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Figured you might enjoy some pics of the father in-laws Givenchy edition Mark V.
He found it in a barn in upstate NY. It had sat for 10 years, rotting. It was still solid on the underside though.
I got it running for him and he drove it in that condition for a couple of years as a summer fun beater. It burned oil like crazy though....a quart every 100 miles!!! I did a compression check and everything looked good? I wondered if the oil use was caused by something other than bad ring seal. We ended up doing a cheap topend rebuild. The parts we used were, pre72 timing chain (non retarded), Summit racing cam (204/214), Edlebrock valve springs, performer intake, 750 carb and recurved the distributor. The drivetrain recieved B&M shift kit and 3.00 gears in the nine inch. The sucker runs really strong now compared to stock!! From a roll, it will stay pretty close to my wifes '00 5speed Mustang GT. The oil use came from wasted valve seals and leaking intake gaskets. It still uses oil though....now only 1 quart every 1000 miles. But hey, it has 133,000 miles and 10,000 of the last miles were in hopped up condition with us not being very gentle with it!!
We got serious about going on Hot Rod Power tour in the winter of '04 and started doing bodywork.... The pics are pretty self explanatory!
The paint turned out pretty good for a garage shoot..... If I would man up and color sand it, it would look even better!! Trying to find a vinyl top guy around here is hard, so we just "painted on" the vinyl top
On hot rod power tour we saw the "crate camaro" The 69 camaro built with reproduction body. The drove the snot out of that car!!!
And only two other Mark V's on the trip, here is one of them
We also tested some of the wide open spaces on that trip!!!
We also tested the tires.......
We wanted to go on Power Tour again in '07 and decided to change up the look alittle bit. We threw on some dirt cheap Cragar 441 wheels (15x8) and 255/70/15 tires. I also took off the front bumperettes and made fillers from left over bumper trim.
The next project is a newish budget 460. We were given a FREE 75 town car with a supposed 70,000 miles (the motor seemed pretty clean inside, so maybe?) The frame was pretty rusty (as was everything else) so we didn't feel too bad about parting it out! (it doesn't look too bad in pictures....but it was a bondo bucket)
Engine specs
D3VE heads that cc'd around 97.
D3VE with stock valve size/bolt down rockers, and minor clean up on the exhaust side(shaped the guides, ground down the smog bump)
Standard bore block with flattop speed pros (cranking compression 160psi)
The block is not decked and the pistons are down .028 in the hole.
Comp EX262H (218/224 .518/520) with suggested comp springs(spring pressures checked by machinist)
Ford Racing timing chain M-6268-B429
Performer intake/750 carb with exhaust crossover blocked
Recurved factory distributor(14 int, 35 total in at 2800rpm)
Stock fuel pump
2.5 dual exhaust, magnaflow mufflers and manifolds
Broader performance 12" 2200rpm stall converter, shift kit C6, 3.00 gears open rear.
Total weight 5000lbs
Pic of my crappy porting job on the exhaust port.....
I ended up setting the timing at 18* initial and limited the total to 38 at 2800 rpm and it runs pretty good!! But I still thought there would be more? Is there a good how to book on fine tuning? The timing marks look correct using a piston stop, after I used it correctly.
I did regear, sort of. I stuck some 195/60/15's on and ran it around. (29"s tall to 24.3"s tall) With an inch less rubber width and effective gear ratio of 3.50 it does good burnouts, but it isn't as brutal in the upper RPM's like I thought it'd be. We didn't go too fast because we are right at the limit of the weight rating of these tires. But kicking it down a gear at 30mph isn't night and day from the tall tires...... (Thats the problem. If this car is all about seat of the pants performance, I'm not willing to run the extra revs on the highway without major gains)
Here's a couple of burnout pics with the tiny tires...... Amazing, this car with rear disc brakes will not power brake at all, even with the tiny tires and 3.50 efective gear ratio.....
We're having fun and thats all that matters!
Big-n-littles for the Lincoln!!
I found a set of dirt cheap 15x7's with 235/70's and 15x10's with 275/60's off a 78 chevy truck and bought the whole set for 40 bucks!! The rims are rusty and the tires are dry rotted, but it is a cheap way to check out a different look!
