This 1941 Lincoln Continental Is A FIRE Hazard - Crazy Wiring Mess!!!

[@jimcarter6990]

Love seeing Moon Dog wagging away In the Iron Trap Garage. Happiest Dog EVER 😂

[@IronTrapGarage]

Haha he sure is!

[@petereshma]

That is too funny. It should be left this way as a survivor car and put into the National Museum of Cobjobbery. Will watch to the end now for some more laughs. I thought we were done at the Planters Can but wait there's more: the multimeter on the dash. Great stuff. Thanks.

[@charlesyoung7436]

Who knows what Matt was thinkin'---When he bought that Franken-Lincoln? Can't wait to hear "It's alive! IT'S ALIVE!"

[@steveclark4291]

​@@charlesyoung7436 😅😅😅

[@FrederickHopkins-xb6me]

'Cobjobbery', I'll have to remember that one.

[@wolfgangricky]

Rare isn't the word, look at these - Production Figures Total Lincoln Production for 1941 : 17,756 Total 1941 Continental production : 1,251 1941 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet 2 dr. 5 P : 400 Coupe 2 dr. 5 P : 850 Derham Coupe 2 dr. 5 P (by Derham) : 1 Town Car 4 dr. 5 P (by Brunn) : 14

[@christianlutes5593]

Ingenuity kept this car from being crushed or out of the dump. This one is going to make great content for your channel.

[@chuckb9867]

It looks like only moon knows how to run this car. Being a v twelve it has the possibility of being one of the coolest cars in the collection❤❤❤❤❤

[@BalmBeach1]

The electrical box in the back is an early Flux Capacitor

[@pashakdescilly7517]

Thanks for the warning. Matt does say he wants to avoid messing with the space-time continuum.

[@r1lark]

Moon was sure excited to see the Lincoln back! We see Moon a lot, but where is Kate??

[@tomellis7637]

I have been wondering that myself.

[@IronTrapGarage]

She works a FT job.

[@mattomon1045]

I agree Mike i like that dark green is great!

[@daleskidmore1685]

Wasn't sure if we would ever see this car again after the pick up vid. So pleased you kept it. It is a striking car. I formed a picture in my mind of Castro and Che driving around in it. Good luck sorting out the mods.

[@michaelhoward7652]

Yep thats what those would be driving

[@billyporter2195]

That was really Irontrap at its best, great video. Shall we ask for a poll on Matts suggestion for ‘restarting the world’? I say Yes please😊

[@jimstratfordfl]

I’ve been waiting for the reveal of the madness on this Lincoln. All I can say is WOW. Can’t wait to see you revive it and maybe hear what those horns sound like. Great job.

[@Horacio-Lorenzo]

Hello guys, I thought that only in Argentina they made those transformation grafts from car to spaceship, adding cables and knobs where they are not necessary but I see that some of our engineers went to live in the United States and did his thing 🤣🤣🤣🤣very good project, I already want to listen to that V12. I send you a big hug and blessings to all from Buenos Aires Argentina

[@derrickrees8895]

Interesting that the major defect attributed to the V12 (292 or 312 cu in ) , was that the engine had poor ventilation , thus the oil quickly became contaminated , contributing to premature wear of rings and bearings . A previous owner seems to have tried to correct this by means of these modifications... Another problem was allegedly that the motor had a LOT of low down torque , which encouraged lazy owners to hang onto high gear .While the bottom end was actually quite good at handling high revs ( reputedly good for over 90 m.p.h ) , it was NOT so happy at low revs in high gear when oil pressure was low ( and oil possibly contaminated ) - so excessive engine wear could occur.

[@joegarage6132]

I have to comment...my wife never listens to you guys or the comments,....what is that got her started, then what is that a timer .. a bomb she was hooked and laughing....she was a teacher and had kids that grew up to be this man that did this wiring....my wife gives you a thumbs up...

[@joegarage6132]

sorry she said do they think its a bomb....what a morning.

