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 Al Kooper – “Baby Please Don’t Go”
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Lol, that was to …
Lol, that was to give the vid a retro 60s effect – the more recent ones don’t have that ‘treatment’!
Urrrgh! Could you …
Urrrgh! Could you use more “special effects”? Holy crap, I missed the whole video due to the distraction of every effect in the book!
Thats sure a …
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.
exept it wasnt a …
exept it wasnt a station wagon
my dad had the …
my dad had the exact same car awesome!
Thanks for posting …
Thanks for posting this and all the lively comments too! You have a great imagination, I remember station wagons in the ’60′s.XoX
Hey thanks mate, …
Hey thanks mate, I’ll certainly be taking a good look!!!
modelbrouwers-nl is …
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!
Hi again!
Hi again!
Thanks man!
Thanks man!
That’s it, I’m …
That’s it, I’m subscribing.
Lol, Yep – all the …
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!
Thankyou! Ah yes, …
Thankyou! Ah yes, the music now (ever since building the ’88 Porsche 911) I try to make as age appropriate as possible to the car!!
No, I wanted the …
No, I wanted the Super Sport wagon in arctic blue. Not the Wagon Queen in Metallic Pea!!! Did this kit come with the wagon parts? Too cool.
“suicide doored … …
“suicide doored … convertible land yacht” spot on!
Joh2 you rule! I …
Joh2 you rule! I love your choice of music for each car (I have that beach boys single on ’45).