DOTS: For the Love of Lincolns Edition

"Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available" (whoistheleader2) 07/01/2020 at 22:51 • Filed to: Dots, Lincoln

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I have never seen so many Lincolns in one place before. This one shop had a lot, and I mean a lot, of lincolns.

I’m not entirely sure who buys these but evidently there are enough to warrant a Lincoln land yacht specialty shop.

Perhaps most interesting was this Lincoln Continental Mk V. There were many others but this one was the easiest to photograph. It’s hard to get across just how vast these cars are.

Those clear turn signal housings with an illuminated Lincoln logo are classy. Covered headlights are also cool.

Faux spare tire hump is perhaps less classy.

Vinyl top was in good condition. You can see a little rust bubble from trapped water, which seems to confirm this is an older respray. The interior was very good but the sun didn’t like my puny efforts to photograph it.

Just in case you didn’t understand that there were a lot of Lincolns. Four doors. Two doors. Town Cars. Continentals. Good shape. Bad shape. They had them all. And the random Ford Crown Victoria pictured.

I didn’t think GM cars were allowed here. The turd brown Continental with a not period correct metal flake agrees.

Poor Impala, surrounded by these curmudgeony old Fords and Lincolns.

I’ve always thought these older Panther platform Crown Victorias were quite good looking for what they were. This one has received a surprisingly restrained donk treatment.

This old Corolla has been around the block and back and lived to tell about it. It belongs to a gas station employee based on its daily appearance at this spot guarding the ice cooler.

I didn’t know it was possible to wear out a car so quickly, but this mid 2010s Elantra is missing a doorhandle, has extreme plastic fading, and has one of the fluffiest wheel covers I’ve ever seen. How do they get in?

This rare Kia Rondo had car seats three across in the rear. There was not much room, but they fit. I’m impressed.

The apartment complex also had an surprising amount of one lane blind corners for two way traffic as well as an alarmingly dangerous goose, chicken, and other flightless bird infestation. I suspect fowl play.

There was also an Isuzu Oasis zooming around with no regard for the birds’ or anyone else’s safety, ignoring proper precaution around said single lane blind corners. Proceeding slowly I had some close calls and I don’t feel a rebadged first gen Odyssey would be more confidence inspiring.

Maroon crew

Rare Infiniti M45. This was a Nissan Gloria? IDK.

A real old timer. I don’t see many late 30s pickups on the road. Look at that cutesy GMC script!

A junkyard I may visit soon to scavenge some Volvo parts. I didn’t know this existed.

ranwhenparked > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/01/2020 at 23:01

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I still see more 1980-89 Town Cars on the road than almost any other ‘80s vintage passenger car, and its not just because I owned one and notice them more. I saw two out and about today, literally nothing else close in age.

They might not ride as well as a Cadillac, and parts availability may be surprisingly crappy, but  Wixom did build a solid, durable car.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > ranwhenparked 07/01/2020 at 23:12

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They are impressive and durable things, that you are right about. I don’t really think I see more of them than any other 80s car though. I do see more than their contemporary Cadillacs though.

fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/01/2020 at 23:13

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That Town Coupe is pretty rare, MY 1980-81 only, I think.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > fintail 07/01/2020 at 23:16

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Yes, very uncommon.

Want to try your hand at pinning a year on the GMC and the Impala?

ranwhenparked > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/01/2020 at 23:16

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Around here, most things older than the 90s disappeared awhile ago, unless it's a truck or at a car show. If I see one '80s car a day, it's a lot. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > ranwhenparked 07/01/2020 at 23:20

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80s cars have gotten a bit thin on the ground but depending on the area you're in, you'll see a few daily driven in a day. Not too many in wealthier areas but in poorer areas they remain cheap to fix with good parts availability. 80s Nissan sport coupes are also pretty popular for budget fun cars.

fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/01/2020 at 23:21

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Impala is a 64.  GMC is tough as they didn’t change much over a long period.  I’d wager 1940-46.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > fintail 07/01/2020 at 23:22

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Aww I had pinned it as a 38 or so. Trucks are slow to change to styles.

Good finds today.

fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/01/2020 at 23:25

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The Town Coupe could be the rarest spot, nice one.

