'65 suicide

[murdermitten]

beautiful car man, i have wanted a 61-65 conti for many many years particularly a 65. it's nice to see decent pictures of one these cars. do you have any interior shots?

[Stephen]

I was just thinking about how much i want one yesterday


then i saw this.



oh my.

[cobrawannabe]

wtf?

"lead sled" reffers to early mercury's with roof chops and completely shaved lines using lead filler... The term "sled" is commonly used when reffering to the sleek lines of 50's - 60's model cars that were overly rounded in form and extremely low to the earth by means of static suspension and in later times airbags.

But there is no era of lead filling, there are still select shops that swear by it.. I wouldn't try to narrow it down to one specific period of time

What you say is all true, but the style was not specific to a few cars, the Mercs (not early Mercs, by any means, just old :P) were just the most popular choice in car. What I should have said was the "heyday" of lead filler. The term sled was used much more loosely back then than it is now, it pretty much just meant big, low car. Cool info though, i like your post a lot.

[northmiler89]

trump card acquired.

[Skibum291]

mmmmmhmmmm- very nicee

[AccuMike]

true, very true! Man I love this forum already!!!

[Oxer]

You're right, the era of lead filler had come and gone by the time these cars were around. My mistake.

wtf?

"lead sled" reffers to early mercury's with roof chops and completely shaved lines using lead filler... The term "sled" is commonly used when reffering to the sleek lines of 50's - 60's model cars that were overly rounded in form and extremely low to the earth by means of static suspension and in later times airbags.

But there is no era of lead filling, there are still select shops that swear by it.. I wouldn't try to narrow it down to one specific period of time

[cobrawannabe]

this isnt a lead sled....

nice car. I love lincolns. Theres a guy on another forum im on who swapped the body from a 65 with the body of a 2000 towncar. Used the towncar interior,floor,chassis and powertrain. looks slick.

You're right, the era of lead filler had come and gone by the time these cars were around. My mistake.

[BLKonBLK98]

wires set this icon off so perfectly.

[JSanders]

I give up, I quit! There's no point in trying anymore...

*right click, save, set as background*

[Dave_The_BMXER]

This thread delivers.

[skrapez]

oh my fucking god

[benz88]

Ca there be a seperate section for leadsleds? Otherwise, the rest of us will just do nothing but grovel and feel inferior.

For the record, I am currently groveling and feeling inferior. These Continentals make all the other cars on here look so....mortal.

this isnt a lead sled....

nice car. I love lincolns. Theres a guy on another forum im on who swapped the body from a 65 with the body of a 2000 towncar. Used the towncar interior,floor,chassis and powertrain. looks slick.

[vdubsunday]

Omg, I love it

[cobrawannabe]

Ca there be a seperate section for leadsleds? Otherwise, the rest of us will just do nothing but grovel and feel inferior.

For the record, I am currently groveling and feeling inferior. These Continentals make all the other cars on here look so....mortal.