scaryideas (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Hard Rock Hotel : Keith Moon [Image] This is all that remains of the Lincoln Continental that The Who's drummer drove into the pool at the Holiday Inn Flint, Michigan. As legend has it, Keith wanted to celebrate his 21st birthday by the pool. When he found the door locked, Keith went berserk and hijacked the hotel limo. The rest, as they say, is history. Had Keith stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel Penang,...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan Journal file photo/ Bill Murphy Traffic is heavy on Route 195 east in Swansea as crews continue to clean up a fuel spill a day after a truck rolled over. A year ago today: A tanker truck carrying 10,000 gallons of gasoline rolls over on Route 195 in Swansea about 5:40 a.m., spilling some of its contents and snarling traffic in both directions for most of the day as the Massachusetts...
Thrasher's Wheat (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Charlotte Atwood Ottenberg soloing with the Family Folk ChoraleFrom The Arlington [MA] Advocate: On Sunday, Nov. 15, the Family Folk Choral will perform “Neil Young and the Green Powered Cruiser.” It focuses on 15 of Neil Young’s songs – both his older tunes and newer pieces from his latest album “Fork in the Road” – and Young’s latest project of transforming...
Rock Turtleneck (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Happy 64th Birthday to genius, hero, iconoclast, guiding light and inspiration Neil Young , born on this day in 1945. Now that he is comfortably in the AARP target demographic, it would be easy to say " Old Man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you " or something like that. But in spirit Neil is neither Young nor Old; he is ageless and timeless. In fact, watching this 1971 clip of "Old...
Hemmings Auto Blogs (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
It only looks like a Lincoln-Zephyr. Photographed on the show field at Pebble Beach this year, this instead is the more traditional Lincoln, a 1938 Model K with V-12 power. At least, it started out that way. The original buyer commissioned stylists Holden Koto, Alex Tremulis and Ralph Roberts to work as a team and create [...]
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Murilee's Animatronic Screaming Skull Brake Lights were impressive, even by her high standards . It made us wonder about attempts at automotive greatness made by you, our readers. What's your most ambitious automotive project? As it stands now for us, Wojdyla's seemingly never finished (but always slowly progressing) 1964 Lincoln Continental is still the most ambitious project we've got going. It's...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Grab your cape and tights, and stop telling Robin you want to see the inside of his bat cave. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a homage to the Dynamic Duo's car, and that's no joke. Riddle me this, what's the most iconic car of 1960's television? The Monkeemobile? Munster Hot Rod? My Mother the Car? Not even close. The car that is seared into the consciousness of the Baby Boom generation is non...
haha.nu (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Was on my way to work and spotted this awesome batmobile replica on the street. It’s built by Leif Garvin from Stockholm. It took him over 20 000 hours of work and $1 million to finish it. The engine is an 460 Ford big block V8, 700 hp and it’s built on a 1973 Lincoln Continental. @ [...] Related posts: 10 Quotes Against Work Le Trung’s Fembot – Aiko Landmark Tower implosion...
Classic cars, rallies and races (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Cars from the post-war swing period right through to be-finned Goliaths from the Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll are taking pride of place at this year’s Classic Motor Show . From austerity period Ford Populars to jet-age influenced late-‘50s American beauties, the Classic Motor Show fondly remembers the days when a cup of tea cost about a tanner and even Rank Studio starlets saw...
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
1. The Cadillac V16 Concept – If GM had dared take the brand way up market, where it belongs, things would have been different for the “standard of the world.” But the nettle was not grasped, and the brand continued—and continues—its long march downmarket, into extinction. 2. The Lincoln Continental concept – There was a time [...]
DailyFun4u (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
An impressive replica of the original Batmobile has been turning heads on the streets of Sweden, recently. Batman undoubtedly one of the most comic-book hero of all times and fans are always trying to find or build the coolest memorabilia. Not long ago we featured some photos of a home-built Batman Tumbler built from scratch and of a Tumbler built from a Go Kart. Now a Swedish dude apparently spent...
Cars review info (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
The Lincoln MKZ, named the Lincoln Zephyr is a midsize, entry-level luxury car division of Ford Motor Company Lincoln. Lincoln revived the Zephyr name in the fall of 2005 as a platform-mate for the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan, vehicles are based on the CD3 platform, which is derived from the Mazda 6. The propulsion system only Zephyr was a 3.0 L DOHC Duratec V6 mated to an Aisin 6-speed automatic...
Crave RSS (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
(Credit: Likecool) This isn't the first Batmobile we've spotted, but that doesn't make it any less cool. This Batmobile retrofitted from a 1973 Lincoln Continental may have cost Leif Garvin from Sweden more than $1 million and 20,000 working hours over a span of 3.5 ...
garagecar (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
Put those resources to good use and create your own Batmobile, like this industrious Swedish guy did. Car, 1973 model, built on the Lincoln Continental. Full 3.5 years, has continued to be finished. Effort was more than 20,000 hours. The car's 700 horsepower with a value of 1 million dollars. Intelligent navigation system, which monitors all aspects of control HD cameras, fully automatic doors, transmission,...
ObsessedWithSports.com (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
How in the crap do you build a Batmobile?! Apparently you start with a 1970 Lincoln Continental. Add in about $1 million in cold hard cash and you too can live the life of the Batman. [via Jalopnik] Got some actual sports stuff after the jump–college football games and all… ————————————————————–...
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