Sometimes I pass cars, sometimes they pass me. I check my mirrors and watch traffic. I certainly would not want to change lanes into that Navigator.
Wait – this is no Navigator. It’s a Lincoln Blackwood. This may be the first one of these I have ever seen. According to Wiki, these were sold only as 2002 models in the U.S. I guess that narrows it down for an ID of the year.
It’s a shame his tailgate isn’t open to allow a view of the stainless steel inner bed. Some people . . . .
The article also says that Lincoln built a grand total of 3,356 of these over a fifteen month production run. It is not often that I get passed by 3/10 of a percent of a vehicle’s entire production run all at once. But then, it’s Lincoln Week, isn’t it.
Bet that receiver has never seen a hitch… (unless maybe for a yacht trailer?)
The closest thing I’ve ever seen to one of these is a red Mark LT test vehicle a few months back.
I’ve been trying to find one for sale for a long time, as the obvious perfect replacement for my ’66 F-100.
Darn it, I could have set you up about two weeks ago. There was one for sale at the Kia dealer here.
It was gone before I could go back to get pictures.
Jeez; you’re really batting 1000 with me! Is there a red 404 convertible at the Kia dealer? One last chance….
Well, my batting average just dropped precipitously. However, if you are looking for a good Panther, I can set you up, as one used car dealer here in town has a batch in a true rainbow of colors straight from the state fleet.
Ummm…Pass…Sort of the current version of the ’71 Ford, eh?
But keep an eye out for a nice 404 Cabrio; one is bound to show up eventually there…you’ve got my juices flowing for a red convertible now!
Can’t say I blame you on passing on the Panthers; I’ve had my quota.
I’ll keep an eye out.
I had this happen to me last week. I was parusing autotrader.ca for an S60 and decided to check kijiji. The search came up with four 04-06 s60’s I looked at the first one and It was perfect black on black leather, manual with a folder of reciepts from new and only two owners. I checked out the other three and tried to go back to the first but it was gone. The add was up for about 12 minutes.
This is why Lincoln is an insignificant brand now. If someone had told me in the 1980s that one day Lincoln and Cadillac would be trying to find their way by making trucks, station wagons and SUV’s I would never have believed it. Then again, I would never have believed they would be in the mess they are today. Sometimes I think we are all just reaching back for our childhood cars.
Other than with enthusiasts outside the US Lincoln doesnt even exist.
That sucker needs a load of pulpwood in the bed…or a personalized ‘POSEUR’ license plate.
Lincoln Blackwood!? That’s not a car, it’s a porn star name’
Let me try that one on my xhamster search…
I could see why Lincoln attempted this, considering the (relative) success of the Escalade EXT variant. But the new-style ’02 Escalade officially wiped out the Navigator in the big lux SUV game while the Blackwood didn’t look much different from the original Navigator from the front. It also lacked the EXT’s midgate system. I also believe the bed of the Blackwood was carpeted, so not much utility there.
I didn’t realize these were so rare. When I was in college at USC (Southern Cal) circa ’01-’05, a guy who lived in the frat house next door to mine drove one. He was the definition of a spoiled d-bag.
And that’s all I have to say about that.
Some photos online show a bed with a carpeted floor and stainless sides. I suppose you would need a bedliner to use this as a truck. I am sort of surprised that nobody else has tried a tailgate design like this. As was pointed out above, the way folks use trucks today, something like the old Magic Doorgate on Ford wagons might be very useful in a pickup.
Urgh, these cars. A few vital stats sum it up, courtesy of C&D’s 2002 road test:
Bed space: 27 cubic feet (a bit less than your average hatchback)
Curb weight: 5,637 lbs (about two hatchbacks)
0-60: 8.1 seconds (faster than some hatchbacks)
Sticker: $54,500 (in 2002 dollars, at least three or four hatchbacks)
But at least the rear console looks like a toilet.
“According to Wiki, these were sold only as 2002 models in the U.S.”
