1956 continental mark 2

[Kaleb]

Does anyone make this in 1:24? I found it in 1:32.

[LDO]

Not in a plastic kit. There's is a "mint" diecast, possibly one from each mint, but no to plastic. I'd love to have one also. I got a resin kit about 15 years ago but it had dimensional problems (as in one side was longer than the other).

[regular guy]

Better Model Builders

those lincoln's were special, Ford lost money on those.

engines were hand assembled and test run on a stand.

not the usual get to the end of the assembly line and

'start it up and drive it off!'.

what about the Revell/Monogram SSP reissue?

are you saying that's 1/32?

Have A Nice Day!

[Chuck Most]

Revell did it in 1:32, but other than that, no kit.

[paul alflen]

REVELL , TIME TO PANAGRAPH YOUR 1/32 LINCOLN INTO A 1/25 SNAP KIT! HOW ABOUT IT? JUST 3-D SCAN IT. UPSIZE IT TO 1/25TH, AND CUT THE TOOLING ! INSTANT SNAP KIT MODEL.

[Kaleb]

Well that's disappointing I seen a picture of the car and started getting some ideas for it. I wouldn't mind a 1:24 curbside if they would make it.

[Harry P.]

Available from Frankin Mint in diecast form.

http://diecastramblings.com/PhotosDM&FM56lincoln&continental.html

[Dr. Cranky]

Thanks for the pictures, Harry, that sure is a wonderful, highly stylized car. If only they would do it in 1/24th kit form, that'd be great.

[Kaleb]

Just found out my uncle had a Lincoln close to this body style except it was a 4 door.

[Terror]

why the septic lines in the rear window of the pink car?j/w

[jas1957]

I think those were the A/C ducting, not positive though. The MK II is a car that is very much needed in plastic or resin.

[Rob Hall]

This would be an interesting subject for Moebius, but the one-version nature of the subject would probably limit it's potential...

[MrObsessive]

Danbury Mint also did this car.........IMO it's nicer than the Franklin Mint one with a bit better fit and finish. IIRC, they only offered it initially in black, but I believe other colors may have been available in limited runs.

[deja-view]

Interesting. The first "model" car I ever had was a '56 Continental Mark II. It was cream with a red interior, and I thought that faux contiental l kit built into the trunk was sooooo cool. I loved the grill and the shape of the whole car. It wasn't a kit....probably a dealer's promo car. My aunt had owned a '46-48 Continental Mk I coupe for quite a few years, maroon with a dark interior. She told me it was a Mk.I, but there seems to be some debate that a real Mk.I would be a '48. It was a tank...huge!

I remember her taking my brother and me to the movies in it, and how everyone kind of stared. I guess she was visiting the local dealership somewhere in the Wilshire area of Los Angeles, and that was where she got the little Mark II promo. On our next visit she was driving this big, angled-finned PINK '57 Continental coupe with white leather interior and A/C. Some have said it was probably a "Premiere", but again, I remember the "Continental" badges and script. From then on she was known as Betsy with the PINK Lincoln.

She was the spoiled daughter of a wealthy L.A. lawyer who later was a federal judge and had been involved in the big water scandals of the early 1900's (ala the movie with Jack Nicholson). After my mother graduated from Cal Berkeley, she and Betsy attended Radcliff together (my mom courtesy of the U.S. Navy) where Betsy also found out personally what a sexual hound dog Jack Kennedy was. Betsy was a character for sure, but her "thing" for Lincolns really stuck with me. I wish I still had that promo.

In reality, of course, the Continental Mark II was a huge car with such broad side panels that after time they were always dinged and dented, and the doors wouldn't hang straight. But that beautiful front and rear were almost "custom" looking. A 3/4 scale of those cars would be a huge hit today. Here's a link to a Yat Ming 1/18 Mark II: http://www.google.co...ed=0CLABEPMCMBI#

Edited March 29, 2012 by deja-view

[deja-view]

Good grief. My post got a messed up with no PP spacing. Well here's some pics: OK..fixed it.

My little promo was kinda like this:

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Betsy's first Continental was like this:

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And her '57 was like this, but it was a coupe:

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Or, more like this (notice the Mark II in the background).

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Edited March 29, 2012 by deja-view

[Kaleb]

I emailed mobieus about it, they told me they do take request for cars and that the email would be forwarded up the chain of command. Next to contact is the orginal manufacture and see I they will consider doing it in 1:24.

[Eshaver]

Joshua, I certainly hope you didn't stop at just the Mk II. I hope you asked for All of the Lincons , the MKI coupe , the Capri and maybe a Premiere................ Fins and I , well , we like one another ................... Ed Shaver