Nope, it won’t work.  A Thunderbird would have a 390 FE in it.  While the bolt pattern is similar the starter location is different.

Good luck man. I love the dedication you have to your car. It will be GREAT when it is finished and you will really enjoy it. Keep up the hustle and hard work.

Thanks Jeremy. I’m pedal to the metal to get err done. Appreciate the comments!

Hi All

new to this site but not new to the slabssides hade my 67lcc for 10 years now

>THOMAS<

i know somone that have a 64 T-bird Cruise-O-Matic . you think that would fit into my lincoln ?

thx for the info Jeremy, won’t be eazy to find a cruise o matic . If you know af any and willing to ship to Belguim , let me know 😉

Aboud 6 layers of paint later , some cool grafict came to light.

Hi Jeremy , thanks for the advice. I will have to take a look @ that !
A bit of rot did not scare me of , just gave me the push to decide to strip it all and make shure all the rot and rust is gone. The more pain I took of the more rust and rot came to light.

One of the main issues with the MEL series engines used in these Lincolns is that they used three different bell housings depending on the year.  The early 383, 410,  and 430 MEL engines from 1958 through 1960 used the same bell housing pattern as the FE series engines 332, 352, 390, 406, 410, 427, 428.

From 1961 through 1965 the Lincoln 430 u…[Read more]

Hey there, Dimitri. Welcome to the site!

Years ago I owned a 65 Lincoln Continental that started out in similar shape. I too had the oil pump shaft bend, however mine was due to the factory timing chain losing some of the nylon teeth on the cam gear due to old age and wear. Did you pull your engine apart and having the timing set replaced? If…[Read more]

After a few week I decided that I needed to know what the problem was under need that pain.
I made the decision whatever the problem I would tackle it myself.
After a few pokes whet a screwdriver , the problem came to light ROT , rot and more rot.

As the paint trouble came out
my first thought was to take a closer look @ the engine
As the mechanic drive it on the car bridge we here a loud sound.
Immediately shut down the car .
Just to be Shure it was the car and not the bridge that made that sound we started the car.
Oil pressure gone. ( shutdown immediately again).
I fear the worst and…[Read more]