Relying on the belief that “it’ll probably start” and crossing my fingers for good luck just didn’t seem like the best approach to reviving my 1971 Continental Mark III.
My father bought the Continental in his first shift away from Cadillacs since the early 1950s, and was generally happy with it. Although not his everyday car, the Continental eventually accumulated about 80,000 miles before he stopped driving it when the problems it developed finally became sufficiently annoying. At that point, it was parked in the garage and ignored. In its last few years on the road, the car was licensed and insured, but did little more than go out once a year for its state inspection. Even that ended in 1991 when it was reduced to a hiding place for Christmas presents.
About three years ago, I decided that it was time to bring the Continental back to life. My own area of experience corresponds closely to my main area of interest
