is this paint salvagable?

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traksta15

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My brother in law just inherited a 79 lincoln continental, we're going to do a mini restoration on it (fix the power antennae, radio, maintenance stuff on it, etc) the car is in great condition, no rust, no rat nests or anything, and it's been garage kept it's WHOLE life, it has 67k original miles on it. He was thinking about having it repainted (original colors) but if we can buff it back to a decent shine thatd be awesome! I have a porter cable 7424xp, poorboys ssr 1 and 2.5, then some misc waxes/polishes. And i've been practicing on my trucks tonneau cover (it was pretty faded but it looks good now) so im decently comfortable with that part, but if the paints not saveable then why bother? Ive never messed with the paint on an older car like this, so any tips you guys have would be great! Sorry for the crappy picture quality, my blackberry was all I had.





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Wow that thing is cherry. That paint oughta come right back, but it's single-stage so your pads are going to turn red. Also be careful on that pinstripe, it's probably vinyl and you don't want to pull it up with the PC, and of course don't splatter any polish on the vinyl roof. The chrome looks fantastic, I guess that's what happens when you keep it in the garage all it's life.
 
you have no idea how mint this thing is, still runs great. The tranny leaks a bit, but not bad. It just needs a good detail, some maintenance work and some more love and it'll be good to go. The flip up headlights work, power mirrors/seats work, the radio turns on but wont play anything and the power anteanna clicks when it's moving. So we can't complain that much lol. What's the best way to clean pads?
 
Perhaps I spoke too soon if that is a metallic paint it may be dead, but it was in my pre-Autopian days the last time I worked on SS metallic. Most people use Dawn of some stripe to clean their pads, or you can use the LC Snappy Pad Cleaner, it may take some massaging and scrubbing to get the red out--or it might permanently stain--I think I got all the red out last time I did SS red, but I did cheat and use a Meg's burgundy pad for most of it.
 
traksta15- You need to contact Mike Phillips at Autogeek (let me know if you want help getting in touch with him).



Hey, I *know* from single stage metallics, but Mike can even school me. And he recently did a finish-resto on *guess what!*... an older Mark very similar to yours (that one was, IIRC, a MKIII or IV metallic gold and it looked at least as bad as yours, probably worse).



For me to go into it would probably be a waste of time as, if nothing else, Mike knows not only how to do this stuff, but also how to teach it.



Only answer to this one is Mike. Simple as that. It *does* need a very specific approach, not just the same process you'd use on most vehicles (by a long shot).



That top is in great shape too! Man-oh-man what a prize. I wouldn't repaint that for anything; if I couldn't live with how it turns out I'd sell it to somebody who'd appreciate it warts-and-all. They're only original once ;)



Setec Astronomy- Even if the flakes have oxidized a bit, that oughta still come back like nobody's business, and as ss metallics go, burgundy will be less sensitive in that regard too. Just gotta be gentle....lots of pretreating with #7, lots of TSO/etc. "feeding the paint" (not BS in this context at all), lots of regular maintenance detailing to keep things healthy.



Oh, and on the stained-pads issue, I wouldn't care if I had to just throw 'em out! Nah, I wouldn't really expect to do that, and IMO ss-stained pads aren't "ruined" the way people sometimes think, but I'm just trying to impress upon y'all how special that car is....and I'm not even a real fan of those MKVs.
 
Accumulator said:
traksta15- You need to contact Mike Phillips at Autogeek (let me know if you want help getting in touch with him).



Hey, I *know* from single stage metallics, but Mike can even school me. And he recently did a finish-resto on *guess what!*... an older Mark very similar to yours (that one was, IIRC, a MKIII or IV metallic gold and it looked at least as bad as yours, probably worse).



For me to go into it would probably be a waste of time as, if nothing else, Mike knows not only how to do this stuff, but also how to teach it.



Only answer to this one is Mike. Simple as that. It *does* need a very specific approach, not just the same process you'd use on most vehicles (by a long shot).



That top is in great shape too! Man-oh-man what a prize. I wouldn't repaint that for anything; if I couldn't live with how it turns out I'd sell it to somebody who'd appreciate it warts-and-all. They're only original once ;)



Setec Astronomy- Even if the flakes have oxidized a bit, that oughta still come back like nobody's business, and as ss metallics go, burgundy will be less sensitive in that regard too. Just gotta be gentle....lots of pretreating with #7, lots of TSO/etc. "feeding the paint" (not BS in this context at all), lots of regular maintenance detailing to keep things healthy.



Oh, and on the stained-pads issue, I wouldn't care if I had to just throw 'em out! Nah, I wouldn't really expect to do that, and IMO ss-stained pads aren't "ruined" the way people sometimes think, but I'm just trying to impress upon y'all how special that car is....and I'm not even a real fan of those MKVs.
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what makes them that special?the lowe miles? the condidtion? or just the name?
 
traksta15 said:
what makes them that special?the lowe miles? the condidtion? or just the name?
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The unmolested condition, more than anything else (and yeah, the low miles sure doesn't hurt). Plus, old boats like that are, uhm...nicely representative of their time and that time has past; there won't be any more cars like that.



Every "now-gone era" has its fans...used to be that only prewar (pre-WWII) cars were "collectable", then it was stuff from the '50s, then the '60s....and now the '70s are getting some attention. Those cars might be "obsolete", but they're not just plain *crappy* like a MKVI from a few years later.



That's a relic of a specific era that some of us have fond memories of. That's the kind of car I can picture Pam Grier driving, if that means anything to you.
 
Depending on where you live--that MKV I think can actually classify as a classic car...might wanna look into it xD i think there might some benefits of registering it as one esp after you get the work in on it xD
 
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