1948 lincoln continental

[Jeff Sauber]

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Edited November 22, 2009 by J. Sauber

[styromaniac]

Cool subject Jeff.

I remember all the old Pyro 1/32nd "TableTop" kits..some of them were actually pretty nice. I recall they also had a few larger scale cars.

Assuming this is one of 'em.

[Modelmartin]

The Lindberg is the old Pyro kit originally and it is a little lacking in finesse. I expected to see something severely pro-streeted from you!!! I like seeing it done mildly street-rodded. Those Continentals are such cool cars. Looking forward to seeing you finish this one.

There is a guy in Iowa who drives around in the coupe version of this Lincoln but it has a 427 SOHC motor in it. That thing really rumbles when it cruises past. It is 100% stock otherwise. Parked at the curb you would have no idea whats under the hood.

[mr moto]

It's great to see somebody doing something good with one of those! They're very cool cars but, like you say, the old Pyro/Lindberg tooling leaves a lot to be desired. Keep it goin'! I can tell this is gonna be really good!

[FloridaBoy]

Pyro and Lindberg picked some very nice kits to screw up. I just put together a horrid Cord, which took me to the limits of my ability to cope with a overpriced poor model. I tried to make the best, because the Lincoln, Cord and Auburn are great foundations from which to add your own scratchbuilt or kitbashed parts to make a viable model. So that is where I find my solace in those kits.

The model looks terrific, and from experience with the Cord, I know how much body work he did to achieve that end, and my hat is off to the builder. Way to go. What a lot of work just to achieve what should have been stock in the box, and any unknowing judge in a contest wouldn't know to credit the builder with the extent of work and workmanship. This model and its sisters sort of prove my point for model car judge requirements -- not only to evaluate the work product, but evaluate what work was done to achieve it.

Ken "FloridaBoy" Willaman

[jbwelda]

that motor looks great under the hood!