I'll get better pics in the spring when there isn't 10"s of snow in front of the garage....
He found it in a barn in upstate NY. It had sat for 10 years, rotting. It was still solid on the underside though.
I got it running for him and he drove it in that condition for a couple of years as a summer fun beater. It burned oil like crazy though....a quart every 100 miles!!! I did a compression check and everything looked good? I wondered if the oil use was caused by something other than bad ring seal. We ended up doing a cheap topend rebuild. The parts we used were, pre72 timing chain (non retarded), Summit racing cam (204/214), Edlebrock valve springs, performer intake, 750 carb and recurved the distributor. The drivetrain recieved B&M shift kit and 3.00 gears in the nine inch. The sucker runs really strong now compared to stock!! From a roll, it will stay pretty close to my wifes '00 5speed Mustang GT. The oil use came from wasted valve seals and leaking intake gaskets. It still uses oil though....now only 1 quart every 1000 miles. But hey, it has 133,000 miles and 10,000 of the last miles were in hopped up condition with us not being very gentle with it!!
We got serious about going on Hot Rod Power tour in the winter of '04 and started doing bodywork.... The pics are pretty self explanatory!
The paint turned out pretty good for a garage shoot..... If I would man up and color sand it, it would look even better!! Trying to find a vinyl top guy around here is hard, so we just "painted on" the vinyl top
On hot rod power tour we saw the "crate camaro" The 69 camaro built with reproduction body. The drove the snot out of that car!!!
And only two other Mark V's on the trip, here is one of them
We also tested some of the wide open spaces on that trip!!!
We also tested the tires.......
We wanted to go on Power Tour again in '07 and decided to change up the look alittle bit. We threw on some dirt cheap Cragar 441 wheels (15x8) and 255/70/15 tires. I also took off the front bumperettes and made fillers from left over bumper trim.
The next project is a newish budget 460. We were given a FREE 75 town car with a supposed 70,000 miles (the motor seemed pretty clean inside, so maybe?) The frame was pretty rusty (as was everything else) so we didn't feel too bad about parting it out! (it doesn't look too bad in pictures....but it was a bondo bucket)
Engine specs
D3VE heads that cc'd around 97.
D3VE with stock valve size/bolt down rockers, and minor clean up on the exhaust side(shaped the guides, ground down the smog bump)
Standard bore block with flattop speed pros (cranking compression 160psi)
The block is not decked and the pistons are down .028 in the hole.
Comp EX262H (218/224 .518/520) with suggested comp springs(spring pressures checked by machinist)
Ford Racing timing chain M-6268-B429
Performer intake/750 carb with exhaust crossover blocked
Recurved factory distributor(14 int, 35 total in at 2800rpm)
Stock fuel pump
2.5 dual exhaust, magnaflow mufflers and manifolds
Broader performance 12" 2200rpm stall converter, shift kit C6, 3.00 gears open rear.
Total weight 5000lbs
Pic of my crappy porting job on the exhaust port.....
I ended up setting the timing at 18* initial and limited the total to 38 at 2800 rpm and it runs pretty good!! But I still thought there would be more? Is there a good how to book on fine tuning? The timing marks look correct using a piston stop, after I used it correctly.
I did regear, sort of. I stuck some 195/60/15's on and ran it around. (29"s tall to 24.3"s tall) With an inch less rubber width and effective gear ratio of 3.50 it does good burnouts, but it isn't as brutal in the upper RPM's like I thought it'd be. We didn't go too fast because we are right at the limit of the weight rating of these tires. But kicking it down a gear at 30mph isn't night and day from the tall tires...... (Thats the problem. If this car is all about seat of the pants performance, I'm not willing to run the extra revs on the highway without major gains)
Here's a couple of burnout pics with the tiny tires...... Amazing, this car with rear disc brakes will not power brake at all, even with the tiny tires and 3.50 efective gear ratio.....
We're having fun and thats all that matters!
Big-n-littles for the Lincoln!!
I found a set of dirt cheap 15x7's with 235/70's and 15x10's with 275/60's off a 78 chevy truck and bought the whole set for 40 bucks!! The rims are rusty and the tires are dry rotted, but it is a cheap way to check out a different look!
I'll get better pics in the spring when there isn't 10"s of snow in front of the garage....
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