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The 79s had only 2-barrel 400 cu-in motors limiting what you can just drop in. If you just want to replace the original Motorcraft, I recommend the Holley 500 . As for where to buy it, check your local internet for places that will ship to France. If you are adventurous, replace that intake manifold...

I think the goal is driver-level reinforcement, not restoration, not racing, not tubbing, not lowering. John got the car cheap from his uncle and the motor is newly rebuilt, the car is good condition, but this rot could force junking it. He wants to save the car from likely scrapping. On a budget. T...

I talked to John today and told him to send all his uncles to this forum. They are the 60s Lincoln brothers (like 8 or so) and they all love their 61-69 Continentals (my speciality).

John sounds like he has the skills to make this happen, but it is a challenge for anyone.

Ford uses resistor wire from the ignition switch to the coil. There is no resistor , so to speak. The ballast resistor/wire exists to prevent the coil from overheating during long term running. It's in circuit in RUN, not start. Start sends the full 12V to the coil. If you want to bypass the resisto...

I have no pictures of where the negative battery cable goes on my 77. It just went “down”.

Welcome to the forum. We’re here to help you help yourself. Feel free to post some pics of your car, give us any background, your goals, your experience, etc. We don’t know what you know, and we can help you best if we have an idea of how much car experience you have. Beginner to advanced to “what i...

I never discourage a project. Especially if the owner starts a thread and documents it here!

We hope to provide better support than FB, but don’t have the traffic they do.

For reference, here's the rails on my 67 chicken carcass. It's suitable for convertible or sedan soup, but not much meat left for a meal.

I was talking about my posts. You're fine.

This is very severe in a critical area for the rear of the vehicle. He could easily spend half of what the car is worth to do it right. He needs a local welder/restorer to do a hoist inspection and just quote it out. Bail at 50% of vehicle value. I have a Conv chassis in my yard in better shape. If ...

Well, John got his coupe back and is jumping right in with authenticity questions.

I thought it had a green vinyl top. Did that sale fall through or get paused too long so you bought another?

And I converted mine to the bigger, bulkier, thicker, crazy heavier bracket. I was sure mine was not original. Found this in the 65/66 MPC: Alternator Bracket C3VY-10151-A.jpg This matches what I have now and what I got off a 67 Parts car. Maybe even a 68 462. This is what I found in the 60-64 MPC: ...

Remember when I said I wouldn’t ask any more questions?? Well I lied.. I almost finished but got rained on and lost daylight.. I did enough work where I was able to start the car (no radiator or auxiliaries so I only ran it for about 1 minute) to check for leaks. Everything looks great so far.. it ...

Is uShip where you put in the info and any ol' guy with a trailer contacts you and they downbid your shipment to compete?