Emergency-Who can answer this stupid question, ASAP? Leaving town!

[CaliCajun78]

Hey all,

I'm from Louisiana, but am visiting relatives in California.
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In Louisiana, we have NO big ol' Lincs in the wrecking yards because:

#1 they're not on the road anymore at all, and:
#2, any cars from the late '70s on back with tough metal get crushed immediately and sold for the scrap value of the metal. No Pick-A-Parts. Instant melt-down.

I bought my silver '78 Continental Town Car 4-dr in CA and drove to La. in May. (Gas cost almost as much as the purchase price!)

Am in need of an IMMEDIATE answer, should any of y'all have one!

My hood is rusted out bad. The lower metal layer is just gone from exposure to salt air. Just found a pristine hood at Pick-a-Part today! Have only one friend out here with a truck, and a Tacoma at that. He said to call him at 10:30 am PST tomorrow and he'll help me with it BUT:

Can anyone answer: Will the hood from a '79 Continental Town Coupe (NOT a Mark V) fit a '78 Continental 4-door Town Car?

Sure looks the same to me from the dashboard forward!

The alternative is to ask my elderly aunt to go out in 97-degree, high-humidity hell where my car is parked in south Louisiana and ask her to tape meaure the dimensions. Maybe the hinge location could be a dealbreaker? The '79 Conti 2-dr Town Coupe and '78 4-dr Town Car sure do look the same to me from dashboard forward....

Any and all help appreciated... Weds. is the only day my friend has off, then I fly back to Lincolnless Louisiana. I bet that hood weighs more than my old Accord,,,,,,,,,,,,

The question then is can a Tacoma even handle the hood from one of these beasts! LOL (we'll make it work!)

Thanks in advance,

Steve

[pro-five-oh]

99.9% sure they are the same. 77-79 was the same body style and the Coupes were only different in the cabin sheetmetal.

[gadget73]

I want to agree with pro here and say the hood ought to be the same. Unfortunately I can't guarantee this either but most other cars I know of are identical from the firewall forward regardless if its a 2 or 4 door model.

[doodaa]

I can't help with your current thing but if you can't close this deal there are a couple things that may be of help...

1. There's Barry's Pick n Pull right of I10 near Biloxi, MS (I think... been a while since I was over there) and they're a pretty good sized yard. Closer than Cali too. Haven't seen anything that age in the Panama City or Tallahassee ones but Aces Salvage in Tally might have something like that.

2. You may also want to check www.car-part.com. I did a qucik check and it appears from doing a search on the whole SE that pro is right about the 77-79 being the same. I searched on a 78 Town Car hood and came up with hits for 77s thru 79s. I think that's based on the Hollander exchaneg database....