I was wondering if there was in any significance to the phrase “in the U.S.” I checked the Wiki article — and found that its first paragraph states the following:
“The Blackwood was a pickup truck from the Lincoln division of American automaker Ford Motor Company. It was sold in the United States in 2002 only, and sold in Mexico 2002 and 2003.”
According to Wiki, while the later Mark LT pickup is no longer sold in the U.S., it continues to be available in Mexico, “where it is the brand’s best-selling model”. Apparently there is big market for Lincoln pickups in Mexico?
FWIW, the Mark LT article states that the Blackwood was never sold in Canada.
Have you been to Mexico in recent years? Lots of gangstas….the Blackwood is perfect for the jobs they do: four doors for quick exit and entry, and a bed for hauling off the body (if they deign to bother).
http://www.lincoln.mx/vehiculos/marklt Here’s an example in a surprisingly nice colour – though the grille is especially retina-searing.
Déjà vu.
Are those swing-out doors on the rear?
WHAT…would THAT be for?
Was ANY thought put into that thing? ANY? Like, WHY would someone who wants a crew-cab 4×4 truck, want to spend money on a Lincoln nameplate and bling?
Who would tow with it? Who would take it off-road? Who would even put it IN SNOW, given its obviously-high price?
Yes the tail gate was a split swing out affair, all the better for putting your golf clubs in the trunk/bed. In reality I don’t know why no ones brings the basic trunk/bed concept of the Blackwood back as an option, it certainly is in line with how the average 1/2 ton crew cab is used today, as a replacement for a full size sedan.
According to Wikipedia, the Blackwood was not available with four wheel drive.
I definitely wasn’t a fan of the Blackwood when it first came out, but then they released the Mark LT. Suddenly the Blackwood seems like a far superior vehicle, with some very unique Lincoln touches (like the somewhat bizarre carpeted TruckTrunk™ and faux-wood on the rear fenders and tailgate). An F-150 with a Lincoln grille it isn’t. I certainly have no interest in a “luxury” pickup truck, but if I had to pick one, this would be it hands down.
sckid213: I had to laugh at your description of the spoiled d-bag frat boy, but, hey, USC was always known derisively as the “University of Spoiled Children.” I can say that with equanimity as I was a student there circa 1965-1972. Some things never change, the spoiled obnoxious d-bags existed in spades in my day, too, but back then they drove GTO’s and 442’s.
These Blackwoods and Mark LT’s are Exhibit A why Lincoln finds itself in its present diminished and insignificant state. That America’s Most Distinguished Motorcar could devolve into these gross luxo-barge pickups, not to mention their other pitiful alphabet soup offerings, is shameful.
This one seemed to suffer from the same problem of the TBird that came out around that time. A cool, well received show car that took f-o-r-e-v-e-r to see production, and by the time it came out, everyone’s desire to own one had passed. These things were fashion fads, and you have to strike quickly to cash in on them.
I think the Blackwood show car came out in 1999. By 2002, it had been exciting 3 years ago. Also, coming out right on the heels of 9/11/01 was certainly bad timing. It is interesting that they pulled the plug so quickly.
Started working at a Lincoln dealer in September of ’04… still had one on the lot. Big surprise.
This is another Ford product which has large red reflector panels inside of functioning outer lights. I know it’s a cheap way to change the look but they should have made them real lights or left them off. They did this a lot.
All I remember about the Blackwood was that Lincoln had american chopper built a themed motorcycle “inspired” by it for the auto show circuits for some reason. How that promoted the truck, I’ll never know.
A ghastly and grotesque machine. Thanks for the heads up as I didn’t know they existed and now I’ll be on the watch so I can get the kids in the house safely prior to their ascent…
Ford must have sold a good percent of the total in SoCal as I see one every now and then. About two weeks ago I saw a Blackwood on Wilshire in Westwood that looked showroom new. It was being driven by a young man in his early 20’s. I remember seeing them on Rodeo in Beverly Hills when they were new.
Tonight in Westwood I saw parked a pristine (or restored) black 65 Lincoln Continental sedan. Now that is a Lincoln!