[@mythrusthelema]

Hot Rod Lincoln! I would love to see that V12 running what an iconic cool engine. Get it going and put some Chuck Berry in the background 😊

[@murdoc6501]

That there is the true definition of "Land Yacht!" Used to know a guy who had two of these V12 monsters, hard top and convertible. Great power and they floated down the road! Yours is remarkable just for its crazy engineering! The old guy must have had a method for his madness! Would love to have heard the whys and how's for his work. Looking forward to what you find next! Go Iron Trap, keep moving forward!

[@dreamchasergarage690]

Two greens in '41, paradise green and (slightly darker) Staffordshire green. Either would look great on it. Gut every inch of wire and replace, mod the engine slightly (dual carbs?), repaint, etc. These are rare now and damned fine when done. She deserves it.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

2 carbs,, SIX 97s

[@dinxsy8069]

Any moment i was expecting Doc Brown to come running in saying you've got to go back to the future

[@380.motorsports]

Gonna be fun watching if you are bringing this Lincoln back to life. Just watching the decoding of the prior owners wizardry has been fun.

[@kalinagoedge2777]

"Smell that box, Moon!" Lol

[@seanquigley3605]

That intake and carb set up looks like one of those crazy DIY 100 mpg set ups magazines advertised in the 70's.

[@IronTrapGarage]

Haha you’re right it does!

[@seanquigley3605]

@@IronTrapGarage one of the really old guys round here in the 90's said he had built one and swore it kind of actually worked! Not 100 MPG but big improvements. So you might want to Google it to see what you can keep that's not 100% fire hazard and try a MPG test?

[@Awsom47Merc]

Crazy !!! There must have been a method to the madness. It'll be fun to see what you find. Thanks Matt ! 👊😎👍

[@jimandlinsnow7002]

Great content today. It’s a good thing you have an industrial electrician helping you out.😊

[@TrashcanGarage]

I re-wired my 57 Catalina (I'm set up with a rack of wire spools.). One wire at a time. Including a new marine grade fuse block. It's hidden, nobody can see it. Simplified a few circuits in the process. And lowered amperage and current draw with led bulbs while I'm at it. It all looks stock unless you peak under the dash. Even cloth taped it (hockey tape). I'm an electronics nerd so I enjoy shit like that.

[@Jordanrhart]

That thing is too cool! I’m with Mike, I think that’s a battery charger in the trunk for his 12V. Looks like a lot of fun!

[@horshak1]

My old guy neighbor was a retired Mack truck mechanic. Covid got him he left his Chevy. We looked at it. It has all kinds of extra wiring with extra solonoids under the hood. With extra switches on the dash that we just scratch our heads looking at it.

[@davidacks8014]

The color made be Spode Green. Body no plate on the cowl left of the right hood hinge. The motor number left frame rail at the engine cross member, top of transmission bell housing and on the left rear frame rail looking through the gas filler access panel. The body number can also be found on the trunk between the hinges as a 57-??? Number. You have cast aluminum A and B post body mounts which ca crack and cause issues with the doors to crack.

[@IronTrapGarage]

Thanks for the tips!

[@davidacks8014]

Make it a 56-??? Number. I was thinking about our 41 Continental Coupe. It was originally programmed to be a 40, and that’s wear we found the original 40 number. For your information the Pennsylvania title showed it as an Oct 4 Linc Cp

[@snoopu2601]

I for got all about y'all had this Lincoln convertible stash away. 👍🏽 see how tall put this one back on the road using all old parts. This was a luxury car back in its day watching old movies the only people driving something like this Lincoln was people of $$$

[@wolfgangricky]

You got this one around the same time as the other convertible. My thought was always that this would be the better builder of the 2 convertibles. Yet, i have thoroughly enjoyed watching the other coming back to life & have grown fond of your restoration of it. I look forward to seeing this one come to life. Although, i wouldn't start it until all that wiring is taken out. What a mess & all in cardboard. LMAO. Ty for taking us along

[@roberthocking9138]

What a beautiful grill on that car, unmistakably classic and unique

[@thomasst.martin3308]

These cars are heavy and not a lot of horsepower, but when that Twelve is done right they go down the road so nice, especially if it has the overdrive.

