[Spridgets] An American car in England

[Weslake1330]

I didn't check the battery terminals when the power pack and jump leads
were fastened as I didn't want to be the person 'shorting out' either car!
I wondered if it had oil in it.  I'm guessing the oil light must have gone
out when the owner go it it to start.  It's not a fresh import and seems to
have been in the UK for a while, through the reg number comes out as a
Yellow Triumph.  A work colleague and friend has a 65 Mustang, says that
the screeching noise might be the heater fan as it's about where the noise
came from.  I'm certain I saw some disconnected pipes for the air con but
that are connected in the sale photos.  Rain is forecast for the weekend
but I guess that's the earliest the neighbour will try to get it started
again, probably borrowing my jump leads.

Regards

Daniel

On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 at 10:24, Charlie Shelden <shelden3 at pldi.net> wrote:

> Might be something you checked. I presume it has oil and the shipper
> didn’t make them drain the engine. How awful that would be.
>
> Sounds like you may become very familiar with this little beast of a car.
>
> Charlie
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi List,
>
> Well pondering marking the holes etc for my 1960s racing style door mirror
> bracket I was partway through making, I was interrupted by the sound of the
> air brakes of a truck outside my house, actually over the road from my
> house.  On the back trailer was a large American car.
>
> Turned out my Polish (that's a person from the country of Poland)
> neighbour who recently bought a new-ish Porsche is now the owner of a 1970
> (H reg) white Lincoln Continental.  Delivery man kept thinking it was mine
> when I went out to have a look and take photos.  Helped him get it unloaded
> but no petrol and wouldn't start.  Neighbour went to get some petrol.
> Delivery man had a Snap-on powerpack but it wouldn't start - kept tripping
> it.  Went to fetch my jump leads to find the delivery man, truck and
> trailer gone - just the car and my puzzled neighbour.  Passer by pulls up
> and produces a power pack - less results than the Snap-on power back but
> discovers battery leads aren't tight (on the little 'Halfords' battery).  I
> fetched some imperial spanners but the bolts are metric!.  Tightened them
> up and no luck so passer-by suggests jump leads (he also thought it was my
> car).  I get them from back in the house and passer-by has gone.  Neighbour
> has his Audi and I let him connect the jump leads (his wife has appeared to
> run the Audi).  Lincoln Continental Mk3 starts up after a while but with a
> graunching sound (stuck starter or air con or water pump or?) disconnect my
> leads and warm my cold hands on them.  Engine stops suddenly (5L of petrol
> gone already?) and wouldn't start with neighbour re-connecting jump leads
> with the Audi engine still running (Mmm) - bad starter??.    Pushed car
> towards his house (downhill, across my road with no lights other than my
> torch.
>
> So, another classic car in the neighbourhood (small neighbourhood too!).
> Neighbour seems keen but owns no tools that I know of!  Neighbour and
> delivery man told me it was a 4.6 Litre engine (never head of one).  Says
> 460 on the air filter - yep 460 cu in - what a beast - 7.5 litres!
>
> Boot lock is missing - I'll bet the neighbour wants to find one - anyone
> have one kicking around amongst their Spridget stash of spares?  Or a
> workshop manual (in Polish?)?
>
> I'm amazed that someone who knows almost nothing about classic cars or any
> cars and doesn't own a set of jump leads goes out and buys something like
> this!  I'm probably more interested in it than he is (almost certainly more
> than his wife is, or  mine!).  Here is a link to the website that sold the
> car
> https://www.salvagemarket.co.uk/vehicle-list/details/1970-lincoln-continental-460cc-petrol-automatic-coupe-at-chase-autos-ltd-chase-autos-ltd/808921?x=0&type=0&make=&trns=0&fuel=0&catc=0&dist=0&sort=0&srch=&page=21
>
> Regards
>
>
> Daniel
>
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