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<blockquote data-quote="sewlow" data-source="post: 3188" data-attributes="member: 52"><p>Continentals. Not Lincolns. From '58-'60 these were a separate vehicle from the Lincoln line.</p><p> '58's were the best design IMO. After the '58's, Ford watered down the design.</p><p> This is a '58. \/.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1958continentalconv7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1958continentalconv8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1958continentalconv9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1958continentalconv11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1958Continentalconv10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> A '60. Same owner.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv17.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> These are the door panels that were in the car. Actually still on the doors! Like this! The rest of the parts for the doors, & most of the rest of the interior was in the trunk, in basically the same condition, or scattered through out the various boxes that were in the box of a '40's IH that was bought at the same time. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> Stainless polished & new leather for the armrests. Test fit. Still have some smaller parts to paint black.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> Passenger D/P.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> And repeat.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> Test.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv15.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> Rear interior 1/4's. Before.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv47.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv48.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> After.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> When I do resto's, I've been told that I'm slow. (Bitch, bitch, bitch. Wawa-waaaa! Shadup! Just wait for it!)</p><p> This is why it's take so long. This is why that time is worth it. Everything is bagged & tagged, labeled, recorded & catalogued.</p><p> The time I spend doing that makes the assembly so much easier. Any customer that shows up with EVERY screw & fastener for the whole interior in a coffee can gets charged $$$! Taking stuff apart before bringing it to me is NOT saving them money! </p><p> I spend a lot of time making sure the final result is as close to perfect as I can possibly get it. </p><p> I go to sleep with numbers & measurements bouncing around in my head!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s1086.photobucket.com/user/98GMC97CHEVY/media/1960continentalconv33.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv33.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p> Yea, the corner closest to you got remedied. Door panel hardware was still at the platers.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv35.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> KInda hard to see in this pic, but check how the seams/pleats, in the seats, line up with the arm rest & the 1/4 panel seam/pleat.</p><p> Door panel carpet to 1/4 panel carpet.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv27.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv16.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv30.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> Top too. 2X! Mechanic working on the top switches, left a screwdriver in the top well somewhere. The rear window not only goes up & down when lowering the top, but there's a center section that can go up & down separately from the top being raised/lowered. </p><p> THAT's what got broken! The screwdriver was in the track on top of the switch. When the window went down to lower the top, the switch was triggered too soon. Things got seriously messed up after that. Mechanic (old, old fart!) couldn't get it to stop. By the time he got to the battery, the window had shattered, the window frame twisted, & the top shredded. Good thing that that wasn't my screwdriver they found in there! </p><p> Where the hell do you find parts like that? Not a lot were built in the first place.</p><p> Took them 6 months before it was all back together. </p><p> These guys send me a lot of work. This was one of their customer's cars. All the top damages came outa their pockets. None of this had anything to do with me. I told them to buy a top. And beer. With their help, we had the top done in a Sunday afternoon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sewlow, post: 3188, member: 52"] Continentals. Not Lincolns. From '58-'60 these were a separate vehicle from the Lincoln line. '58's were the best design IMO. After the '58's, Ford watered down the design. This is a '58. \/. [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1958continentalconv7.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1958continentalconv8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1958continentalconv9.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1958continentalconv11.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1958Continentalconv10.jpg[/IMG] A '60. Same owner. [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv17.jpg[/IMG] These are the door panels that were in the car. Actually still on the doors! Like this! The rest of the parts for the doors, & most of the rest of the interior was in the trunk, in basically the same condition, or scattered through out the various boxes that were in the box of a '40's IH that was bought at the same time. [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv6.jpg[/IMG] Stainless polished & new leather for the armrests. Test fit. Still have some smaller parts to paint black. [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv2.jpg[/IMG] Passenger D/P. [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv8.jpg[/IMG] And repeat. [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv10.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv7.jpg[/IMG] Test. [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv15.jpg[/IMG] Rear interior 1/4's. Before. [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv47.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv48.jpg[/IMG] After. [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv1.jpg[/IMG] When I do resto's, I've been told that I'm slow. (Bitch, bitch, bitch. Wawa-waaaa! Shadup! Just wait for it!) This is why it's take so long. This is why that time is worth it. Everything is bagged & tagged, labeled, recorded & catalogued. The time I spend doing that makes the assembly so much easier. Any customer that shows up with EVERY screw & fastener for the whole interior in a coffee can gets charged $$$! Taking stuff apart before bringing it to me is NOT saving them money! I spend a lot of time making sure the final result is as close to perfect as I can possibly get it. I go to sleep with numbers & measurements bouncing around in my head! [URL=http://s1086.photobucket.com/user/98GMC97CHEVY/media/1960continentalconv33.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv33.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Yea, the corner closest to you got remedied. Door panel hardware was still at the platers. [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv35.jpg[/IMG] KInda hard to see in this pic, but check how the seams/pleats, in the seats, line up with the arm rest & the 1/4 panel seam/pleat. Door panel carpet to 1/4 panel carpet. [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv27.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv16.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j450/98GMC97CHEVY/1960continentalconv30.jpg[/IMG] Top too. 2X! Mechanic working on the top switches, left a screwdriver in the top well somewhere. The rear window not only goes up & down when lowering the top, but there's a center section that can go up & down separately from the top being raised/lowered. THAT's what got broken! The screwdriver was in the track on top of the switch. When the window went down to lower the top, the switch was triggered too soon. Things got seriously messed up after that. Mechanic (old, old fart!) couldn't get it to stop. By the time he got to the battery, the window had shattered, the window frame twisted, & the top shredded. Good thing that that wasn't my screwdriver they found in there! Where the hell do you find parts like that? Not a lot were built in the first place. Took them 6 months before it was all back together. These guys send me a lot of work. This was one of their customer's cars. All the top damages came outa their pockets. None of this had anything to do with me. I told them to buy a top. And beer. With their help, we had the top done in a Sunday afternoon. [/QUOTE]
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