[@steveclark4291]

Wow ! Thank you Matt , Mike and Steve for the update on the Lincoln ! I'm looking forward to see what kind of strange stuff done to it ! Also forward to see if you guys can gett it running again !

[@jeffbayer1287]

This thing is super interesting. Like to see you guy's fix everything up on it. Dying to see This thing run. Thanks for the great content.

[@IronTrapGarage]

Stay Tuned!

[@keithmerritt2897]

I loved this episode, my dad used to do some inventions on his vehicles but nothing like that. 😅

[@hardlyworgen71]

You need to get Matt's father in a future video with this car so he can quote a certain song. "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin' if you don't quit drivin' this Hot Rod..." 😁

[@anthonycarty9433]

Needs a model A body, make it look like a pup .

[@robschaffer2189]

This is one of my dream cars. How cool. Need a '68 Bronco? 😆

[@davidneel8863]

That is a dwell tach on the dash, so he could have used it as a tach and checked dwell on the fly. I have one just like it, minus the stove bolts holding it to the dash, of course!

[@WACRE44]

Moon likes to check the new smells when you guys bring something out lol😅

[@carlseaver140]

In the mid 1960s Aurora made a '40 or '41 Lincoln 1/72 scale slot car body. It was the first one I bought. Even then I liked the styling.

[@warrengee-f9l]

I like that emerald green too want to see this journey

[@grandudetonesnob7107]

It's never a good thing when an electrician looks under your dash and says:" that's TERRIFYING".😮

[@Formulabruce]

This one WILL be GREAT!

[@matthewschneider2089]

Dude!! Wow!!🤯I thought this 71 Datsun p/u wiring I'm working on was jacked!!! I feel better now!!!Thanks!!✌️

[@77Sunsetstrip]

Fire that dude up! I'm dying to hear how that waterpipe exhaust sounds.

[@stevenkarnisky411]

Take it outside charge the batteries, and start it up! Guy may have been crazy, but he was a genius! You may find out what all the wires, resistors and meters do. Restarting earth would be a bonus!! Just keep the fire extinguisher handy, and the local firehouse on alert! I am reminded of Nicolai Tesla!

[@garysoykin2783]

Back in the day not too many years ago they didn't even have a Radio Shack show people were taken apart their electric shavers to make shit work pretty amazing

[@henryg683]

I bought a 48 Chrysler that had a 12volt battery in the trunk that powered the radio and power antenna it’s pretty cool when the battery is charged to make it work but the radio draws a lot of power so after a night out it always needed to be recharged!!! In my younger days radio shack sold a kit that transformed 6volt to 12volt for the radio and any other new age gadgets we had!!!

[@dsvejones2122]

We used to do that to our tractors when we duel fuel petrol parafin

[@terry3665]

My 48 Lincoln has a power top and windows which are all hydraulic. There is a pump on the left side of the engine that is run by what looks like a starter motor. It also has the push button door openers both outside and in, and it is the dark green that Mike likes! Cool cars that were produced in low numbers but don't have a high value unfortunately.

[@tugmountianroadcampers5582]

You got to try & start it the way it is.

[@VintageTinGarage]

Can’t wait to hear it running

[@DuckReach432]

The only extra I would have wished for, would have been to see the car up on the lift to check the chassis.

[@IronTrapGarage]

In due time!

[@RobertJones-sb1if]

I bought a 55 F100 once with wiring similar to that-especially when I saw all the wire nuts, lol!. I cleaned it up but it still almost caught fire one day. Curious what you're going to call this? "The Frankenstien Continental" has a nice ring to it!🤣 Looks like something Doc Brown would have put togeather! Hey! Maybe it's a time machine???

