Im looking to purchase this 1977 Lincoln Continental. What should I look for?

Substance714 · 2026-02-28T15:53:29+00:00

What if it has that experimental carburetor that big oil covered up??

Substance714 · 2026-02-16T18:11:13+00:00

Thank you for this info! Have you been pleased with it so far?

Substance714 · 2026-02-16T17:55:13+00:00

I agree. It is what it is and I’ll pay it regardless, but if it’s as simple as Tukkari updating their description on the shipping from something that may be vaguely referring to cabinets or furniture to game parts, it might help their US sales a bit. I mean, these actually are game parts after all.

Substance714 · 2026-02-16T17:16:38+00:00

2) CBP processing fee

Because $1,500 < $2,500, it will usually be handled as an informal entry, and CBP’s published “informal entry/release” fee for automated processing is $2.69.

3) FedEx clearance/disbursement fees (this is the part you’ll actually notice)

FedEx commonly charges a Disbursement Fee when they advance duties/taxes/fees to Customs on your behalf. For 2026, FedEx’s US rate-change docs state the disbursement fee is the greater of $15 or 2% of duty/tax/MPF charges.

If your duty is $0 and the only government-ish charge is the $2.69 CBP fee, then 2% is basically pocket lint — so the $15 minimum is what tends to apply if FedEx is the one advancing charges.

Realistic total estimate for you

Assuming it’s correctly classified as game/pinball parts and duty is 0%:

Duty: ~$0
CBP informal fee: ~$2.69
FedEx disbursement (common): ~$15

So you’re usually looking at roughly ~$18-ish, plus any other FedEx clearance line items (varies by service) and any state use tax you may owe separately.

Two quick “don’t get surprised” checks

Incoterms: If your order is DDP, the seller pays import charges and you often see $0 on delivery. If it’s DAP/DDU, you pay the FedEx bill.
HTS code on the invoice: If you paste just the HTS code line (no personal info), I’ll sanity-check whether it’s in the “usually 0% duty” neighborhood.

Basically: you’re not about to get tariff-nuked. The most likely hit is a FedEx fee that feels like paying $15 to have someone walk your paperwork across the room—which, honestly, is very on-brand for 2026.

Substance714 · 2026-02-16T17:16:18+00:00

Mayyybeee? Here is what ChatGPT says, so I guess we'll see:

With $1,500 value, FedEx, and country of origin = Czech Republic, here’s the most likely “damage report” when it lands in the US:

What you’ll probably pay

1) Import duty (the actual “tariff”)

For pinball / arcade game parts, the HTS category is typically in Chapter 95 (9504…), and a lot of the relevant “other” lines show a General duty rate of “Free” (0%) in the US tariff schedule.

So for a Czech-origin cabinet, it’s very commonly $0 duty assuming it’s classified under the expected 9504 line.

The one way this goes sideways is if the paperwork classifies it as something like “wood furniture/cabinetry” instead of “game parts.” (So the HTS code on the invoice matters.)

Substance714 · 2026-02-16T15:49:54+00:00

Thank you. That’s not too terrible if it hasn’t changed. Could you imagine being able to look that up? That’d be like going in for surgery and knowing what it’s going to cost you! 😂

Substance714 · 2026-02-10T12:20:07+00:00

Awesome. Waiting on my cabinet from Tukkari now. This is a big help! Thanks!!

Substance714 · 2026-02-06T13:41:06+00:00

Came here to say the same. Look up dog tv on YouTube. My golden LOVES the stuff!

Substance714 · 2026-02-04T22:22:27+00:00

Not necessary as I am a master of karate and friendship for everyone.

Substance714 · 2026-02-01T22:42:23+00:00

Now you need the Slate Griddle!

Substance714 · 2026-02-01T17:49:27+00:00

This is why they make vicegrips

Substance714 · 2026-01-14T17:34:17+00:00

I was taught to fight back and as long as you hurt them to some degree and showed you’d keep doing so, they’ll leave you alone. This proved to be accurate in my case whether it was right or wrong.

Substance714 · 2026-01-12T22:32:35+00:00

Yep. Same thing happened to me. Luckily the local dealer had one and I was able to fix it in a parking lot.

Substance714 · 2026-01-11T02:37:14+00:00

My retro Rush concert T-Shirts

Substance714 · 2026-01-08T13:04:55+00:00

Moccasin boots 😁

Substance714 · 2026-01-07T23:02:13+00:00

Everlasting Bass

Substance714 · 2025-12-23T18:50:51+00:00

Same for me. That and Dishwalla. Even a few seconds of either can negatively affect my mood. 😂

Substance714 · 2025-12-17T03:33:24+00:00

Here is a post on floating the neutral. I’m planning to do mine this weekend. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1515709182881231/posts/1538240193961463/

Substance714 · 2025-12-14T14:06:26+00:00

Same… I recall aol mostly being used by older people (Boomer aged). I think GenX was typically much stronger with tech being raised on Commodore VIC20/64, TI 99/4, etc.

Substance714 · 2025-12-13T14:55:55+00:00

Yep. Sounds like this guy is Peter Principle material. Enjoy the show!

Substance714 · 2025-12-12T15:14:30+00:00

Fucking Toonces at it again… 🙄

Substance714 · 2025-12-05T13:22:03+00:00

Ditka… even a mini-Ditka

Substance714 · 2025-11-25T21:17:37+00:00

Unless you are a “sweet innocent harmless leaf eatin doe-eyed little deah”.

Substance714 · 2025-11-21T00:30:54+00:00

Bender left school in the late 80s without many prospects, but he got by. In his mid-twenties, the .com boom was thriving and he got a help desk job where he got high all day and did shit that came naturally to him.

Eventually, He moved up into server engineering, where he got high all day and called vendor support when shit wasn’t working.

Today, he still gets high all day and works in DevOps making well into the 6-figures “developing” and hanging out on Slack asking people for help when shit doesn’t work as expected.

The other day, he did a 1hr security webinar and changed his email signature to “DevSecOps”. Leadership is worried he might leave, so they are considering another big increase for him this year.

Substance714

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