[Closed] Alright all you Lincoln fans.......PICS......

WOW!!! A TRUE MASTER!!!

Beautiful!

Paul, very nice. I have seen a 1/43 scale diecast of this, so I know it was a real car, but, I dont remember who commisioned it. I think it was a movie star. Love that dark pink color, very interesting.

I know this one...

It's a model of Frank Lloyd Wright's Lincoln that he drove at Talison West - his western home/studio.

Holy Moly!! F.L.W. would be proud! Fantastic!

It's the car Frank Loyd Wright designed for ...

his own use. The designer Raymond Loewry designes something similar for himself

I agree with Richard that it's Frank Lloyd Wright's car.

At his architectural school here in Arizona, he had a fleet of Crosleys and all were painted "Taliesin Red," his trademark color.

I have seen a number of articles on FLW which showed these cars, and I don't remember it being quite so pink (although colors do deceive). I thought they were more of a clay red--a little more orange--but I could be wrong. I'll have to watch my videotape "Taliesin" again to see if it shows the cars. I know that AQ featured them in an article, too.

Beautiful car, Paul!

Rick

Not only is it a Frank Lloyd Wright designed car, but it's original color was as close to "Taliesen Red" as FLW could get! And at about the same time, Raymond Loewy did the same car in HIS "style". This was written up in Collectible Automobile a few years ago.

Good gravy, Paul, i just saw a photo of this car for the first time on Monday. I bought the Consumer's Cars
of the 40s book, and when I saw the Wright Lincoln, I
thought, "Geez, I wonder if Paul could do one of these?"
I can't believe you've done one already! How many
hours did that take? From what I've seen of the photo,
you've captured it beautifully!

Is the color authentic?? Here's another view. 1940? 1941?

Instead, his daughter provided him with the means to apply some of his craft to an actual production vehicle when she had an accident in her relatively new 1940 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet. Under Wright's supervision, the Ideal Body Shop, located a short distance from Wright's Talesin East studio, reworked the Lincoln. Its windshield was cut down by close to five inches, and the body and rear seating were lowered. Re-crafted by Ideal as a Coupe de Ville, it featured a rear window that was filled in completely, half-circle opera windows and a removable leather-covered front roof section.

Repainted in Wright's attractive signature color, Talesin Red, though much of the Continental's stunning appearance is attributable to its original design, Frank Lloyd Wright's personal touches lend it an even more dignified, formal appearance; and it is fitting that it survives today as a testament to his interpretation of American automobile design.

Charlie, I read recently that Robert Bourke of the Raymond Loewy studio actually designed the beautiful '53 Studebaker.

Another famous design of the Loewy group was the Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 electric locomotive. They were a large double ended unit with a cab on either end so they didn't have to turn them.

BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think someone (Rio?) has done it in 1:43.