fenders, hood and the trunk and got new plans for the steering, the brakes and the exhaust

startet with the fender skirts