[@psnaith1]

that's some strange wiring for sure! loving what you all do!

[@IronTrapGarage]

Thank you!

[@garysoykin2783]

I can't wait that's going to be a fun cool project

[@dstempoz1]

i had heard that the Ford flathead V12 had oil pressure problems ( and overheating issues) due to the design of oil distribution within the engine. ( Too many places for oil to circulate). Maybe todays improved oil formulations will help plus 40W oil. The previous owner of this car meant well, but instead created an electrical frankenstein which should be challenging to unravel and rewire.Good to have multiple fire extinguishers handy. This looks like a rare vehicle and a convertible as well.

[@frankjones4094]

Thats a real hackleberry job there.

[@leeradford76]

You are the right kind of guy to do this I like it

[@darykoughton5473]

When you asked Siri how to open a 41 Lincoln top my phone picked it up lol

[@IronTrapGarage]

Haha that’s great!

[@buza1300]

It's a Time Machine! Love the creativ work😎🤟

[@williamgroel2880]

I can’t wait to see you guys get it going!👍😎

[@rupertbaskerville]

I say keep it and turn it into a really cool period 50's kustom. Gold paint or green paint and gold scallops would be a strong look.

[@DaleHodgdon]

Change the oil before you roll that V12 over. I'd be sweating that there was 2 quarts of water in the bottom of the pan under the oil, just waiting to get pumped to the mains. Beautiful car; looks factory sectioned!

[@chrisburzenski2317]

disassembling will be interesting

[@tomfortson5147]

Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future... you know, that kind of insane!

[@hammerandhatchetengineerin4967]

The putty around the cowl vent could be duct seal ( monkey $hit ). You can still get it at home despot in the electrical section !

[@dougs1692]

Damn that car is big!

[@jerryhablitzel3333]

I believe it’s a one of one supercharged ‘41 Lincoln. Custom mad scientist edition.

[@northvegassailrabbit3642]

This one looks fun.

[@keithwallington4966]

In the 70s we had a tin of black putty type that never went of to keep out damp yellow and black lable called dum dum i think its in a tube now

[@_randombob]

gonna need some more extension cord to be able to reach town.

[@radtek2]

I would have loved to had met the dude who thought all this stuff up ...what an interesting mad hatter he must have been. A real Gyro Gearloose for sure.

[@GreggGonzalez-ei1gu]

Awesome car can’t wait to see it run and drive 👍

[@vermontguy7692]

With the multi-meter and vacuum gauge on the dash and mystery carburetor, I bet he was one of those gas mileage nuts from back then who was trying to wring 13.1 m.p.g. out of that V12 instead of the stock 12.86. 😆 Since it's so far gone from stock already, I think you should keep going down the mild kustom route. It's already nosed, the stock height windshield looks like it's been chopped and lowering it an inch or two would complete the look. A set of Cadillac sombrero caps and wide whites with a repaint in that nice stock dark green would be too kool for skool.

[@IronTrapGarage]

We like the way you think!

[@hildysworld]

Matt you guys have to salvage that V12 and put it in something that would be aeesome all rebuilt and paint it. Put steve on it!

[@leeradford76]

I like your car introduction very interesting

[@kapekodbob]

great find, can't wait for next episode

[@pappabob29]

This HAS to be the original "Doc Brown" car. It didn't work until he figured out the "Gigahertz" DeLorean !!! There's a guy here in Northern California who welds pot metal. I believe my son has his contact info. Let me know if you want me to look into that.

[@RebeccaGriffin-b8n]

Just wondering if the ducting to the carb might be his idea of a supercharger.

[@stevemiller7654]

The spaced up intake may be where Smokey Yunick go the idea for super heating the intake charge. The air blown through the valley would be heated for better atomization of the fuel, or not....

