Chuck Most Posted July 4, 2012 Posted July 4, 2012 (edited) First of all, a bit of history... What actually became the '49 Mercury was originally meant to be the Ford, but management deemed it too big and it was instead used for the Mercury and junior Lincoln line, known as the 9EL or 'Baby Lincoln'. The larger Lincoln Cosmopolitan was a completely different car, though it did appear similar to the smaller Mercury/Lincoln 9EL. The 9EL was a bit longer than the Mercury, both in wheelbase and overall measurements, but I'm keeping the Mercury wheelbase and body length for this. It's a custom after all, right? Here I've cut the hood free, and extended it down all the way to the grille opening, by cutting the top off the grille opening and gluing it to the bottom edge of the hood. Compared to the Merc, the Lincoln's hood was a bit more narrow, and the fenders were slightly wider in front. I glued the hood along the front and sides, and then cut along the hood bulge. The former hood sides will be blended into the fender tops with putty. I've also blocked off the stock headlights- the Lincoln's lights were a bit lower and more inboard compared to the Merc. I will also rework the grille opening to resemble the Lincoln's. I happened to have a pristine set of wheel covers from an AMT '62 Lincoln Continental annual, and they fit the Revell tires and wheel backs after I filed the backsides flat. That's about it for now, I'm leaving the body mostly stock (the rear already looks like a Lincoln with the '50 taillamps), but I'm thinking of leveling out the 'step' in the fender line- that styling trait never made much sense to me. The interior will also be mostly stock, but the dash will be reworked into the Lincoln piece. For power I'm leaning toward the Laethem-blown MEL 430 from the AMT '25 T kit. Edited July 4, 2012 by Michigan Madman
Custom Mike Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 And now for something completely different.... Looks like a great start Chuck, will this one be weathered or nice and shiny?
Chuck Most Posted July 5, 2012 Author Posted July 5, 2012 And now for something completely different.... Looks like a great start Chuck, will this one be weathered or nice and shiny? Gloss all the way- I'm leaning toward a dark burgundy for the body, with a burgundy/white two tone interior.
Custom Mike Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) Nice and classy color for a classy car. I've got a resin Chopped Hudson I'm painting for a friend in a two-tone burgundy nail polish. Some cars just call for certain colors, ya know? Edited July 5, 2012 by Custom Mike
CemetaryAngel81 Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 Always liked these cars,there's plenty of subtle differences between the Lincoln and Merc of these years,I so hope you pull this off,gonna be killer!
Chuck Most Posted July 5, 2012 Author Posted July 5, 2012 Temporarily attached the hood to the body so I could blend in the countours. Truth be told I'm thinking of keeping the hood in place and doing it as a curbside, but I guess we'll see....
Dr. Cranky Posted July 6, 2012 Posted July 6, 2012 The suspense is killing me with this one. I say go curbside. It will look interesting enough.
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 6, 2012 Posted July 6, 2012 Nice conversion shaping up here. You just never see these Lincolns and they make beautiful cars. Great idea.
CEKPETHO BCE Posted July 23, 2012 Posted July 23, 2012 I love baby Lincolns. Too bad there isn't a kit of them.
Chuck Most Posted July 23, 2012 Author Posted July 23, 2012 I love baby Lincolns. Too bad there isn't a kit of them. Not yet... but a well-known caster is working on a stock curbside '49 9EL. Not sure when it will be out, but I have every intention of gettin one once they're available.
carsntrucks4you Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) Please make a mold of it. I want one. The existing resin models of a '49 Lincoln (R&R and RMOM) are all based old amt Mercury, like the upcoming stock '49 Lincoln. Here some pictures of the new Lincoln from Replicas Miniatures of Maryland The master was done by Rik Hoving 20 years ago. You need a '49 Merucry from amt Edited July 24, 2012 by carsntrucks4you
Chuck Most Posted July 24, 2012 Author Posted July 24, 2012 That is cool! This one is a bit rough for resin casting, but I'll keep it in mind. When it comes to mastering stuff for resin, I can take freakin' forever to get a conversion done. Just ask Kris Morgan if you don't believe me.
Chuck Most Posted July 25, 2012 Author Posted July 25, 2012 Minor update- went ahead and leveled out the 'step' in the fender line-
JasonFL Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 I like where your taking this. I'm working on my 49 merc and I did my kinda similar, looks clean. Can't wait to see it finished, keeping up,
RatRodMarc Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 Very nice love the way its turning out nice work
Chuck Most Posted August 10, 2012 Author Posted August 10, 2012 Chassis is done- aside from the mods needed to the frame and exhaust to accomodate a Lincoln 430 engine (more on that later), it is build just as Revell intended. Might be able to get it just a little bit lower, but if not I do like the OOB stance. Not the best pic, but you can judge for yourself. Also- I might use the kit Lake pipes, so it shouldn't be rocker-scraping if you want to run those, and I want to leave my options open at this point.
CEKPETHO BCE Posted August 24, 2012 Posted August 24, 2012 That looks great. I'd love a rasin version of that
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