Nick's 1971 Mark III

[frasern]

I thought Indiana only had 5 months of winter!
Tennessee should give you more nice driving days in the Lincoln, best of luck with the move.

[LithiumCobalt]

As an update to the heater hose mystery I measured the hard lines and they were actually different sizes oddly enough. Feeding the heater core is the standard run of the mill 5/8" stuff used on just about everything else during that time period. The core output back to the pump is 3/4". Go figure. I know, still doesn't tell us what was used originally if it had markings or not, but at least the next guy will know what sizes are there. Master parts catalog was no help.

[LithiumCobalt]

Thought I would share kind of a unicorn. While I was going through Earle’s hoard a couple of months ago, I came across a new steering wheel that looked like it matched my car. Once I got home I checked the MPC and pretty sure it is the correct replacement based on the part number. I’ve never seen another NOS one for sale. Since I was going to get the original wheel on my 102k mile car fully restored, I offered Jim a price most seem to charge for this service and he agreed. Here it is still with the plastic wrap on it from 50 years ago. Can’t wait to get it installed.