LSC-R #005

LSC-R #005 started life as a 1985 Lincoln Mark VII LSC. This car was equipped with the CFI throttle body injection and only had a mere 70,000 miles on it. We bought it from a local man who didn't want to invest the money to fix the problems it had. The brake pedal became stiff and the local Ford dealer told him they "could not fix it and parts where unavailable". This is a common Dealership tactic used when they don't feel like fixing an older car since a couple of simple phone calls could have located a used ABS unit. The A/C had stopped working, the rear airbags would leak down and the windows did not work properly. We were not looking for a Mark VII at the time but this one was SO clean that we had to buy it!

For those who frequent FordvsChevy.com, this LSC-R belongs to Jason Nance...aka: "Hmplslncln". Jason now works with us here at SVPU and is equally responsible for a number of the creations coming out of our shop.

The stock 85 wheels were on the car when we got it....The chrome was exceptional and the paint was nice for it's age.

We are going to show you that just because you have a CFI equipped Mark VII, you don't have to feel helpless...you can do a lot with these cars with some donor parts and your time!

The interior was nearly flawless and just needed a little cleaning....but this will get a makeover as well.

This is the car as we got it....VERY clean and ran pretty well. ALL of this will change as we convert this car from CFI to EFI using an '87 Mark VII LSC for the donor parts.

Here we start tearing the car apart. This car will become equipped with a 5 speed manual transmission when finished. The entire interior is being removed so that we can swap harnesses and prepare for the 5 speed install.

With the original engine removed the conversion begins. Notice the ABS unit is now gone and there is now a clutch cable coming out of the firewall. All unnecessary wiring was removed from the 87 harnesses that are going into this car. Also notice the lack of K-member....yes, this car is going coil springs. This is the ONLY correct way to do a coil conversion, it is a lot more work but using all factory Ford Fox body parts and some fabrication you have a coil sprung car that does not have a "questionable" made to work "conversion kit".

The pic is dark but the Mustang K member is going into the car. We did the front coil conversion on the ground while we rewired the car and installed the new engine and 5 speed. The rear coil conversion will be done on the lift.

Here is the interior coming apart. Although really pretty clean for an '85 the excessive use of Armor All on the door panels required a lot of cleaning to get it off(notice the shiny and STICKY door panel).

When installing a 5 speed you will need to block off the vents that currently go through the console with the automatic. There is no room for the ducting under the console with the 5 speed. This is the right thing to do so that air can be directed to the vents and not wasted under the console.

The automatic still in place in this picture, we are making preperations for the 5 speed. This hole is large as we are preparing to install a floor section from another car to to a proper factory style installation.

Now we have grafted in the floor section from another car, seam sealed the seams and installed Dynamat over the area to add some sound insulation. Now as shown a factory plate can be installed and this looks like it came from Ford this way. This also gives additional room in the transmission tunnel so that there is room for the 5 speed and you can keep the pinion angle correct.

This is the transmission tunnel from underneath...seam sealed and finished off after grafting in the floor section.

Now with the car on the lift we will finish up the coil spring conversion on the rear.

The original 7.5 rear has been removed and a factory traction lock equipped 8.8 will replace it.

This is the factory airbag spring perch. This perch sits physically lower to the ground than a Thunderbird or Mustang coil spring perch. If you install Thunderbird rear lower arms and leave this perch in place you will have a spring that is too short and compromise ride quality. What we will be doing is removing these spring perches and installing a set of perches from a Mustang.

After drilling the spot welds out from the original perch, we fit and weld in the Mustang perches. Now we can use Thunderbird lower control arms. There are a couple of ways that you can properly convert to coil springs. This is just one, the other method we used on the LSC-R #002 so you can view the details there. 

SOLD!!!!

This car was sold to Troy Parker in Texas who will build it as "Landshark II".