Matchbox Lesney Lincoln Continental Superfast Custom

For this custom, I decided to make a "one-of-none", something that was never made from the factory (to the best of my knowledge), but easily could have been. There were several variations of the #31 Lincoln made, the light teal color, metallic gold, and the darker blue all were made in the regular wheel line, though the gold is quite rare. As far as the Superfasts go, they were only made in gold and the light teal. The teal Superfast is pretty much made from unobtamium, but the gold is pretty common. So I found  a beater gold one on ebay and swapped chassis with a darker blue one from my collection. I think it turned out pretty nice! I've got a nice collection of Lincolns now.

With some friends:

Lesney #31c-Lincoln Continental Restoration

The Lincoln Continental is an all time American classic. With the debut of the new concept Continental, I thought it would be appropriate to showcase this custom one I just finished. Hope you like it! 

I bought this one as a cheap ebay beater in need of a better life. 

These old suicide door Contis just look sinister in black, so I knew what color I wanted to paint it... Gloss black, contrasted with a white interior, I think it looks perfect!

Pretty good looking, huh?

I'm getting quite a nice collection of this casting built up. Check out the Archives page for articles on the other custom Lincolns in these pics:

Lincoln Continental Convertible, 1964 - Model of the Day

One of my favorite Hot Wheels castings is out Model of the Day. The 1964 Lincoln Continental Convertible made its debut in the 2000 First Editions series. It has proven to be a pretty popular car for Hot Wheels, and has been in constant use ever since. They did a hardtop model in 2007 I believe, and that one might be a bit more realistic in proportions than this one, but I still like the original. The suicide-door Continental was such a cool car when it came out in 1961, and I still long to own one someday. The slight update in 1965 really did not look all that great to me, I much prefer the originals, and I think values reflect that!

This is one of the first customs I ever did, and one of the most fun! I can't remember what color I was originally wanting to paint it, but I dropped it while the paint was still wet and ruined it. So, instead of stripping and repainting it, I decided just to go with it haha. Got out a bunch of random paint jars and just went to town. I absolutely love how it came out, and it's one of the coolest cars in my collection. 

New Hot Wheels L Case Finds!

I happened to pop by Walmart at the right time today! Came across a brand new L case dump bin. Another collector was already there, but he was friendly and we sorted through it. Found a few El Caminos but no Supers. I've been suspicious for a while that there is a "collector" employee at that store that goes through everything before it gets to the floor. Either that or the guy that got there before me found it and lied to me haha. Who knows.

But that's ok. I'm not a big fan of the blue side of the aisle and tend to stay away from it. However, the blue guys have been putting out some excellent product, and there were a few cars that I just couldn't pass up.

Matte white Porsche 993 GT2

Old-School Nissan Skyline

This color works really well on the 458. Could do without the silly stripes though. 

Zamac 64 Continental, one of my favorite castings.

1970 Buick GSX. In my opinion the very best of the muscle car era.

A new Larry Wood casting I rather like, the Screamliner

How about some group pics with older releases?

The 2 releases of the Screamliner so far.

Easily one of the best castings in recent memory. Here's the new white one with the original Boulevard release and this year's red mainline car. The white car with the wheels from the yellow one would be my idea of perfection. Hmm...

The only two releases of this Skyline to my knowledge. I'm sure glad to see it back in the lineup!

Some great American sleds. 

#31c Lincoln Continental Transitional Refurbish

Good evening everyone! I'm getting back in the swing of things after my trip. I've got a big class starting tomorrow, so you probably won't be hearing from me much over the next couple months, but I will probably be fixing up old cars from time to time to keep my sanity! haha

Anyways, I got this Lincoln in a big lot a while back, and it's a weird one. Paint is almost flawless, but it was completely missing its windows, and all the chrome was gone from the wheels... Strange.

Weird, huh?

So I sourced a cheap beater Conti on the web that was missing its boot lid, but the windows were in perfect shape! I hate to tear up a car with such nice paint, but that's how it goes sometimes. 

Some odd residue on the inside of the body and chassis, but nothing a little dish soap, water, and an old toothbrush couldn't take care of!

Add in some sharpie marker for the wheels, and presto! Looks like she just came out of the box. 

Bonus pic with my 3 custom Continentals, and 1 original one!

#31c Lincoln Continental Restoration (Another One)

I've been busy today again as well. I pulled one of my favorite castings from the "junkyard" and set to work. This is the second one I've done, and I can't decide which I like better! They're both great.

Lincoln Restoration #1

Before Pictures:

And the after shots:

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