New Guy from Summerville

[98mark8lsc]

Hey Guys. My name is Jay and I've got a couple Lincoln Mark VIII's, a 98 and a 97. The 98 I've had for 6 years now and 97, I've had for about 2. I got the 97 off the local Craigslist for $900 with the intention of parting it out, but I couldn't stand to do it and ended up daily driving it and have put almost 30k miles on it now with no big problems. I've done a bunch of mods to the 98 and it's pretty quick, but I'm sure it won't hang with half the people on this forum.

I've been in the Navy for 9 years and work on the naval weapons station. I've been a part of the Mark VIII forums since I bought my first one in 2002, and thought it might be cool to join a more local forum. Mark VIII's are somewhat rare and there's hardly anyone on the Mark VIII forums that are anywhere near me.

Jay

[05Saleen]

Welcome to the forum!

[Illusions]

welcome to the forums! which part of Summerville?

[snakeplissken]

Welcome aboard. Interesting choice of cars.

[1iron]

Welcome. Cool cars.

[itSSlowZ28]

welcome. good lookin mk viii

[98mark8lsc]

welcome to the forums! which part of Summerville?

Cane Bay Plantation off of Hwy 176.

[slowgreen99]

Cane Bay Plantation off of Hwy 176.

big money! I live on out past Cane Bay.

Welcome to the forum

[BigHemi]

Welcome! Friend of mine from high school had a black MarkVIII, felt kinda peppy and would roast the tires pretty good.

[Magoo]

Welcome to the forums man!

[BigdaddyDupree]

welcome homes

[Richard Head]

big money! I live on out past Cane Bay.

Welcome to the forum

Says the man about to get city water, lol.

Welcome Mrk8

[Pesce Nero]

welcome

[perm102]

Welcome Jay. Nice looking Mark VIII.

[Derek]

welcome man

[///Mcompact]

What a coincidence. I just saw a really nice MKVIII today on Dorchester Rd. I think it was silver. Anyway, it was clean with nice wheels and a drop. That's the first time I've seen one of those in a long, long time. Unique looking cars.

Welcome.

Edit..I guess the model I saw was a MK VII? I thought they were all Mark VIIIs.

Anyways, this is the model I am talking about. Love that body style.
http://image.mustangandfords.com/f/Hizhonor/25084853+w450+h338+cr0+re1+ar1/1992-lincoln-mark-vii-3.jpg

[slowgreen99]

Says the man about to get city water, lol.

Welcome Mrk8

haha, I dont think we "fit the bill" on having to have it, but who knows. And I didnt forget about calling you on Sunday, I was just busy. Ill def get up with you sometime here soon. :bigthumb:

[Basile99]

welcome

[98mark8lsc]

big money! ....

Haha! I wish!

Thanks for all the 'welcomes' guys.

[98mark8lsc]

Here's some pictures I took recently of the car. It's currently sitting higher than I normally like it because of the big tires in the back. It's got air ride and I raised it up some to keep the tires from rubbing until I can get the fenders rolled.

Oh, and no, that's not a normal Cobra emblem. It's called a 'Cobrastar' emblem. It's the cobra emblem with the lincoln emblem integrated into it. I don't have any close-up pics of it right now, but I'll get some.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ClJiOtKu3Z0/S0ktOYKekQI/AAAAAAAAAK4/KCF3cPbZ_KY/s800/IMG_0722.JPG
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ClJiOtKu3Z0/S0ktN1gJdgI/AAAAAAAAAKw/LMackSg69zc/s800/IMG_0721.JPG
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ClJiOtKu3Z0/S0ktNkoOS0I/AAAAAAAAAKo/dn66Nw80Rlw/s800/IMG_0720.JPG
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ClJiOtKu3Z0/S0ktNCM5RHI/AAAAAAAAAKg/i53IndjhYUs/s800/IMG_0719.JPG
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ClJiOtKu3Z0/S0ksjkkDwbI/AAAAAAAAAKY/EZ9j-QHXpXU/s800/IMG_0718.JPG
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ClJiOtKu3Z0/S0ksjJb8kDI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/EEhJnMoXuRg/s800/IMG_0717.JPG
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ClJiOtKu3Z0/S0ksi9SmOLI/AAAAAAAAAKI/oNxZARgF2O8/s800/IMG_0716.JPG
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ClJiOtKu3Z0/S0ksigCVnXI/AAAAAAAAAKA/he3wD8begRQ/s800/IMG_0715.JPG

[Whaler]

Welcome. Nice looking car.

[perm102]

What part of Ohio are you from?

[98mark8lsc]

Sandusky

[Chillerman]

Welcome aboard. Very nice looking car!

[zowwiewowwie]

Welcome to town. Where at on the Weapons station? I'm out at NPTU

As far as the car goes, I had a 85 Mark VII for my first car and it killed me to get rid of it. The Mk VIII is a great looking car. Good to see someone straying from the norm

[98mark8lsc]

I work at NPTU also. I'm in Shop 38 (Nuke Mechanics) in Repair Dept.
My first car was a Mark VII also. It was an 88 LSC. I loved that car. Got it from my grandma in 97 for $800. That's the car that turned me on to Mark VIII's. Unfortunately, it fell into a deep state of disrepair once I joined the Navy and wasn't able to do anything with it. I had it at my mom's house all the way up until the summer of 2008, when I finally junked it. I hated to see it go. It only had 107k miles on it.

[zowwiewowwie]

Sounds pretty familiar. I had my Mk VII in high school, paid 500 for it from a family member. Kept it at my mom's after I joined, got it back and didn't have the money to replace the motor (cracked the block). Anyway, I'm out at NPTU, I'm a MM on 635 Crew A. Getting ready to go to Norfolk for some shipyard time. Who would have thought of deploying to the shipyard on shore duty?

[98mark8lsc]

haha, yeah, that's pretty crappy. Although, I guess I wouldn't mind too much personally. All my wife's family lives up there, so I would have a free place to live!

[zowwiewowwie]

Right on. What is your last name? I will swing down to Repair sometime and introduce myself.

[98mark8lsc]

Richmond, yours?

[zowwiewowwie]

Greg Hunt

[clubracergt1]

Welcome, and nice ride. I like the FR500s on it. Different, but not 'blinged out'. I miss my dad's old Mark VIII. He had a '94 that used to show my old 5.0 ragtop its bumper. He definately did not drive it like some old man's Lincoln. Also had a neighbor with a black '98 LSC. Damn nice cars, I must say.