[@LarryHeagren]

This is definitely the strangest collection of electrical science projects installed on a car that I have ever seen in my life. I used to work on modifying Chinook Helicopters at the Ridley, PA plant before I retired to the Texas Hill Country. I've seen my share of science projects believe me. This car is quite unique. Having the multimeter wired into the circuitry of the car with ballast resistors and who knows what else is out there. Is this car going to be referred to as "Mad Scientist II" or Mad Scientist Lincoln"? Moon had a cornucopia of smells and seemed really into this car. I think it would be a cool car to restore to a running survivor. Too bad about the bumpers. Maybe they could be blasted and powder coated a non intrusive color as I wouldn't want to finish the car back to showroom stock, but keeping them as is is just a bit too tatty for me. I'm with Mike and wish more of the green would have survived. Get it running as the '39 Coup is and drive this one everywhere. It is just too cool and where would you find another at this price point? It would definitely be fun to drive and a great cruiser, one of the last really cool pre WW2 surviving cars. And admit it Matt, I see the twinkle in your eye when you talk about this one. Like the early rusty car addict that you are, this one has got you good. You won't be selling it until you drive it. It is just too cool of a car not to want it any other way. I look forward to seeing this one rise from its hiding place to running and driving. Make it so and thanks for the entertainment along the way!

[@WaxMeister]

eBay the Planters switch panel? That would make a great "rat Rod" piece!

[@sherifroberts7776]

Frankenstein owned it I’m sure there’s a plug somewhere to connect to the bolts in his neck lol😂

[@TheCrackerBox]

Thanks for another , Brother !

[@tertessa]

Wow that's some wiring job..

[@leeradford76]

Thanks for an interesting video film

[@roberthaynes8467]

This car is nuts!!!

[@robertandrews5506]

The device in the trunk with the power cord to it, may look like a battery charger. But to a mad scientist of the time was really a early Fusion Home Energy Reactor like back to the future.

[@IronTrapGarage]

Oh you may be right!

[@FrederickHopkins-xb6me]

Was the previous restorer a farmer? Best mechanical engineers I worked with were brought up on a farm, but one of them said "Don't let us anywhere near electrical". His father's barn had extension cords running across the floor.

[@johneldred1515]

I don't know I called that stuff dumd dumd but that might be the other water seal for around some old tail lights???

[@maeve4686]

I wondered if he was supplying power to small appliances?😮

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Easy,, you just need a new harness for a 41 Lincoln. Googled these and there is a green one with parchment top featured. 292 ci. Quite rare and it is a Continental. Made just before war production stopped manufacture.This could be a really nice car,, even just running and driving properly still worth keeping.

[@benniecantrell6901]

again a great show keep up the good work

[@randallan8158]

I would say this presents a great opportunity to test your skills. This is definitely a "Mad Scientist" car.

[@brucethompson1879]

Love moon!

[@1954shadow]

“The Steam Punk Lincoln.”

[@billterry9996]

good luck with the wiring

[@scottsinaz3000]

I think that even if we had the man himself here to explain all of the modifications to us we still would'nt understand it.

[@josephtome9600]

Maybe the Roadkill guys had it for a while.

[@michaelhoward7652]

Derek from vice grip would look at this and say did I work on this at some point,sure ,must have .

[@RichieCat4223]

12:17 Mike this is called enginuity a.k.a. thinking outside the box. Just like the other car using fence post to build the exhaust system. 15:30 Why is it scary? Is it because you can't understand why a person would make these modifications and they worked?

[@SwedishEmpire1700]

Well they are prob used to thinking inside the box, since they run a company, i grew up on a farm and saw alot of these kind of inventions that worked just fine, as long as grandpa left notes on how it did work, of course LOL

[@RichieCat4223]

@@SwedishEmpire1700 Seen a lot of this stuff and wasn't afraid to add power to it. Being that both of them aren't mechanics I can see why . I mean give me a break, there is a dwell meter on the dash and Matt thinks it will adjust the points for timing? Yes dwell will do that but you have to mechanically adjust the points.