Hiss; boo! This is all kinds of wrong…Especially since this is a rust-free California car. trabantusa found this ’64 Conti re-purposed into a BBQ near Hanford, CA. Presumably it didn’t start out as a convertible, but it’s been converted now.
A Continental-style steak for you, or a Lincoln-burger?
Seeing that done to a rust-free Cali car makes me ill…
+1,I’m not really a fan of these cars but it’s wrong on every level.Before anyone accuses me of Lincophobia I really like the 55,56 and Mk VII & Mk VIII.
This disgusts me.
That style Lincoln has always been my favorite. What a tacky shame!
“America’s most distinguished motorcar,” what an ignominious fate.
I believe this is (more correctly, was) a ’64, the 63’s and 64’s shared similar grilles, but this has the ’64-’65 dash and ’64 rear trunk lid trim treatment, although it has the ’65 taillights.
Quite right, it is a ’64. Whenever I think I have the subtle difference between the two grilles down, I invariably get them wrong again.
“Talk to the man [whose Dad] owns [ed] one.” [with apologies to Packard] Don, was it a 64 or 65 your family owned?
This is just so wrong…
Yeah, this is almost too painful to look at. My parents’ Continental was a ’65, all black, just like this one (or what remains of it). Fabulous car, as I’ve posted before, the penultimate Lincoln. Which reminds me, I have to go back and reread Paul’s incredible writeup of this model!
*sob*
This REALLY ticks me off! Take a beautiful car, and turn it into something stupid. I’m sure alcohol was involved…looks like it was a ’64 sedan. Yes, it does look like it was probably sitting behind a garage or something for decades, but that doesn’t make it right.
I guess I should be glad a Hupmobile or Hudson Terraplane wasn’t nearby when they came up with this brilliant idea…
“Yessir, my Pappy usta say that them Lincolns always had real good heaters. Could practically cook ya, he would say. Gave me a idear. . . .”
Would that be a “Hot Rod Lincoln”?
“Now, when Pappy says da Lincoln is a-smokin’, it’s got a whole new meaning!”
“Smoke was rollin’ outta the back when I started to gain on that Cadillac . . .”
FOR SALE: 1964 Lincoln Continental converted non-convertible conversion. One lady owner (the other 23 were men); car has lived in Hanford, CA, all its life and was only ever driven to church every Sunday…in Phoenix, AZ. Factory black paint, comes with built-in flames. Fitted with custom-hand-made stainless steel windscreen frame. Very rare bottled-gas powered model. Really hot car! Needs interior
work. No title, but comes with (hot) plates. May suit motel-owner looking to attract more clientele with acontinentalcooked breakfast option. Winning bidder receives free sauce and a side of onions!+1
What they did to the car bothers me, but all the litter, dust, and crap surrounding the car bothers me even more. Haven’t they ever heard of a California Car Duster?
Ugh. I can only hope this car was wrecked, with too significant of frame/body damage to make a legit candidate for restoration…
Oy I don’t know what is worse if it had been crushed or turned into this grill…
At least I hope most of the 59 Cadillacs that ended up 1/2 sticking out of a wall were hopeless restoration candidates.
Reminds me of what happened to that Lincoln from Animal House. Once upon a time these were just old money pits in plentiful supply much like an Escalade is today.
BBQ ‘d when parked 🙁
A car museum at Paraparaumu I visited had a barbeque built out of a R model Mack truck.
Many American cars are converted to run on LPG (propane) here. This is not the way to do it.
Carbeque
+1.
Lincoln Incontinental.
Years ago there was a TV-show, “the Customizer”, or something like that. They cut up a car and made a mobile BBQ, was this some prototype ? By the way, I especially remember the blonde girl, cutting and welding all over the place.
Just for the hell of it, I’ll take the contrary view and say that this unfortunate display has nevertheless probably introduced many to the beauty of these cars.
It’s a bit like the ‘killer whales in captivity’ issue – painful to see, but possibly beneficial too.
Ouch. That’s not right to do something like that. Anyway, watch this video for a really nice example of a 1964 (I think) convertible, showcasing those wonderful pillar-mounted courtesy lights –
I love the little off-idle puffs from the dual exhaust…
* Door * mounted courtesy lamps. I don’t know how I input ‘pillar’, I meant door –