The truck could be a few years older, hard to tell from that angle.  A front end pic would tell a lot, of course.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > fintail 07/01/2020 at 23:32

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Notice the cardboard sun screen in the window. Someone has plans for it and those plans don't involve a cracked dash. Probably going to be donked but maybe it will have a light restoration. Sadly more rare than valuable.

fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/01/2020 at 23:35

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Donking is better than it being crushed.  There’s little value even if mint, those things are peak malaise, probably has like a 130hp V8.    I don’t find the design offensive though, and the turbine wheels look good.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > fintail 07/01/2020 at 23:39

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Donking is really its only hope with that terrible paint and probably uno btainium interior bits cracked or missing. The cardboard sun screen is encouraging though, since none of the others had them.

fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/01/2020 at 23:43

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Donk or lowrider, it could end up as either (might be a cool lowrider with its ostentatious design), beats ending up as a Chinese toaster.   I have no problem with unloved cars being modified.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > fintail 07/01/2020 at 23:45

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I have no problem with cars being loved. I don’t always like the form that live takes but at least they are cared for. Lotta do nks around.

fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/01/2020 at 23:47

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Donks aren’t a thing here, so they amuse me. This is the area of the loud modified Subaru.

Quite a few old MB sedans end up on air suspension and do the sit on the ground thing - saves the cars from rotting away, fine with me.  Someone loves it, we all have our own tastes (mine are mostly as stock as possible).

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > fintail 07/01/2020 at 23:53

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I tend to prefer a stock look with minor mechanical conveniences added.

Donks are pretty big here. Bigger than low riders. You don’t have to be unfamiliar with them to be amused. I also regularly chuckle when I see crazy stances cars.

Donked sedans are the old school look, but those same wheels have a similar look and better drivability on trucks and SUVs. Tahoe s in particular pull them off better than most.

This may more be the land of the loud stanced Nissan if you exclude the obvious reign of terror the bro trucks hold.

fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/02/2020 at 00:00

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I can go for that too. Like the fintail has an electronic ignition upgrade for easier maintenance. But stance, paint and interior surfaces etc, I like to be correct.

The only thing I worry about with donks is poor engineering, but I suppose I don’t see stories of the wagon wheels falling off, so maybe they are OK. I think I’ve seen the most of them in Atlanta, and Dallas-Houston.

Other local things are tuned BMWs/Audis,  fancy techdork Jeeps loaded up with Chinesium-looking accessories, and some tuned Japanese cars - a Nisfiniti VQ can be in that group.  

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > fintail 07/02/2020 at 00:12

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A convoy rolled past me today that is indicative of the tuner culture. An NA Miata with lots of primer and bondo with a subtle stance, an earsplittingly loud 370Z, also with primer and bondo but with a body kit, and a similarly modified but actually painted Genesis coupe. Bro trucks and Keeps are pretty universal but we get a little of everything, being a city of people from everywhere.

I can’t say Subarus are the most common to see modified.

Oh, you said a while ago something about the shiny asphalt. Some construction had unearthed the brown older style stuff beneath it. Interesting.

I see a lot of that tan color  asphalt in Tennessee.

fintail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/02/2020 at 01:08

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There’s a flat brimmed hat vapebro tuner culture here too (who’d like a ruined Miata/Z/Genesis coupe), I think it is a cultural universal now.

Looks like the source of the pavement change. I vividly recall being in suburban Atlanta on a sunny day, and when the sun hit the pavement at the right angle, it sparkled.

Old-Busted-Hotness > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/02/2020 at 07:59

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FYI, the Panther platform goes back to ‘79, so all the Lincolns there are Panthers, too. Except the Mark V.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Old-Busted-Hotness 07/02/2020 at 10:25

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I did not know that. Thanks. Didn’t know the Conti had a besp oke platform either.

Old-Busted-Hotness > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/02/2020 at 13:43

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I think the Mark V shares its platform with the T-Bird. They both got shrunk in 1980. Mark VI is truly unloved, as the styling carried over from the M k V just doesn’t work on the smaller Fox platform. Everything is out of proportion.

The Town Car ha s 3 inches more in the WB than the Vic and Grand Marquis, but is still a Panther. I think that gold Town Coupe uses the shorter frame, but not sure.

Lincoln still made the full-size Town Car in 1979, called Collector’s Edition. I think it was a short run while they ramped up the Panther-based TCs, but it was a long time ago and I don’t remember. The Collector’s TC didn’t have opera windows.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Old-Busted-Hotness 07/02/2020 at 18:37

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Interesting stuff. Opera windows are cool.