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    Stock Upper Control Arms?

    I just bought a 1980 Lincoln Continental Mark VI 2 Door the other day. While going over the car today with a fine tooth comb, I noticed that it has Upper Control Arms that I have never seen before from the factory on any box.

    Was this a Lincoln only thing, or did someone swap these UCA's onto the car from something else?

    Thanks in advance for any info.
    Last edited by LTDMan83; 12-09-2010, 10:27 PM.
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    #2
    personally, i have only seen em 1980 lincolns. my 1980 mark VI has em too. only thing that sucks, are the non greaseable upper ball joints. i will have to do them and the bushings on mine in the spring. and that mark is mint BTW!

    1981 Mercury Marquis Brougham 2-Door 302/ 5-speed -special blend (GMGT)
    1987 Lincoln Mark VII 5-speed (Errand runner)
    1989 Mercury Grand Marquis (Base Runner)
    2007 Lincoln Town Car Signature Limited (Hustlyn)
    2011 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (Down with O.P.P)

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      #3
      yep pretty normal for those cars
      89 townie, mild exhuast up grades, soon to have loud ass stereo....

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        #4
        Ah ok, thanks for the info. Wasn't sure if they were factory or not.

        I found out for sure today, that this car is disgustingly Rust-Free. Comes close to putting my Southern Merc to shame.

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          #5
          oooh ,factory tubular arms!
          Builder/Owner of Badass Panther Wagons

          Busy maintaining a fleet of Fords

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            #6
            we should trade lincolns but, i keep my wheels lol

            1981 Mercury Marquis Brougham 2-Door 302/ 5-speed -special blend (GMGT)
            1987 Lincoln Mark VII 5-speed (Errand runner)
            1989 Mercury Grand Marquis (Base Runner)
            2007 Lincoln Town Car Signature Limited (Hustlyn)
            2011 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (Down with O.P.P)

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              #7
              oh, the 1980 Lincoln-only tubular arm that you cannot get ball joints for. Yeah that was a short lived item. Hope you never need to do anything with that ball joint, because you're SOL as far as parts listings go. There is a possibility that the regular upper ball joint is the same, but I cannot confirm this.
              86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
              5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

              91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

              1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

              Originally posted by phayzer5
              I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                #8
                what thain said......we spotted one of these at ez pull once

                1986 lincoln towncar signature series. 5.0 HO with thumper performance ported e7 heads, 1.7 roller rockers, warm air intake, 65mm throttle body, 1/2" intake spacer, ported intakes, 3.73 rear with trac lock, 98-02 front brake conversion, 92-97 rear disc conversion, 1" rear swaybar, 1 3/16" front swaybar, 16" wheels and tires, loud ass stereo system, badass cb, best time to date 15.94 at 87 mph. lots of mods in the works 221.8 rwhp 278 rwt
                2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature. Stock for now
                1989 Ford F-250 4x4 much much more to come, sefi converted so far.
                1986 Toyota pickup with LSC wheels and 225/60/16 tires.
                2008 Hyundai Elantra future Revcon toad
                1987 TriBurner and 1986 Alaska stokers keeping me warm. (and some pesky oil heat)

                please be patient, rebuilding an empire!

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                  #9
                  they look nifty but what's the fuckin' point?
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                  - 1990 Ford LTD Crown Victoria P72 - the street boat - 5.0 liter EFI - Ported HO intake/TB, 90 TC shroud/overflow, Aero airbox/zip tube, Cobra camshaft, 19lb injectors, dual exhaust w/ Magnaflows, Cat/Smog & AC delete, 3G alternator, MOOG chassis parts & KYB cop shocks, 215/70r/15s on 95-97 Merc rims

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                    #10
                    These must be some pretty rare UCA's then. When it comes time to do the ball joints I will figure something out, because I want to keep the car original as possible. Everything looks so good, and non-worn out, including all the suspension parts/bushings, I'm thinking this may be a low-mileage car.

                    Would be interesting to know what the engineers at Ford were thinking when they decided to put this part on just the 1980 MarkVI, and nothing else. Better ride quality?

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                      #11
                      The only reasons I can think of are: lower weight + greater stiffness = better suspension. I'm guessing the avg Lincoln buyer at the time hardly noticed either of these in practice and they probably cost ford a bit more than the usual so they gave up on them. I'm sure the non-greasable ball joints were a "feature" ;-) I wonder if the factory '80 Mark brochures mentioned anything about the front end.

                      Do *you* notice a difference (like over big sharp bumps) compared to other boxes?

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by todds View Post
                        The only reasons I can think of are: lower weight + greater stiffness = better suspension. I'm guessing the avg Lincoln buyer at the time hardly noticed either of these in practice and they probably cost ford a bit more than the usual so they gave up on them. I'm sure the non-greasable ball joints were a "feature" ;-) I wonder if the factory '80 Mark brochures mentioned anything about the front end.

                        Do *you* notice a difference (like over big sharp bumps) compared to other boxes?
                        well we'll find out pretty soon, hopefully.
                        1988 MGM GS - Preferred Equipment Package 172A; InstaClear

                        1980 Lincoln Continental Coupe
                        1994 MGM GS Montigua
                        2005 F150 Lariat Scab 4x4 3.73 LS
                        2002 Mustang GT Coupe

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                          #13
                          Yea, I still haven't gotten to drive the car yet. Still in the process of trying to get it running, titled, and legal. The DMV is not letting me have an easy time, lol.

                          I can't wait to take her for that first ride though.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by LTDMan83 View Post
                            Yea, I still haven't gotten to drive the car yet. Still in the process of trying to get it running, titled, and legal. The DMV is not letting me have an easy time, lol.

                            I can't wait to take her for that first ride though.
                            as soon as i got her together and running id have a really hard time not just throwing a plate on her to go for a little drive.
                            1988 MGM GS - Preferred Equipment Package 172A; InstaClear

                            1980 Lincoln Continental Coupe
                            1994 MGM GS Montigua
                            2005 F150 Lariat Scab 4x4 3.73 LS
                            2002 Mustang GT Coupe

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                              #15
                              As mushy as the stock suspension is, I have my doubts that any performance benifit those arms could potentially provide would ever be noticed.
                              86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                              5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                              91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                              1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                              Originally posted by phayzer5
                              I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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