Carlisle Ford Nationals

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Re: Carlisle Ford Nationals

Reply #60 – June 09, 2005, 10:42:25 AM

Yeah I saw a bit of that 30th in another picture. Man, if only that show was closer to TX! :(

Re: Carlisle Ford Nationals

Reply #61 – June 09, 2005, 12:12:43 PM

He pulled in right behind me on Friday to register. That's one BAD BIRD!

Re: Carlisle Ford Nationals

Reply #62 – June 09, 2005, 12:59:13 PM

Quote from: pro-five-oh

Yeah I saw a bit of that 30th in another picture. Man, if only that show was closer to TX! :(

i actually thought it was you at first

Re: Carlisle Ford Nationals

Reply #63 – June 09, 2005, 02:00:20 PM

, I knew I shoulda tried to go to this. Next year maybe. BTW Nick, about what did it cost to put her on the dyno? PM me if you dont wanna say...

Re: Carlisle Ford Nationals

Reply #64 – June 11, 2005, 11:44:59 PM

I understand that there was a smoke claoud at the hotel or restaurant close to the hotel. Can any one fill the rest of us in on this? Did any one get the name, car description, or even pictures? If so let us know. From what I heard, this car is not a slouch but not the quickest car out there either.

Re: Carlisle Ford Nationals

Reply #65 – June 12, 2005, 12:30:59 AM

It makes me sick that I wasn't able to go this year (again). Looks like y'all had a great time.
I will be at CJ.

Lincoln Mark VIIs at Carlisle, PA

Reply #66 – August 30, 2005, 07:34:30 PM

Are there any Lincoln Mark VII owners reading this that are unaware of our efforts concerning Mark VIIs at the 2006 show?

In 2005, Lincoln Mark VII partition was at (I'm told) an all time high with about 20 cars. This was primarily due to plenty of advanced notice of the show dates, lots of Club activity, and plenty of Owners that just wanted a better parking space :)

Seriously though, a Carlisle winner himself, Bill "BMNLSC" drafted a letter to the Carlisle Staff, requesting splits in our class. They responded quickly noting that our concern "... has been placed in the Ford file for the new planner."

Having only one class for Lincoln Mark VII 1984-1992 S/M does NOT promote competition or originality or creativenes. Stock and Modified and Special Edition and Aftermarket should not have to compete with each other in the same class.

True, the Lincoln Mark VII was only produced for nine years, but the final product came in a BUNCH of flavors with:

six factory models,
Base
Bill Blass
Gianni Versace
LSC
Special Edition (no chrome)
Turbodiesel

three aftermarket models,
Convertible
GTC
Roadster

four different engines,
115 hp L Turbodiesel
140 hp F
200 hp M (1986-1987)
225 hp E (1988-1992)

and a list of standard and optional equipment that continues to surpass cars manufactured today. If you own a Lincoln Mark VII of any year, make, model, quality, or quantity, I'd like to hear from you directly or in this Forum.

Thank you and here's to a fun 2006 season!

John "OldSchool" Dancy

john dot dancy at comcast dot net

http://www.LSCclub.org

Re: Carlisle Ford Nationals

Reply #67 – August 31, 2005, 01:41:01 AM

this would be a great thread on a lincoln board. Hope you get the splits.

Re: Carlisle Ford Nationals

Reply #68 – September 07, 2005, 07:19:25 PM

Thanks.
I hope we get the splits too.
Could you imagine only 5 classes of Cougar judging instead of the current 10?
Could you imagine only 7 classes of Thunderbird judging instead of the current 14?

Lincoln owners, especially Lincoln Mark VII owners, want to bring our delemma to everyone's
attention. The Carlisle Ford Nations thread is a good place to inform the dual/triple/quad
owners of Ford/Lincoln/Mercury products that may not be aware of what's going on with thier
Fox Body Cousins.

Carlisle hosts:

1967-68 COUGAR XR7, XR7G,GTE,GT
1971-73 COUGAR COUPE & CONV.
1967-68 COUGAR STANDARD
1969-70 COUGAR STANDARD COUPE/XR7
1969-70 COUGAR ELIMINATOR
1969-70 COUGAR STD CONV. XR7 CONV.
1983-88 COUGAR stock
1983-88 COUGAR modified
1989-97 COUGAR ALL
1998-UP COUGAR ALL

and

1955-1957 THUNDERBIRDS
1958-1963 THUNDERBIRDS
1964-1966 THUNDERBIRDS
1967-1979 THUNDERBIRDS
1980-1988 THUNDERBIRDS
1989-1997 THUNDERBIRDS
1983-1987 TURBO COUPE THUNDERBIRD S/M
1988 TURBO COUPE THUNDERBIRD S/M
2002 & UP THUDERBIRDS
1989 SC THUNERBIRD-STOCK/MOD
1990 SC THUNDERBIRD-STOCK/MOD
1991-1992 SC THUNDERBIRDS-STOCK/MOD
1993 SC THUNDERBIRDS-STOCK/MOD
1994-UP SC THUNDERBIRDS-STOCK/MODIFIED

We can show in (at least) eight classes:

1984-1992 Lincoln Mark VII Bill Blass
1984-1985 Lincoln Mark VII Gianni Versace
1984-1992 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
1990-1992 Lincoln Mark VII Special Edition
1984-1985 Lincoln Mark VII Turbo Diesel
1984-1987 Lincoln Mark VII Modified
1988-1989 Lincoln Mark VII Modified
1990-1991 Lincoln Mark VII Modified

Re: Carlisle Ford Nationals

Reply #69 – September 07, 2005, 09:16:04 PM

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1983-1987 TURBO COUPE THUNDERBIRD S/M
1988 TURBO COUPE THUNDERBIRD S/M

What is so special about the '88? Just a lot of people have them?

Re: Carlisle Ford Nationals

Reply #70 – September 07, 2005, 09:40:34 PM

I dunno.

If you were asking about the 1988 Lincoln Mark VII I'd have to say that 1988 was a banner year for the Mark VII series as the LSC's power plant now boasted a standard 225 hp high output version of the 302 (5.0) The LSC and Bill Blass were so loaded with standard features that the only options available were power sun roof, anti-theft alarm system, California emissions system, engine block heater, auto dimming rear view mirror, and a front license plate bracket. 16" aluminum turbine wheels were introduced as standard for the LSC model. Total production hit a high of 38,259 units that would not be surpassed in the following years.

I don't know much about Thunderbirds.