mrindy77 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) This is a 1/43 scale Provence Moulage kit of the 1953 Lincoln Cadillac that raced in the Carrera Panamerica road race. It is probably the most bizarre car I have ever built. The canopy of the car was a from airplane, I think a T6 Texan. The car was raced by Jose Ham Gunam and failed to finish. Dupont Cadillac Firemist red shot through the Paasche and lots of bare metal foil. Weird! Edited December 24, 2015 by mrindy77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Lincoln Cadillac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGTRUCK Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 It really does exist, what a little divers area...nice build, lots of chrome.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Well isn't that a neat little car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedfreak Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) I'll take two please. Edited December 24, 2015 by Speedfreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Interesting mashup! Seems almost appropriate, given that both Cadillac and Lincoln were founded by the same man. Henry M. Leland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Wow! That's something! Nice work on a strange bird. Would love to see this in 1/25 or 1/24! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Cool.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) 'bout as close as Mexico got to a space program... ...seems as though the race-preparation plan went something like "attach many shiny things to car"... ...canopy was from a Vultee BT-13/15 trainer... Edited December 24, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 YEP!!! That is wierd, but looks good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Beautiful buildup of a not-so-beautiful car. My hat is off to anyone who can build 1:43 scale that cleanly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Extraordinary model. Somehow I'm not surprised that the car didn't finish the course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 OMG! Even for the '50s that's over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDGREEN Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 HMMMMMM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRodaSaurus Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) I posted a pic of this some years back under a different title, something like Caddishmitt. Anyway, I grabbed some photos from an old copy of Motor Trend I believe, or some car publication from the 1950s. Well a few years ago it got resurrected by some South American members on the HAMB pages. Here is a link to the full feature(Topic) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/iii-la-panamericana.482520/ Edited January 3, 2016 by HotRodaSaurus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kron Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) Fabulous subject and beautiful execution in such a small scale. I have always felt about this car and their entry in the Carrera that the attitude was "if you're gonna give a party you should come dressed in style"! Edited January 3, 2016 by Bernard Kron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Macleod Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 One can only imagine the reaction this car received on the road. Fantastic subject and execution. Can you tell us more about the building of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I was just thinking these guys may have not ever planned on actually winning the race but had heard the old addage"if it don't go fast,chrome it'.it's also the only race car I ever saw with tail gunner's seat in the back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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