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Last week I received this 1947 Lincoln Continental. This car is owned by the client with the 29 other cars in his back 40...

This car is a very nice survivor, it was purchased new in Santa Barbara and owned for most of it's life by a doctor here in Pasadena. A good friend of mine has known of this car at least since the mid 60's and he bought it a couple of years back with the best intentions of bringing it back but ended up passing it on to my current client.

It was driven for many years by the Pasadena doctor and sometime in the 80's he decided to paint it black (it was originally "Seagull Grey"). A very short time later the doctor decided to pull the car apart for restoration, despite being a low mileage good running survivor car. Apparently this was a bit of a common thing during that period. So he took the motor out, took the interior out, bought a bunch of new parts (including another V12 engine) and then lost interest. So the car sat in a garage in Pasadena until a few years back when my friend bought it, then sold it to the current client.

As you can see it is 100% rust free with only the smallest dent in the valence behind the rear bumper. The interior,although removed, is in great shape. The glass is all good and everything is there. Our plan is to perform a sympathetic restoration in the form of new paint, redo all the major mechanicals (motor, transmission, brakes, fuel system, cooling system and wiring) followed by a lot of driving. Some of the chrome might get redone as well.

The next step it to take it the rest of the way apart including glass removal and send it off for paint. Check out the pics, I'm sorry the angles are a little weird because the car is too big to get back far enough in my shop!

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This year Lincoln is really slab sided but straight as an arrow.

The only hit I could fins was the one in the back bumper. Don't worry, there's another one in the pile of extra parts.

The motor was taken out in preparation for restoring. It's been sitting like this for over 20 years.

The gauges, radio and dash chrome are all in boxes. Look at the seat and door panels. Why was this car taken apart at all?