The Titan of the Telecaster .... King of DieselbillyThe man Vintage Guitar Magazine calls " An American Treasure"Bill Kirchen twangin out the big one
The Titan of the Telecaster .... King of DieselbillyThe man Vintage Guitar Magazine calls " An American Treasure"Bill Kirchen twangin out the big one
Of course I am not eligible to win, but I felt like sharing some of my Hot Rod Lincolns:
My 95 Mark VIII with a full exhaust, tune, built trans, etc. My fun daily driver.
1987 Mark VII GTC Stage I : the "Saleen" that was sold at Lincoln Mercury dealerships.
1983 Continental: all stock 5.0, not fast, but waaaay faster than a turbo diesel Mercedes.
1979 Collector's Series Mark V: the old 400 cid motor was ditched for a stroker 460 with EFI and ton of more stuff.
My hot 
My 1979 Hot Rod Lincoln Town Coupe
here’s a beautiful car
It's a work in progress...
I debated doing a video, but my cell phone camera is pretty terrible. The audio would probably be worse. Didn't stop me from dusting off Hot Rod Lincoln for the first time in a while though.
This is my 1979 Lincoln Mark V with 28k original miles. Even the 8 track player still works, and I've built a Bluetooth adapter to jam some more recent tones through the original stereo.
My 1969 Lincoln Mark III was a labor of love for about 5 years, including new paint and interior. It still sports its original 460 4V and is a head-turner in and out of the car show circuit.
And this is the Fender Telecaster (lovingly known as the TeleBastard) I built to take along in the 1969 Mark III for car show season. You can't see it clearly, but there's even a small gold Lincoln logo under the bridge.
Met Bill Kirchen several years ago in SLC at the Dead Goat Saloon, before it closed. Great guy. Enjoyed hearing him play Hot Rod Lincoln, of course. My current car is a bicycle and a pair of running shoes. 😎
A REAL "HOT ROD LINCOLN"! And I actually race it. Eat your hearts out! Dave Buchanan, Menlo Park
This is my 78 Lincoln Mark V. It has 34,000 original miles. This winter I am hoping to pull the engine and really make the 460 big block sing.
This my 1970 Hot Rod Lincoln MKIII. It weighs 5,030 lbs with the driver. It’s been as fast as 11.17 @ 120 mph in the quarter mile. It’s sporting a stroker 514 cubic inch big block Ford with John Kasse cylinder heads and makes 700 horsepower at the flywheel. I started racing in the Factory Appearing Stock Tire class and won my class at Atco raceway this month.
2017 MKZ 3.0 AWD 400hp/400lbft
Meet Rocket my Hot Rod Lincoln!
My 1972 Lincoln Mark IV
Desert Lincoln: 351, 750 Edelbrock quad carb with Edelbrock high rise manifold, MSD.
This is an ad for a Lincoln I sold over the weekend to a Chrysler engineer who wanted one like this since he was a kid- and he's happy. I sold it for the estate of a close friend and thought it would be tough selling a luxury car with a stick shift. Not at all. Several responses and sold in three days! Check the last lines.
RARE BIRD !!! 2000 Lincoln LS 4door with a 5-speed. Yes, a stick and a clutch in a luxury car. "Drive me to drinkin' with that HotRod Lincoln". This is not my car. I am selling it as a favor for the estate of one of my oldest friends who passed away 3 weeks ago. I got it for him in the first place, and finding one is no small feat. This is from the period when Ford owned Jaguar and this is basically a Jaguar S-Type with American electrics. Quick, agile, comfortable, actually defines the overworked term "Sports Sedan". I obtained it for Bob in December, 2001. He was always a car guy and when he passed he owned a 1966 Pontiac Bonneville (stick) that he purchased new, a 39 Ford street rod, a 67 Eldorado convertible, a 2016 Accord EX-L daily driver and others He was a mechanical advice columnist for the national Cadillac Club newsletter. He was an expert on auto maintennce and any inspection of this Lincoln will show what good and regular care can do for a car. He was more than that- he was **bleep** about his cars. He always bought a "beater' to drive in the winter and kept his babies in the garage in any inclement weather, The brake calipers and rotors, always first to rust, are shiny like they are two months old. This is a great road car- before he became ill he and his lady friend would drive the Lincoln on long summer trips to visit car mueums and used it to once drive the length of Route 66. Actual 80, 571 miles, looks like 5000. Body, finish and interior sparkle like it's one year old instead of twenty. Perfect? No, the only defect I can find is the A/C needs a recharge. That's it. Tires, brakes, all mechanical and cosmetics excellent. Bad news? If you only have one leg or are a just plain shiftless person you won't be able to drive this. We want to get you in our clutches. Get on the stick and see what mint means.
