cool before and after pics

[Sign of the Cat]

the lower hinge is very worn. the replacement one has no signs of wear.

Those hubcaps look great. They make the wheels loke bigger than 15" especially with the narrow whiewall. I'm still waiting to see some box TC wire wheels on the black wagon.

is that beacuse of the black center? i dont think i have ever seen the wire lincoln ones in 14 inch?

[torquelover]

the lower hinge is very worn. the replacement one has no signs of wear.



is that beacuse of the black center? i dont think i have ever seen the wire lincoln ones in 14 inch?

Ah, they're 15's. Here they are (not a good pic, they look better usually):

[Sign of the Cat]

Ah, they're 15's. Here they are (not a good pic, they look better usually):

oh thoes.... i sort fo have some of thoes.... i wasnt sure if they would look good on a merc so i was trying to swap them for some merc turbines lol

[Lincolnmania]

go with the lincoln wire spokes......they were a 1100 dollar option on the townys in the 80's

[1987cp]

the hinge is probably worn out.....i had this problem with yucatechs wagon, i installed a better used hinge, but still had to fight with adjustments.....no luck finding any nos hinges either.

Don't those things attach with big rivets instead of bolts?

[marquisman]

ummmmm no, lol im having a brain fart right now but iirc it uses counter sunk torx bit bolts...smell it yet?lol

[P72Ford]

just posting some pics of what it looked like at the beginning of this month and now

The car looks 100% better.

But, I am supremely dissapointed in one thing...

That nice icy parking lot, and we have no video/ pics of donuts, etc?

[Sign of the Cat]

So I have decided to make the cp into a 82 clone to look more like the black 81 wagon i have. Here are some pics of stuff that I have done to her today and lastnight with dave84 and billmarq. Sorry i dont know why these pics turned out a bit fuzzy... batteries maybe getting low

Ther front springs are done in both side and she sits nice now


looking like the black 81 now


Removed the third brakelight



switched the steering wheel center and converted the horn button to the signat arm


Just a pic of the frontend ripped apart

[86VickyLX]

That spray paint is gone and the car looks absoultely beautiful!!! how'd you do it?

[Sign of the Cat]

That spray paint is gone and the car looks absoultely beautiful!!! how'd you do it?

magic, and lots of compounds

[bilmarq]

coming along nicely

[1987cp]

switched the steering wheel center and converted the horn button to the signat arm

Dude ... that looks great! I need at least one, preferably two of those early multifunction switches, and eventually a nicer wheel center as well. Where'd you get yours?

[Sign of the Cat]

i can get you some

[Sign of the Cat]

got the spoiler mounted on the car today.... needs the wood panel redone but thats minor

[boXman]

Did you need to do any re-wiring, for the early MFS? I have one I wanted to install in my Vic, but I wasn't sure if it would just work, or what.