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Member ID: barry2952

Location: Farmington Hills, MI

Vehicle Info

1956 Lincoln Continental

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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Barry’s Lincoln Continental

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Photo shoot May 2006

 

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"Best of Class" Hilton Head Concours 2005

 

barry2952's 1956 Lincoln Continental

 

Drawing of Mark II 4-door (never built)

 

barry2952's 1956 Lincoln Continental

 

Capitol Image
Lansing,MI
Image by Steve Purdy

barry2952's 1956 Lincoln Continental

Michigan Secretary of State
Terri Lynn Land

barry2952's 1956 Lincoln Continental

Lincoln Caravan 2005

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Newest member of the Continental Collection
1955 356 Porsche Continental Cabrio

 

barry2952's 1956 Lincoln Continental

 

Motor Muster 2004 Greenfield Village, Dearborn MI

This 1/10 of one percent of all the Mark IIs ever built.

 

barry2952's 1956 Lincoln Continental

 

Greenwich Concours 2005

 

barry2952's 1956 Lincoln Continental

 

Ferrari to the left of me, Bugatti to the right, there I am, stuck in the middle with you.

"Award of Excellence" Greenwich Concours 2005

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"Best of Class" Keels and Wheels Texas Concours 2005. Awarded by Sir Sterling Moss.

 

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New painting by Gerald Freeman-----------------1953 Continental convertible concept drawing
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"Best of Class" Meadow Brook Concours August 2004, Rochester, MI
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"Automotive Design of Exceptional Merit" Eyes on Design, GM Tech Center, Warren MI 2003

barry2952's 1956 Lincoln Continental

 

"Amelia Award" Amelia Island Concours---Amelia Island, Florida March 2004

barry2952's 1956 Lincoln Continental

 

"Willard Hess Award fo Design Excellence"--Concours d'Elegance at Ault Park, Cincinnati, Ohio June 2004

barry2952's 1956 Lincoln Continental

 

"Most Elegant Motorcar" Bay Harbor Concours, Bay Harbor, MI June 2004
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New Historical Data Page 6

Tom Hale Gallery Tour, March 2004, on Page 3

New! Continental Comments article on page 2

Monster garage trailer project. Watch this 1951 35-foot aluminum travel trailer be converted into a toybox to transport our Mark II convertible. There will be 21 feet of garage space in the back and an air conditioned lounge with a bathroom up front. Stay tuned for developments.

More trailer pictures on page 5-----------------------------------------------Let the demolition begin
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Please see the history of this vehicle on Page 2---------------New boat pictures on page 3

This is our 1956 Continental Mark II convertible. This is the first of two Mark II convertibles created for Ford Motor Company. The conversion was completed by Hess & Eisenhardt in December of 1955. The second convertible was introduced at the Texas State Fair in October of 1956.

Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance 2004---------------------------More pictures on page 4
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Ford Motor Company studio video shoot
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Eyes on Design-2003 GM Tech Center-------------------------- Automotive Design of Exceptional Merit award
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LCOC National Meet, Dearborn, MI 2003
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LCOC display at Ford World Headquarters
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Ford 100th Celebration in the Centennial Circle in front of Ford World Headquarters
Photos by C. Purdie cpurdie1@comcast.net
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Hoping it doesn't rain Ford Centennial Celebration----------------Roush Choice at The Great Race
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Concours at Cranbrook Award of Excellence
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Downriver Cruise 2003------------------------------------------------ Willistead Classics 2003-Best of Class
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Please see the history of this vehicle on Page 2

 

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KrashingV8  

Posted by: KrashingV8

03/24/2009 06:05PM

thats a nice classic cruiser. i love it.

SMARGOL700  

Posted by: SMARGOL700

03/22/2009 12:10AM

How could you use this work of art to tow a trailer?

aschaffter  

Posted by: aschaffter

09/10/2007 02:52PM

Barry, not sure if you are still reading these comments (I couldn't find your email address). But after reading your excellently documented story of your superior work, I thought I would make a comment about your Phonenix accident. In addition to what you found out about the equilizer hitch, etc. I believe you might have had one additional physics factor in play. I did 20+ years as a Naval Aviator and there is a situation in aviation that I believe could also have played a part in your case. Whenever you have a vehicle in motion, and the vehicle has its weight distributed along its length (or worse case, concentrated at its ends), a situation can occur called inertial coupling that can cause the vehicle (including aircraft) to swap ends- literally flip end over end. The more the center of gravity, center of mass, center of pressure (especially applicable to aircraft where there are high high air loads) and the physical center of the vehicle are the same the less chance this can occur. You might want to check with an engineer to discuss this. Again, truly unbelievable work!!!!!

bustermustang  

Posted by: bustermustang

03/31/2007 03:58PM

a true work of art.

dwinick  

Posted by: dwinick

03/07/2007 11:22AM

Stumbled on this site and your Spartan project. My name is David Winick. I designed Airstream's 75th anniversary Bambi trailer. Your conversion is terrific. Give me a shout. winickdesign2@comcast.net I live in Grand Rapids and visit the Ann Arbor area frequently.

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Member ID: barry2952

Location: Farmington Hills, MI