Ron Hamilton

I grew up admiring the car. Growing up in a "Ford family", I tend to notice things about certain aspects of them. My Dad, Grandfather, and uncles did a lot of work on their '60's Ford and Mercury products in our yard, and I got to either watch or participate. My Dad's '66 was just so cool, and I will build a Replica of that one in the near future. In doing my research on this car, I found that the '65 interior pattern is not the same as the '64, even though the tub will fit. However, whenever I go to an NNL, or a model club meeting, I tend to root through "junk boxes" for interesting items. I do have a '64 Lincoln interior with the biscuit seat stitch pattern somewhere in my basement. According to my research, that interior was available in several colors f cloth and leather trim. Now I have to find it.

I just finished doing the color research on the car. While a Light Jade Interior would look great on the car, the color was not offered in 1964 on the Lincoln Continental. I may go with a beige interior, if I stick with green. I have to gather a couple more pieces from the basement, and get some primer on the car to make sure everything lines up before paint.

I love suicide door Lincoln Continentals. I built this '61 from a previously built kit And this '67 from a unbuilt kit. I have several more to do after the '64. I may do one of my '66 Continentals as a Coupe' (2 Door hardtop).

Wow!!!!!!

Tom, I like where you are headed with this one. Back in '81, I had three Chevy Silverados for demonstrators, all 1/2 ton loaded 2wd long beds. We used to call them "Cowboy de Villes" They sold very well for our dealership. We also did well with K20 Silverados with the 454/Turbo 400. I want to build one for myself. I still have one of the '78 MPC kit with the bench seat and 2wd. I may turn one of the GMC slant fronts into a Chevy, using the resin grille. The '81 Kit is too expensive for my budget right now.

A friend of mine mastered this for Missing Link. I am not sure if it is still available, but I plan to build it, as well as my Promolite '60 Fairlane 500 2 door Post Sedan. I have yet to build one as a Starliner, but I did do a Sunliner Convertible, using a Resin Transkit from Replicas and Miniatures Co. of MD. I had a set of full wheelcovers cast from the Hubley Wheel, which fit the AMT '62 Thunderbird Whitewall Tires. Model Car Garage makes a fantastic Photoetch set for this kit. This kit builds up very nice with very few problems. Get 'em while you can.

On all of the '60's Lincolns I have done, the grille fit leaves a lot to be desired. There is not much of an edge to attach the grille to. I will probably make a gluing surface out of plastic rod before I paint and prime it. I have gotten my hands on a '66 Sedan that is missing a couple of pieces.(hood, front and rear bumpers) , and the custom roof glued on. I have two more '66's, one of which is going to be a replica of my Dad's '66. Congrats on finding the '64 Cadillac Bench. I found an original, un-built '64 Coupe de Ville, which had the proper bucket seats for a convertible project. I also plan to do a correctly shaped windshield header for the de Ville Convertible, using either a forlorn '63 Buick Electra Convertible windshield frame, or modifying the part from a Revell '64 Impala Hardtop, which I may convert into a 4 door hardtop if I get a derelict Johan '63-4 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. I really want to do a '64 Eldorado Biarritz Convertible. A friend had one when I was in high school, and it was so cool, as he restored it to perfection.

I was lucky enough to acquire one of these, not knowing that The Modelhaus was closing up shop In 1983, I sold the State of Md over 700 9C1 Impalas (marked and Unmarked), as well as most of the Police departments in MD, and some in Northern Va. In 1984 I sold Montgomery County MD several 9CI Impalas. I have the decals for the MD car, as well as a set of accurate Montgomery County MD Decals. I have this built-up Hubley '61 Sedan to do a Mayberry Squad Car. I have a shelf of several candidates for Police and Fire Cruisers in my stash, including decals and several types of roof lights. I guess that I an a closet police car builder.

One of our club members started work on one of those, which prompted me to pull the trigger on one of those. I have not started on mine yet, as I have to make up the rear compartment, which does not seem to be too hard to do. I will be following this build very closely.

I like this build very much. I have decided to do mine as a full dress Hemi Race car, using parts from the Melrose Missile kit, and some of those nice Fireball Design Carbs.. I also picked up the Model Car Garage Photoetch set, as I do not like decalized scripts, and the Belvidere I Script will disappear after I do my rudimentary bodywork. Your car is looking very nice so far.

Thanks John for the comments. It looks like your car is going to be absolutely stunning!!!!

Several years ago, I came across a forlorn '64 Lincoln Sedan Body which was dirt cheap. It had a few issues, but it was stripped clean, and I figured that I could make something nice out of it. I went through my parts box, and I found a hood that would fit, so that part of the battle was won. At our club meeting, one of our menbers gave me a nearly complete AMT '65 Lincoln Convertible, that was missing the body, so that worked out great. Paul Gardner and me worked out a swap, where he gave me a front bumper/grille, that I touched up with a Motolow Chrome pen. Once the weather breaks, I am going to shoot some primer on it. I am leaning towards Dark Green Metallic, I think the chrome will set it off. I have quite a bit of work to do on this one, but I think I can pull it off.

Man! I am really loving this one. Every time I look at your '58, I look at my two, built off of the AMT kit. I dusted off these old girls, built while my hands were still steady, this one I did 26 years ago and this one I did about 20 years ago. It is one of my favorites, as I almost got to Dad's car with this one. Let' say this is his car after I got my hands on it.. Your '58 is one of my favorites.

Great find!! I love those cars. Several years ago, I found a couple of "builder" MPC '68 GTOs in my travels. I was able to strip them clean, and cut them apart for re-assembly. On this one, I decided on a vinyl roof. I used the chassis and underhood area from a 1969 442, as it gave me more detail than the original MPC Pieces. The engine came from the Revell '68 Firebird 400. This is one of my favorite builds. I have one more to do, probably in Red to match a friend's one-to-one. I am quite sure yours will be stunning.

Looks fine to me.

Yeah, Baby!!!!

I love the model!!!! I have been interested in this car ever since I saw a Silver Factory car when it was new. After seeing your building thread, I pulled the trigger and bought one for myself. I also bought one of the Tamiya 300 Gull Wings as a companion build.

Your build sounds so cool!!!! When I was a kid, there was a fellow in our neighborhood named Marshall who had a Roman Red '62 Impala SS 2 Door hardtop. 327/4speed, Red Guts and Cragar S/S wheels on Blackwall tires. I thought that was a cool car, and that is how I am going to do mine.

You're absolutely right on that fact. I have a 429 I can install in the car.

Beautiful!

Nice work!!!!

I have seen a few of these built in person, and it looks like all of them were built directly from the box. I plan to do some more modifications to mine to make it look closer to the one to one. I have a lot of work ahead of me with this kit.

Believe it or not, I have already cleaned the beast up, and it is in primer and ready for paint. I was able to get a hood, and I have a set of styled steel wheels. For an engine, I am using the 428/C6 combination from an MPC '73 Cougar, as well as some other odds and ends from that kit which fit this one very well. I bought several of the '73 Cougars real cheap in order to fix up some more valuable MPC ('70 and '71) and Missing Link ('70) Cougars. At this point, I am not sure if I am going to do it a as a Cyclone GT or Cyclone Spoiler