Charlene
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From: El Paso, TX
Charlene
So I figured I would start a thread about my build that would also help in getting familiar with most of you an vice-versa.
Charlene is a 65 Coupe. I won't bore you too much with what is currently in it but feel free to look in my garage, the whole list is there. I actually built her when I was in high school back between 1999-2000. When I started college, I blew the motor and was forced to park it because I had neither the time or the money. Now that I'm closer to finishing school, I figured I would try to get her road-worthy again. I'm going with a bone stock 5.0 HO out of a Lincoln Mark VII that I will be "carbing." I got a T-5 from a junkyard for $150 that came out of a 94-97 V6. Sounds like not a very good tranny but after running the tags I found this tranny has a 265lb/ft max torque rating and it is a world class so it has bearings on mainshaft gears. I will talk more about the specifics of each mod as I work on them. I also plan on building a set of adjustable strut rods that will mount in the original mounting location for the original strut rod. Here are some pictures of what I have going on currently.
No motor in it yet
Waiting on the R-Model Racing Valance
No gas cap
I had the pan laying around so I figured I'd use it
Hope it works LOL
Charlene is a 65 Coupe. I won't bore you too much with what is currently in it but feel free to look in my garage, the whole list is there. I actually built her when I was in high school back between 1999-2000. When I started college, I blew the motor and was forced to park it because I had neither the time or the money. Now that I'm closer to finishing school, I figured I would try to get her road-worthy again. I'm going with a bone stock 5.0 HO out of a Lincoln Mark VII that I will be "carbing." I got a T-5 from a junkyard for $150 that came out of a 94-97 V6. Sounds like not a very good tranny but after running the tags I found this tranny has a 265lb/ft max torque rating and it is a world class so it has bearings on mainshaft gears. I will talk more about the specifics of each mod as I work on them. I also plan on building a set of adjustable strut rods that will mount in the original mounting location for the original strut rod. Here are some pictures of what I have going on currently.
No motor in it yet
Waiting on the R-Model Racing Valance
No gas cap
I had the pan laying around so I figured I'd use it
Hope it works LOL
Last edited by Deviousfred; Apr 20, 2009 at 12:47 PM.
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Joined: Jul 2005
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true, but the global west uppers is pretty much 80's technology. I would consider fancy, TCP coil over or even RMP coil over. LOL
Hey I noticed you have a Mark VII disk swap. I have never heard of that but it sounds interesting. Care to tell me a bit about it? Reason I ask is because I have a Lincoln Mark VII sitting outside my shop that I puled the motor from and I noticed it had an 8.8 with disk brakes.
Hey I noticed you have a Mark VII disk swap. I have never heard of that but it sounds interesting. Care to tell me a bit about it? Reason I ask is because I have a Lincoln Mark VII sitting outside my shop that I puled the motor from and I noticed it had an 8.8 with disk brakes.
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true, but the global west uppers is pretty much 80's technology. I would consider fancy, TCP coil over or even RMP coil over. LOL
Hey I noticed you have a Mark VII disk swap. I have never heard of that but it sounds interesting. Care to tell me a bit about it? Reason I ask is because I have a Lincoln Mark VII sitting outside my shop that I puled the motor from and I noticed it had an 8.8 with disk brakes.
Hey I noticed you have a Mark VII disk swap. I have never heard of that but it sounds interesting. Care to tell me a bit about it? Reason I ask is because I have a Lincoln Mark VII sitting outside my shop that I puled the motor from and I noticed it had an 8.8 with disk brakes.