The "What Do you drive?" thread....

[Sandy G]

I have a '67 Lincoln convertible sedan, like my avatar. SOMETIMES I really do wish it had "Power Nothin'" like yr little beauty does...3 hydraulic pumps, 14 little electric motors, & 25 relays all have to be in more or less Agreement for the top to go up or down on it...

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

I have a '67 Lincoln convertible sedan, like my avatar. SOMETIMES I really do wish it had "Power Nothin'" like yr little beauty does...3 hydraulic pumps, 14 little electric motors, & 25 relays all have to be in more or less Agreement for the top to go up or down on it...

Damn! Your cars roof has enough relays to do math in binary! Lincoln must have had Rube Goldberg on staff back then....

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Damn! Your cars roof has enough relays to do math in binary! Lincoln must have had Rube Goldberg on staff back then....

The 1961-67 Lincoln convertible sedans had a SIMPLIFIED, & IMPROVED version of the 1957-59 Ford Fairlane retractable top "Hardtops"... The last couple of years, 1966 & '57, they were sposedly "Improved" even MORE. Actually, they REALLY DO work pretty well, if given HALF a chance... And, its one HELLUVA show, watching the deck lid raise itself up, the "Flapper" unfold itself, the Top folding itself into a ball, & then the decklid coming back down all nice & slow.... Back 30-35 yrs ago, when I bought mine, it was estimated that to build & make a car EQUAL to the level of build quality inherent in the 1961-67 pervertable sedans, would cost Ford a whopping $40K apiece..