Found a bubbletop car outside of a sexshop in chicago! really

It was called the "Continental Cl***ic", Gary Lee, his godfather was Alex Dryer owned it. It was sectioned by Jack McKay, painted by Junior's House of Color in Lynwood, CA. I believe the interior was done by Lee Wells of CA. The wheels are from Walker Aluminum Foundry. In 1964 it took first place in the "Experimental Cl***" in every show it entered. Also placed first in the 65 Winternationals in LA. You need to do the interior (seats) like the photos, the pleats were brocaide (sp) material, pearl leather, the rugs were long haired Iceland sheepskin. The backs of the seats and dash, and the ****ons in the seats were black walnut. There was stereo tape player, electric razor,tv, vanity, drink tray. The deck lid had a tv camera that played on the small tv screen in the dash, lika a rear view mirror....in 1964! It was a cool car...!

 

It reminds me of the inside of the Brady Bunch house.

 

One more from my computer.... and Im posting it because ill probably never find a use for it ever again...

 

It belonged to Lee Wells. He worked out of Barris shop. I think Junior painted the flake when he first showed. It had a TV camera in the rear deck lid emblem. It was a really wild show car, I heard Wells got the original Lincoln from an uncle who was a newscaster. Probably Alex Dryer. Good to see it still around.
RodP

 

I like it.. Bet it looks better up close than in the Photos.. wheres the TOP?? Do you Have IT..?

Im liking the Lincoln Futura in the back ground..

 

The other extreme is a mercedes with a Ford product grill,in this case a finny with a Edesl ****** on the front.

 

I love to see old survivors surface. Even if they have an 'interesting' style to them.
Looks to be in remarkable condition considering it was not a 'high profile' car such as a Barris, Roth, Winfield creation.

Maybe it was all that 'Cl***ic Car Wax' on it????

 

It sometimes hurts to see a car that doesn't need to be customized- hurt like that...and so few made at that...I guess back when they were newer it wasn't a big deal.

 

Man where abouts in chicago was that car from. That thing is really cool.

 

thanks wild turkey i think you may have filled in some of the blanks for me. I'm hopeing that when I go to get the bubble top next week some of the other parts are there like the tv and the tape player. and i realy hope the sheepskin is there, iceland is a bit far to go sheep hunting.

 

Double Bubble, Barney Rubble, cauldron boil and cauldron bubble, toss an eye of newt and wing of bat - you'll be stylin' not trouble

dj

 

Got the hood open today ( lets just say there was some **** work done at some point and that i have ALOT to reverse) and there it is . the lincoln mill with the hilborn injection unit. it runs real good! the raidiator needs to go and i need a generator to replace the alternator. and the hosesd are wrong but other that that is mostly there. next week we find out what the bubble top looks like.

 

will look good with the changes you mentioned. the hose look terrible! keep us updated.

 

are those stock lincoln valve covers??

 

Those Walker Wheels are bad ***. I would love to find a set today...hell, I would even love to see a set on anyones car. And as far as that car goes...I know I have that in an old magazine(s), I have 1000's of old mags and went through a couple of hundred and did not see it. I kept finding something interesting to read and was not making any progress in locating it. I will try again if no one posts something by tomorrow.

 

That's one of the coolest pimp wagons I have ever seen.

 

Yep!

 

I'm sorry. That car should be put out of its misery.

 

I concur, but that mill would sure look nice under my hood.

 

yep first thing I thought was the coneheads....

 

Love it or hate it, that car is a surviving show kustom of a bygone era. How can you be arrogant enough to say something like that?

 

Damn ..... now my eyes hurt and my brain itches.

Where's all the Ray Charles "I can't see ****" images when you really, really, really need 'em?

Nice engine though.

 

That looks like something Sponge Bob would cruise in!

 

An Iconic car that needs to be put back the way it was, Doesn't matter if a bunch of Yahoo's on the HAMB don't like it. It is a large piece of Kustom History!

 

Great band name: "Bubbletop *** Shop"

 

The engine being a Y block I took a close look at the suspension and according to my history there 1955-1956 vintage. The under carriage shot of the left front also says 55-56 unless Lincoln carried over the suspension to later years. In 1957 ford went to the stamped steel solid looking controll arms. One of the above post says possibly 64-I am a little lost on this one.

 

I've never really been a fan of bubbletop's, but I really dig that car! It's really cool.

 

i want a set of those valve covers! what year mark II?

 

Confused on the year? It's a '55-6 continental mark II, which is argueably one of the nicest cars ever to roll out of FoMoCo.

That engine looks as radical as the car!