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Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » -68 LTD Country Squire partial rebuild and 4.6 engine swap » April 20, 2020 1:10 pm

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Hey, at least it's better what it was  I like to take pics of what I've done, it's kind of bookkeeping.

Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » -68 LTD Country Squire partial rebuild and 4.6 engine swap » April 19, 2020 2:32 pm

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Been a while and this has again been just sitting because "too many cars". Did ordered the window rollers though and finally decided to repair the tailgate, because current situation of the world has given enough free time to do more projects.

Took the tailgate off, disassembled it and started cutting. It's basically junk but used market is nonexistant and my goal was to make it last a bit longer. Not to make it like new but something along the lines of butchered and original  Basically had to replace 6" from the bottom up and make a new mounting point for lower left hinge.




After some shady measuring and estimations I made new pieces. The inside got OE-style reinforcement channels too.





No wonder the glass didn't move well  [color=#414141]Made new pins from bolts. Onl

Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » -68 LTD Country Squire partial rebuild and 4.6 engine swap » February 8, 2020 10:36 am

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Haven't even seen the stock ECM, engine came with the harness only. I'm using Megasquirt 2 with V3 board.

Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » -68 LTD Country Squire partial rebuild and 4.6 engine swap » February 3, 2020 3:34 pm

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By the way, where can I find parts for the tailgate window mechanism? Plastic rollers/sliders have given up and the mechanism doesn't work smoothly.

Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » -68 LTD Country Squire partial rebuild and 4.6 engine swap » January 30, 2020 12:55 pm

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Did a 200mile trip for a dyno visit and the results were pretty much as expected. Turbo is perfect size for this engine and it shows. Exhaust manifolds get pretty red but they are thin walled regular exhaust pipe.

0.5bar 398hp and 667Nm/492lb-ft. 0.6bar 421hp and 720Nm/531lb-ft. Didn't dare to go for more, should be enough for a stock 2V Limiter is 6000rpm, dyno ratio is a bit off.


Sort of a video. Dyno fan was very loud, should've filmed from the inside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjz1m2n_zPA

Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » -68 LTD Country Squire partial rebuild and 4.6 engine swap » January 25, 2020 2:48 pm

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Yep, sometimes goes like that.
Wouldn't say it was too much fun doing that much bodywork, I prefer having the car on the road faster than what it took. Having done a couple of cars with some major rust issues I've already promised myself around 10 years ago to stop buying ones which (look like they would) have a lot of bodywork. But that obviously hasn't worked if the car itself is interesting enough 

Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » -68 LTD Country Squire partial rebuild and 4.6 engine swap » January 10, 2020 2:16 pm

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I've tried to do a somewhat decent work  Got two cars which I'm making/keeping more detailed.
No use in shipping a car from the States all the way here and throw in the towel or half -oh no I used a word I shouldn't have- it. It think it took around 250 hours for the whole deal last winter.

Only thing that vexes me a bit is the fact that same week the car was shipped from LA, a much better looking -68 Country Squire popped up on Craigslist. Running and driving, 289, manual transmission, much nicer body and ok interior, $100 cheaper and closer to the terminal  Would've been way better subject, would've even bought it if I had enough money for the shipping and other costs. Wasn't for sale for long.

Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » -68 LTD Country Squire partial rebuild and 4.6 engine swap » December 30, 2019 1:47 pm

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And here is more.

Car had been standing in the yard since the summer and I finally decided it's time for a turbo install. Megasquirt 2 has followed this engine since I first installed it into a Volvo 242. I've used different versions of Megasquirt in almost all of my builds.

Choice of turbo is a good old HX40 with #23 exhaust so it won't give too much low end torque. And it was cheap from a friend. Basic 600x300x76mm intercooler with modded 2,5" in/out. Remade exhaust piping inside the engine bay. Some V-bands, HD flex joints and making stands for turbo and wastegate later it was running and driving. All it needed was about 3 days worth of work just before Christmas.

Had to move all electrics to the left side and I still have to do a couple of wires. Some of them because I have to relocate washer bottle. I cut the vacuum tank in half so that I could fit the battery next to it. Turbo takes the original place of the battery and wastegate is under it in the wheelwell. What a nice difference does even a little boost make, but that's nothing new. My goal is to tune it to around 0.5bar/7-8psi, more if dyno numbers are not "high" enough. Will have a bit over half the hp than what my Volvo 240 got but much more wider rpm range and low end torque Got to visit a dyno anyway because making the turbo road legal needs an inspection with a dynosheet.




In the mean time installed new shocks front and rear. Some C1500 Kyb Monomax to the front and Monroe airshocks(MA711) to the rear. They are just the good amount shorter than stock. Now you can really drive it compared to the old shocks. Doesn't anymore move around when changing gears. Needs good front seats in place of the bench. I've now driven a bit over 200

Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » -68 LTD Country Squire partial rebuild and 4.6 engine swap » December 30, 2019 1:17 pm

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Decided to do a short writeup of this "boat". Some text, some pics and links to picture galleries. Might divide into two posts.

Ever since I sold the -68 XL Fastback early last year, I had been looking for a wagon. "Naturally" -68 with hideaway headlights was the only choice. Finally in the summer of 2018 found one located in California. Seemed a bit rough from sitting since -85 but on the other hand it wasn't that expensive and decided to go for it. 390 2V, C6, manual drums, power steering, factory AC, white interior, 2.75 rear end.

Here is the Craigslist ad:

All of the pics from the seller are here.

After deal was done the only thing left was to wait for it to arrive to Finland. Took a basic 2.5 months in total and after that it was ready for pickin up. Got it running in the terminal from a can and drove it onto the trailer. Needed a bit over 2qt of transmission oil. Brakes were a bit stuck, which was good because unsurprisingly master cylinder was junk. Hauled it back with the F350.



First I installed new brakes. Only old parts left were hardlines, rear hose and front drums. New engine oil and filter, spark plugs, etc. Installed (almost) all new suspension bushings, shocks, etc. Added a brake booster with an aftermarket bracket. Used a Volvo 960 booster because I have those around. Unfortunately engine made pressure to the cooling system and at this point I decided not to even open the but sell it with the transmission if someone buys. And got it sold pretty easily.

I rebuilt the engine in the Fastback and spending that money and time again did not interest at all. The choice was to use -06 Crown Vic 4.6l 2V and 07-> Musta

Full-size Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury cars » Front spoiler/air dam for a -68 LTD? » January 14, 2019 2:50 pm

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Won't be racing anything. It'll reduce lift of the nose and improve stability on higher speeds and especially on windy weather. Airflow through radiator improves and there may be a marginal gain in mpg too but those are secondary.

Making one won't be a problem. The end result just depends on how much time I want to use making one from scratch rather than modifying an existing one(if one can be found with a reasonable cost).

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