No no, i do enjoy a 70's car. The Continental is a lump too! Whats the length of that? Seventeen odd feet? Theyll be wide as well, bit on the big side for my garage.

 

Ah right, i see. He'll have seen a fair few nice ones come his way. Are they much harder to look after, the big Yanks? Keeping the rust at bay is my biggest pain. I'd say it's one of the better ones, i've seen more than my fair share of rot boxes, but it's still got a scab or two here and there. Typical Capri. !Removed! things were rusty from new! That's the winter project at any rate.

 

 

3 hours ago, SwaitsySG said:

Whats the length of that? Seventeen old feet? Theyll be wide as well,

18 feet 4 inches long -  6 feet 3 inches wide - wheelbase 120.39 inches.

The Lincoln is in the garage behind the Trans Am.

 

 

4 hours ago, SwaitsySG said:

Are they much harder to look after, the big Yanks?

Not the ones that I have had.

I had the TA rust proofed before I took delivery of it.

5 hours ago, SwaitsySG said:

That's the winter project

Here are my winter projects. 

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Ooft! That would be heaven to me. A lot of nice machines there, actually a bit jealous of your A6, it looks lovely. And your bikes. (The father-in-law is the bike man, I'll have to send them over to him). And the size of the workshop..

My setup is a little more humble. One at a time unfortunately.

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In any case, I've completed the sump repair. Thread retapped, oversized plug in place and properly torqued. So far so good. Not done many miles but we'll keep an eye on it, see how it goes. I added two crush washers to the plug as they seem really thin.

 

11 hours ago, SwaitsySG said:

In any case, I've completed the sump repair. Thread retapped, oversized plug in place and properly torqued. So far so good. Not done many miles but we'll keep an eye on it, see how it goes. I added two crush washers to the plug as they seem really thin.

 

A job well done there.

No wonder it was leaking, ther's no thread left.

12 hours ago, SwaitsySG said:

Ooft! That would be heaven to me. A lot of nice machines there, actually a bit jealous of your A6, it looks lovely. And your bikes. (The father-in-law is the bike man, I'll have to send them over to him). And the size of the workshop..

My setup is a little more humble. One at a time unfortunately.

Nothing wrong with that setup.

Keeps things dry and out of the weather while working.

Nothing worse than working on the driveway in the rain and snow.

Just thought I'd post a quick update on this. What are we, 6 months later roughly? Racked up around 4000 miles since the repair. New plug is right where I left it, no leaks. Guess that's about as good as you could ask for.