By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

If I saw Calvin’s Lincoln Aviator on the freeway, I think I’d keep my distance…

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

We know how you all like to gripe and moan about all the sweet concept cars that’re unveiled every year at the auto shows but will never be available for purchase. Well guess what: they are now–as long as you don’t mind that they’re Lincolns. The 2004 Mark X concept below, the Lincoln version of Ford’s Thunderbird, will be among those put up for auction, along with (in order of appearance after the jump) the 2001 MK9 concept, the 2004 Aviator, the 2005 MKS, and (total hotness) the 2004 Navicross. The only problem: they’re not going to be able to be legally registered to drive in the US, which is really a shame. And I imagine that getting parts for at least some of them might present some problems. See more pics at Carscoop.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

This pic of Roel’s ’68 Lincoln Continental was taken at the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

This ride has been all over the collectors’ market in the last year or so–most recently last June, it set many tweed caps spinning when it sold at the Leake Auction in Tulsa for a record-setting $1.08 million (read a nasty and indignant editorial scoffing over the Lincoln’s sale here). Aviator Howard Hughes originally purchased this Lincoln K Model V-12 open-top limo in 1936, then fitted it with its weird riveted-aluminum half-fuselage for obscure Howard Hughes reasons: the bulbous silver body has been variously described as (most obviously) an aerodynamic aid, a pod for stashing expensive camera equipment, and a test bed for experimental aircraft components (the rambling eBay seller’s description even links the car’s design to Hughes’s germophobia. Wha..?). In any case, it’s now up for auction at the bargain-basement starting price of $850,000–not bad for this economy, though it’s pretty likely the seller is going to be taking a loss on it. Check out the auction!

By Tony Castellano

Tcassa

A small but determined group of gearheads braved the wild weather and displayed their American beauties right in the heart of Melbourne this past weekend. A good mixture of old and new American iron was on show, with my favorite being this spotless ’68 Camaro. More pics after the jump!

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By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

If I were to pony up the $12,900 for this 1940 Lincoln Zephyr for sale on Hemmings.com, I’d leave it exactly as is. Sure, these things are supersweet when restored (and completely bitchin’ when rodded the right way), even when you do come across a Zephyr in the wild, you’re not likely to come across one with such patina. From the seller’s description:

1940 Lincoln Zephyr coupe. V -12 3 speed. Runs and drives ! Needs restored. Newer interior. Very Solid car!

So would you leave it alone or restore it? See more pics at Hemmings

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Really? Is this how you’d want to be remembered? As the chump who got hauled off to his grave in a tarted-up Lincoln Town Car on cheap 22′s with a fake Rolls front clip? Hell, yes. The seller claims that at its most recent funeral, this converted hearse had folks lining up to get their picture taken with it. Classy! Never mind that the interior looks like it’s out of a junkyard Crown Vic. Check out the eBay auction here.

By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

I’m assuming somebody had a plan here. They didn’t just have a four-door ‘87 Lincoln Continental and decided to have at it with a Sawzall. No, they wanted to build a two-door version from the start and christen it a contemporary Zephyr. Trouble is, the ad copy for this Zephyr, currently for sale on Hemmings.com (for $14,000 out of Beaufort, South Carolina), doesn’t clue us in on the who, why, and when.

This beautifully customed Lincoln has been custom built from a 4-dr Continental into a 3-window coupe. 5.o V8.

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By Fireball Tim

Movie Car Design Master

Did a commercial over the last few days. Now normally, a commercial shoot can be tough, but not like this. Most of the time, things go great if you have a professional production company. Let’s see, where do I begin?

I can’t mention the client right now, but we shot in Van Nuys and Glendale in over 100 degree heat with a 1st AD (Assistant Director) that seemed to get his jollies out of yelling at people. ‘Scuze me, did I say yelling? I meant to say “Lecturing,” then yelling.

Continue reading after the jump!

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By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Now that Cash For Clunkers is officially signed into law, and a solid billion of our taxpayers’ dollars is earmarked for crushing out our recent automotive heritage, rides of the 1985-and-up vintage are more of an endangered species than ever. I’ve seen weirder cars than this Town Car limo end up junked, so don’t think that its uniqueness will save it. I’m sure the small-town limo service that currently owns the car will figure out how to turn it into a cube of steel and a new-car voucher if it doesn’t meet its reserve price. Check out the auction at eBay.