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[Doggo]

Mines not as quiet as all that, usually run a 15W-40 or similar as its over 400,000 kms, and I had some rocker cover gasket leaks, but I have just changed those and changed the oil for 10W-50 as me and the boyfriend are going down country to somewhere it gets too cold to get away with a higher viscosity and it was due anyway. Still goes well though, I do my own servicing

Dont know exactly what it is putting out but its quick, I think it has been modded/ chipped by the previous owner

98 octane tune maybe? Apparently that’ll get 30 or 40 horsepower straight away, which is kinda crazy considering my other car, a 1937 Austin 10 Cambridge, makes 21 horsepower total. We’ve come a long way in 90 years, and that’s why I have both a modern toy-laden luxoboat, and something that’s almost as old as time. It really is a time machine, that car. I love both cars in their own individual ways. They’re chalk and cheese and that’s what I’m all about with cars.

 

[WhatInTheActualFuck]

Dumb truck shit this weekend:



Seriously, truck ownership has made things that used to be difficult easy. I get why people buy them in droves.

 

[Token Faggot]

98 octane tune maybe? Apparently that’ll get 30 or 40 horsepower straight away, which is kinda crazy considering my other car, a 1937 Austin 10 Cambridge, makes 21 horsepower total. We’ve come a long way in 90 years, and that’s why I have both a modern toy-laden luxoboat, and something that’s almost as old as time. It really is a time machine, that car. I love both cars in their own individual ways. They’re chalk and cheese and that’s what I’m all about with cars.

Love to see that Austin! My Commy runs 91 just fine without pinging, does go a little better when I put 95 or 98 in it, like most modern stuff it adapts to whatever fuel its given although I wouldnt want to go any lower than 91 (not that you can get that here much anyway)

Took the firebird out today, I hate to say it, I'm getting too old for fucking climbing into a cage it's all over the fucking place so rowdy. Sure it's cool and scares everyone including me.

Firebird! I want to see it, pictures please. I love those

 

[Doggo]

Love to see that Austin!

Here you go! I still have to do a handful of things to get it back on the road, but I’m chipping away at it over time

 

[The Great One]

The mystery machine guy made a new video working on the van

 

[Palmfish]

Hi

Been discussing on and off with one of my old buddies about these types of cars, but does anyone in the kiwifarms have experience with land yachts? I'm talking Lincoln continentals, '74 NY Chryslers, '87 Ford Crown Victorias, Ambassadors, etc etc. Found a gorgeous continental model out of state for a really good asking price but since we are both young and stupid, both me and him are generally unsure if this car will be a ex-yugo piece of shit on wheels that has some fuel economy on par to 30 gallons a mile.

 

[The Great One]

Hi

Been discussing on and off with one of my old buddies about these types of cars, but does anyone in the kiwifarms have experience with land yachts? I'm talking Lincoln continentals, '74 NY Chryslers, '87 Ford Crown Victorias, Ambassadors, etc etc. Found a gorgeous continental model out of state for a really good asking price but since we are both young and stupid, both me and him are generally unsure if this car will be a ex-yugo piece of shit on wheels that has some fuel economy on par to 30 gallons a mile.

I haven't owned a land yacht but I am knowledgeable on them. What year is this continental? Is it a town car, a town coupe or a mark series? As for the 74 Chrysler New Yorker those have a Chrysler 440 (2nd best big block engine). the 87 Ltd crown vic is a good beginners land yacht because its got the ford 5.0 Windsor with multiport fuel injection. And the amc ambassador while probably reliable is probably a bitch to find parts for because most amc parts are kind of hard to find. But go on and explain what type of Lincoln it is and what year?

 

[Palmfish]

I haven't owned a land yacht but I am knowledgeable on them. What year is this continental? Is it a town car, a town coupe or a mark series? As for the 74 Chrysler New Yorker those have a Chrysler 440 (2nd best big block engine). the 87 Ltd crown vic is a good beginners land yacht because its got the ford 5.0 Windsor with multiport fuel injection. And the amc ambassador while probably reliable is probably a bitch to find parts for because most amc parts are kind of hard to find. But go on and explain what type of Lincoln it is and what year?

1975 Lincoln Continental- I'm not that much of a car person so I'm not terribly sure of specifics but you can check out the selling webpage for yourself. I'm mostly just window shopping but considering that other older contintnetals are kind of strange-looking or 100k+ dollars, I'm skewing myself more towards these types of sales. Either way, the advice you gave already is very useful :-)

 

[The Great One]

1975 Lincoln Continental- I'm not that much of a car person so I'm not terribly sure of specifics but you can check out the selling webpage for yourself. I'm mostly just window shopping but considering that other older contintnetals are kind of strange-looking or 100k+ dollars, I'm skewing myself more towards these types of sales. Either way, the advice you gave already is very useful :-)

Ok this is a 1975 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Lipstick Edition a car with ony 6000 made examples (this was made before the 1976 designer series models with those years having the Givenchy, Cartier, Emilio Pucci and Bill Blass editions) The Mark IV has the best ford big block v8: The Ford 7.5 460ci v8 and while it's got a bunch of smog era stuff like catalytic converters, it's still got a respectable (for the time) 223 net horsepower and 366 lb-ft of torque. Is it fast?, no. 0-60 is 11.8 seconds (11.3 for models with the 3.00 rear gearing).

The Mark IV is a pretty good land yacht, I much prefer the pre-smog era Lincoln Continental Mark III those are fucking quick for a large barge in charge

just don't get a mark v continental (they're not bad but boy are they very weak and slow) and in the final 2 years they replaced the ford 460 with the ford 400m (a truck engine slightly based on the Small Block Ford 351 Cleveland)

 

[Total Annihilation]

Who wants to take bets to see which ones fail into vaporware? My bet is on Telo since its price is in the 40k-50k USD range, which is too expensive for a small truck.

I had a Telo video pop up recently and all the Telo fanboys are redditors and Doug DeMuro.

 

[The Great One]

@Palmfish What american car brand are you more loyal to, GM, Ford or Chrysler when it comes to these 70s luxury barges? I'll spitball some examples of some that I can think of

 

[Palmfish]

What american car brand are you more loyal to, GM, Ford or Chrysler when it comes to these 70s luxury barges? I'll spitball some examples of some that I can think of

I typically don't care as long as the car functions good and doubly looks good. I've sort of given up over the months and drifted from hyperspecific wants into just those two factors. Just show me whatever you've got, really.