Revell Lincoln mark VII pro street.

[c. jackson]

Bought this one to convert it to a stock LSC, and here's what I'm finding for the start of it. Kit is well detailed for this application with door panels, steering column,dashboard, sideview mirrors,and all logo's and emblems on the decal sheet. Body is shortened a bit, but I can live with it. Time to get it started.

[rattle can man]

If I recall correctly, that kit was based off of the matt and Debbie Hays T-Bird. That's why it is a tad short.

[LDO]

If you want to get rid of the pro/street chassis, I’m interested. 

[Mr mopar]

Revell has already deleted this kit from the line up so sad !

[Motor City]

What a poor execution for a model kit.  It should have been accurately scaled and capable of being built stock.

[Ragtop Man]

Bob Johnson explained the development chapter and verse in a post that was on FB in a few modeling pages. This would be a great place for Tim Boyd to leap in! 

The goal was for the body to be a reasonable drop fit kitbash with the then-available Thunderbird Turbo Coupe... the Brian Borden rendering of the concept was a jaw dropper at the time and helped to green light the development and execution. It was a unique offering well out of the R/M wheelhouse at the time. 

The bash potential has been explored, but alas, the work required was more substantial than anticipated to develop a true LSC.  IIRC, Art Anderson had a corrected body for those game to blow up enough kits to build an accurate LSC, but I have no idea  how well it sold (or didn't.) 

[Mark]

This is one of those deals where you've got to be happy with what was done, as there was no way anyone was going to do a 100% stock one back in the day, let alone now.  The politics of the half loaf.

As for it already being dropped, the powers that be at Revell probably have a good idea of how many of these they can sell without too many ending up on closeout store shelves.  A few thousand is likely it...no more than a couple of shifts' production.

[thatz4u]

what chassis are you planning to use?

Edited October 14, 2024 by thatz4u

[niteowl7710]

2 hours ago, Motor City said:

What a poor execution for a model kit.  It should have been accurately scaled and capable of being built stock.

There wouldn't be a way to do both without having two kits given the Pro Stock chassis this thing is riding on. I - in my odd kit collecting ways - would have loved a stock LSC, but lamenting it 34 years later?

 

7 hours ago, Mr mopar said:

Revell has already deleted this kit from the line up so sad !

Revell reissues tend to be in runs around 4k pieces, if it's gone already then they sold out. That's a good thing, and a reminder to those who dilly-dally. In a world of limited production numbers, buy it when it comes out, or suffer the secondary market (price) consequences. 

[Mr mopar]

1 hour ago, niteowl7710 said:

There wouldn't be a way to do both without having two kits given the Pro Stock chassis this thing is riding on. I - in my odd kit collecting ways - would have loved a stock LSC, but lamenting it 34 years later?

 

Revell reissues tend to be in runs around 4k pieces, if it's gone already then they sold out. That's a good thing, and a reminder to those who dilly-dally. In a world of limited production numbers, buy it when it comes out, or suffer the secondary market (price) consequences. 

I have noticed that Revell is doing short runs now a days ,nothing last for more then two months ! 

[Stef]

2 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

...buy it when it comes out, or suffer...

Right you are, James. Back when they made squillions of a kit, one could wait decades to get one.

Nowadays, most kits are spoken for before they even hit the shelves.

When I see that Moebius wrecker, Imma peel a cap ta gits mine.

[gray07]

ive never seen one of these built , ive seen lots of prostreet model cars built but never this lincoln

[tim boyd]

On 10/7/2024 at 11:15 AM, Ragtop Man said:

Bob Johnson explained the development chapter and verse in a post that was on FB in a few modeling pages. This would be a great place for Tim Boyd to leap in! 

 

For those that are interested in further details on this topic, it is also addressed in detail in a Tim K. article/buildup in the spring 2024 issue of MCM (#224 - Icons" theme on the cover).  Tim's article includes information directly from Bob Johnson that further explains the rationale and development of the concept and the kit.

For those reading this forum that do not already do so, one more reason to buy or subscribe to the magazine that makes this forum possible, IMHO....TB 

Edited October 9, 2024 by tim boyd

[Ragtop Man]

Thank you, Tim - it is a story that deserves attention from serious modelers. 

[blubaja]

22 hours ago, gray07 said:

ive never seen one of these built , ive seen lots of prostreet model cars built but never this lincoln

Pics I found from 2012. Can't remember how far back before that I completed it?

 

[c. jackson]

On 10/7/2024 at 10:47 AM, thatz4u said:

what chassis are you plannig to use?

Thunderbird turbo coupe chassis will fit with some modifications 

[Justin Porter]

The Lincoln has been a modest success over my counter. There have been two primary customers for it.

#1 - Casual builders who were completely unaware the kit existed at all. These folks see this wild yellow Lincoln and then look on the box and see all the wild parts and the lift-off body and think it's a cool and different thing to build. 

#2 - Kitbashers. Just from over the counter conversations, I've heard plans to put this chassis under an AMT '64 Galaxie, an AMT '49 Merc, and a Revell '65 Shelby Mustang. 

I wouldn't say that it justified being permanently in the catalog alongside the '69 Camaro and the various Deuces, but it did all right.

[Chuck Kourouklis]

Pops had two LSCs, silver '86 with the 5-liter and white '84 with the BMW turbodiesel.

Got one when it first came out and you guys just sold me another, so...

thanks for that?

Edited October 11, 2024 by Chuck Kourouklis
MYs

[Ragtop Man]

On 10/11/2024 at 3:58 PM, Chuck Kourouklis said:

Pops had two LSCs, silver '86 with the 5-liter and white '84 with the BMW turbodiesel.

Got one when it first came out and you guys just sold me another, so...

thanks for that?

My father was a Ford employee, who could lease cars from the company each year, or, depending on retail inventory pressure, even sooner. 

He had LSCs for virtually every year they were on the Fox body platform, from a pretty-but-gutless '83 to the last in '88, a streak interrupted only by a few 5.0L stick Mustang hatches. SVO also built a few LSC prototypes with 5-speeds, but nothing ever came of it other than poetic reminiscene by David E. in a C&D editorial. 

L-M Dealers had no idea what to do with LSCs, and the few import-wise intenders who tripped into the showroom usually met up with a salesman used to selling pillow trim and vinyl tops. 

[Luc Janssens]

3 hours ago, Ragtop Man said:

My father was a Ford employee, who could lease cars from the company each year, or, depending on retail inventory pressure, even sooner. 

He had LSCs for virtually every year they were on the Fox body platform, from a pretty-but-gutless '83 to the last in '88, a streak interrupted only by a few 5.0L stick Mustang hatches. SVO also built a few LSC prototypes with 5-speeds, but nothing ever came of it other than poetic reminiscene by David E. in a C&D editorial. 

L-M Dealers had no idea what to do with LSCs, and the few import-wise intenders who tripped into the showroom usually met up with a salesman used to selling pillow trim and vinyl tops. 

Always like the design, which I got to know thru the TV series Jake and the Fatman, cuz I think I never seen the Lincoln in the flesh, at least in my neck of the woods.

Anyway...I was happy to obtain a copy of this kit, through a US friend.

 

Edited October 13, 2024 by Luc Janssens

[ncbuckeye67]

A co-worker would drive his dad's (86??) LSC to work every now & then. It was a charcoal gray color with a dark red interior. I called it his "hot rod Lincoln".