49 -51 Lincolns, lets see them.

Ive searched on here and turned up virtually nothing on these cars . Were any of them done up back in the day? I know the Merc body is the same from the firewall back. Looking for any and all pictures , stock, custom ,2dr, 4 dr. Thanks

 

mine and my pops 50. hope the thread produces a lot of pics. these classics are overlooked by many.

 

here's one I found this past summer.

 

Sweet! I've been waiting for this thread! I've had her 2 years. Body mods were done back in the 80's. Previous owner installed 350/th400. I installed new wiring harness and lots of bulbs, switches and guages. 65 chevy truck steering wheel, 4 wheel wilwood discs, Jamco leafs, wheels and tires and primer white. She'll be pearly white someday. Dummy spots are now mounted inside on the kick panel and hold speakers.

 

What was done to that white one , removed trim , shaved?

 

yep...nosed, decked, side trim, door handles. All the chrome around the grille... front bumper moved in 1.5" bumperettes gone, center section of grille removed, then both sides pushed together, narrowing it. frenched 59 caddy taillights w/clear lenses, and dual frenched antennas, one on each side.

 

ttt

 

its not mine. nice chop, a few too many 59 lens'. i couldn't grab the other pics off of the slide show, so heres a link.
http://www.cars-on-line.com/26058.html
all around nice custom.

 

Come on down to my house.

 

Here’s my girl, I picked her up 3 months ago from NV. Everything is stock from what I can tell. She has a 350 small block out of a 1972 GMC truck, I have big plans coming up.

-49BULLY

 

Plans/ Bags, Shaved,Framework and paint

-49BULLY

 

Thats a sweet looking ride ! dig the 2 tone paint. How about some interior shots?

 

51 Lincoln

 

I have that same side trim on my 49 Merc. It is rare 1951 Lincoln "Lido" trim. Fits so well!.........OLDBEET

 

I thought this thread could use a revival seeing I plan on buying a 50-51 Lincoln.

 

anyone?

 

check out my webshots and their is a "custom" one that was in hot rod nov. 62' updates on this car soon.

 

This is the only pic I have...

 

there were two body styles...don't know if anyone mentioned that. the Cosmopolitan, and the "baby" lincoln, which went by a few different names....that's the one that's basically the same as the merc from the windshield back. here's mine: it's a work in progress. seems like forever!

got rid of the dumb coon tail...don't know why i though that was a good idea future plans are to chop (motivated now since some asshat broke my rear window at the Road Rockets show this year...bastardas) and to re-ring the 429 caddy we put in there last winter. then lots of body work...then paint.


got more somewhere...

 

I Really like this one except the Lake pipes and the painted headlight bezels.

 

Going to go look at this one this weekend..

 

My neighbor has a 49 baby 4 door in his garage he's rebuilding. He's got a dual pot intake for it and some other stuff all done but he's very slow. He got his engine back 3 years ago and it hasn't moved since. It is painted and sitting there.

Is the spare motor he's got worth having? I can get it I suspect but I don't want to sink a million bux into it. It isn't stuck but it sat in a yard in Philly for 30 years because the PO dropped off the car for a new gas tank and then never came back for the car. It was pretty rotted but he brought it home and saved what he could. One thing was the motor and it will spin but never tried to fire it.

I'll try to get pics if he's home this weekend. It is off white.

 

Here's my progress...

 

Does your buddy have the tranny attached to the engine? Either way, a running one can bring some good money. I sold mine to fund my 429 cad transmission rebuild. I stuck it on ol' ebay and got good money for it since it was a runner.

 

Here mine. got a 400 SBF on it with C6. Rust Free but nees interior, rakes sorting and a rewire for the summer. Supposed to be a Cosmo but it has a split screen so i don;t know

 

Here is a pic of my '49 Baby Lincoln Coupe as it was in Miami.
I have since bought it home to New Zealand and 9 months later
it looks a wee bit different.
Here is a link to 200+ pics of my coupe etc..

http://picasaweb.google.com/vicki.budgeting/My49LincolnCoupeBuild#