1953 Lincoln Cadillac

[mrindy77]

This is a 1/43 scale Provence Moulage kit of the 1953 Lincoln Cadillac that raced in the Carrera Panamerica road race. It is probably the most bizarre car I have ever built.  The canopy of the car was a from airplane, I think a T6 Texan. The car was raced by Jose Ham Gunam and failed to finish. Dupont Cadillac Firemist red shot through the Paasche and lots of bare metal foil. Weird!

Edited December 24, 2015 by mrindy77

[Harry P.]

Lincoln Cadillac?

[BIGTRUCK]

It really does exist, what a little divers area...nice build, lots of chrome..

[DumpyDan]

Well isn't that a neat little car

[Speedfreak]

I'll take two please.

 

Edited December 24, 2015 by Speedfreak

[Art Anderson]

Interesting mashup!  Seems almost appropriate, given that both Cadillac and Lincoln were founded by the same man.  Henry M. Leland.

 

[Jonathan]

Wow!  That's something!  Nice work on a strange bird. Would love to see this in 1/25 or 1/24!

[slusher]

Cool..

[Ace-Garageguy]

'bout as close as Mexico got to a space program...

...seems as though the race-preparation plan went something like "attach many shiny things to car"...

 

...canopy was from a Vultee BT-13/15 trainer...   

Edited December 24, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy

[DeeCee]

YEP!!! That is wierd, but looks good though.

[Chuck Most]

Beautiful buildup of a not-so-beautiful car.  My hat is off to anyone who can build 1:43 scale that cleanly. 

[peekay]

Extraordinary model. Somehow I'm not surprised that the car didn't finish the course.

[bbowser]

OMG!  Even for the '50s that's over the top.

[JDGREEN]

HMMMMMM?

[HotRodaSaurus]

 

I posted a pic of this some years back under a different title, something like Caddishmitt. Anyway, I grabbed some photos from an old copy of Motor Trend I believe, or some car publication from the 1950s. Well a few years ago it got resurrected by some South American members on the HAMB pages.  

Here is a link to the full feature(Topic) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/iii-la-panamericana.482520/

 

 

Edited January 3, 2016 by HotRodaSaurus

[Bernard Kron]

Fabulous subject and beautiful execution in such a small scale. I have always felt about this car and their entry in the Carrera that the attitude was "if you're gonna give a party you should come dressed in style"!

Edited January 3, 2016 by Bernard Kron

[Eric Macleod]

One can only imagine the reaction this car received on the road. Fantastic subject and execution.  Can you tell us more about the building of it?

[misterNNL]

I was just thinking these guys may have not ever planned on actually winning the race but had heard the old addage"if it don't go fast,chrome it'.it's also the only race car I ever saw with tail gunner's seat in the back!