'48 Slinkin' Lincoln Low Rider - FINISHED!!

[badroadahead]

The Lincoln Low-Rider - I still need to come up with a name for this.

I bought a couple ’48 Lincoln glue-bombs at NNL East a few years ago and decided to build something out of them. They are really old models and glued with old style glue, so they were pretty well glued and melted in spots.

I took the whole body apart. There was about 10 pieces and I smoothed them and re-assembled.

I’m making this a low rider Lincoln. I first was going to use an old Ford 426 engine but I decided to use the straight eight from the Rommels Rod. If I can get it to fit well I will use it, if not maybe I’ll go back to the Ford engine.

Not a whole lot of progress although I have already put in about 6 hours in re-working the body and gathering parts.

Thanks for looking and I hope you like it.

All constructive criticism welcome.

Dave

[TooOld]

Looks like a fun project ! No ideas for a name . . .

[showrods]

Since it's a low rider how about "Slinkin' Lincoln"...

[badroadahead]

Jan 7, 2022 9:56:55 GMT -6 showrods said:

Since it's a low rider how about "Slinkin' Lincoln"...

That sounds like a good name Showrods!! Thanks!
Dave

[badroadahead]

I started with a ’48 Lincoln glue bomb. This must have been build (very poorly) about 50 years ago. I had to take apart every piece including all the body parts.
I decided to remove the single headlights and put in double headlights and remove some of the front bumper to view the cool grill better. I added a ’36 Mercedes straight eight engine (from Rommels Rod), as it fit perfectly. I put some holes in the rear fenders for the exhaust tips, added spoke wheels into the lowered body. I also shortened the windshield and the ragtop roof.
The interior is a mix match of seats and door panels from a ’61 Chevy. The console is from the Red Baron altered to fit between the Impala seats. The speakers and rear panel are scratch-built.
Thanks for looking and I hope you like it.

[donculley]

Holy cow, now that's what I call a save ! To be honest, I wasn't sure what you could do with the messed up mess you started with, but it turned out to be a real beauty

[stilljustharley]

Man, if you see that beauty in your rear view mirror, it's time to pull over!

[stevielewis]

Beautiful!

[rodsnracin]

Looks like Stephen King is going to be writing a new book! Move over, Christine!

[badroadahead]

Thank you for all your kind comments. It was a challenging build.

[chromecop]

Really nice build !

[patw]

WOW! What a difference! Superb job you made of that.