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Building the 1965 Lincoln Continental V8 station wagon

Channel: Autos & Vehicles, Author: joh2
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Length: 03:32, Rating: 3.92, Views: 10305

Tags: 1965 AMT beach boys Continental doors Ford good Lincoln suicide V8 vibrations wagon

" This is the build process of the one car Ford's Lincoln division NEVER built - the unknown station wagon conversion of the suicide doored 1965 Lincoln Continental convertible land yacht. Not just that, but I was highly impressed with the 'sunroof' in the kit - that looks to outvista the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser! Building this car was interesting, as apart from the boxart depicting a wagon, I had never seen a Continental with a wagon conversion in pictures before (not even on the Internet) - actually, where I am there are hardly any Lincolns at all! This car was built and painted to resemble a luxury wagon and decor from the mid-1960s - hence the weird red-gold-green interior and wood trimmed, vinyl roof Brunswick Green exterior. Due to having plenty of options within the kit, the car sports a few pre-millennium features, notably telephones (cellphone technology didn't exist in 1965!) and (cd stackers or mp3 players didn't exist either) a trunk mounted reel-to-reel tape player! Actually, come to think about it, it has kind of a National Lampoon Wagon Queen Family Truckster look about it!!! Shown also at the end - it took a few months from start to finish with this car! - are a collage of other Americans from the mid-60s, a Buick Riviera, Chevrolet Chevy II Nova, Ford Mustang, Ford Fairlane and a modified beyond recognition Plymouth Barracuda! Soundtrack utilized for this is the appropriate for the time Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"... "

Video Comments

dangeroustoys56 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

Thats sure a different kit. Curious choice of colors as well... Ive built a few 'custom ' models- one ive worked on but never finished was a 80's/90's Ford taurus converted to a ranchero ( or UTE in your case) utilizing a newer model Ford mustang chassis with the stock V8- just couldnt get it to look right so it wound up as parts.

meanbob52 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

exept it wasnt a station wagon

meanbob52 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

my dad had the exact same car awesome!

mcc11505 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

Thanks for posting this and all the lively comments too! You have a great imagination, I remember station wagons in the '60's.XoX

joh2 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

Hey thanks mate, I'll certainly be taking a good look!!!

jellebelle on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

modelbrouwers-nl is a dutch site , don't know u know it. It has a forum with all kinds of models: cars,diorama's,boats,trains,... LOADS of super skilled people there worth visiting :) love ur work!

maximumsum41 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

Hi again!

joh2 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

Thanks man!

slaporte on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

That's it, I'm subscribing.

joh2 on November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am

Lol, Yep - all the wagon conversion bits included in the kit! I intentionally bought the model because of its wagon conversion! - particularly as I like wagons and they are VERY thin on the ground in model form!