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[Steve Milberry]

I've been working on this for a few weeks now. Started when a member from another board said he had a Lincoln that was so far gone that no one could do anything with it.,,,I took that as a challenge.

Here's a pic of what I started with,,



Here's what I've done so far,,custom front & rear and chopped the top. It was a '65 promo so it's a curbside. I could have just used the parts from the current issue '65 Lincoln kit but that would have been too easy. LOL



Here's a link to the build album
http://public.fotki....t_resurrection/

[gowjobs]

Wow! Nice start!

So, whatcha thinkin' for rolling stock?

[tintman1968]

real nice start, what color are you thinking?

[Mad Slammer]

That's quite a start man. . . Good luck!

[Wildrice]

Nice work. Glad to see you saved that car.

[Steve Milberry]

Thanks guys. I'm planning to paint it in a "Winfield" style fade from candy red to a very deep candy butgundy. I'm planning to use a set of my 19 inch chrome reverse wheels on it with bullit centers.

[Steve Milberry]

Here's a few pics of it in silver paint. I paint mine silver now so I can find and fix all the areas that need attention before they get the actual "final" paint job. This is only a mock-up to make shure everything fits properly ,, I'm not planning to use the 5-spoke wheels on this one.

[Steve H.]

Sweet car so far, considering where you started! What advantage do you find using silver as primer?

[Steve Milberry]

Sweet car so far, considering where you started! What advantage do you find using silver as primer?

It makes every little blemish stand out like it was an inch across.

[Al Rogers]

Steve that just awesome can't wait to see it finished.
Later Al

[Mj-Styro]

AWESOME save so far Steve!! Dont ya just love it when a plan goes togather!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and that feeling of saving something of that nature!!!

its an awesome feeling! been there done that still doing it!!!

Keep up the great work!

[Irvin Arter Jr.]

great Job Steve, you are the master!

[JAFFA]

great job, what final paint are you going for?
and where did you get those custom front n rear?

[Steve Milberry]

great job, what final paint are you going for?
and where did you get those custom front n rear?

I'm planning to paint it in a "Winfield" style fade from candy red to a very deep candy burgundy. ,,,or at least in similar colours. I don't really know how those paint jobs will look until they'r done. To quote Gene hisself,,"I paint until I like it".

The custom front and rear pans, grills and tail lights originated in the AMT '66 Lincoln kit. They didn't fit too bad concidering they were designed for a different body. There was also a "Winfield" plaque in there for the custom version so I'd guess they were designed by Winfield also.