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duraluminwolf — Stanton Whitmore II's Car
Published: 2006-04-13 16:15:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 2031; Favourites: 53; Downloads: 37
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I created this car for my character, Stanton Whitmore III (a.k.a "Sky Shark") It's his personal transport-a scecailly-customised Lincoln Continental. I wanted to choose an appropriate setting for the car-in this case, a moody night-time scene outside a swank hotel.Related content
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Art-deco car, art nuveau architecture. You did your homework, it shows
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Thank you! I do my best.
I'd say the architecture in the background falls between Art Nouveaux and Beaux-Arts.
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Great job you did on the inking! Love the old Lincolns!
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What do you think of the "box fendered" 1942-48 Lincolns?
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Not much. The '41 was the last true Classic Car, according to the Classic Car Club of America. After that they seemed to coast for a while. They really did not hit their stride again until 1956. The Lincoln Continental Mark II in 1955 was a good start. But the Lincoln Premier in 1956 was the first really good new land yacht that Ford built after the '41. It announced that Ford was back in the luxury car market, and helped to sink Packard. The Lincolns that came right after the war were pretty much just coasting. Look at the grill on the '46 Lincoln...to me it just screams "Packard."
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I quite like the 1938 Lincoln Zephyr. The front end looks more integrated that that of the previous model. I feel this presaged the "wide-grilled" look which started to creep in around 1939/40.
I quite like the 1941 lincolns too (as well as the '42's) I don't think much of the 1953-54 lincolns, though. Too bland. The situation started to change in 1955 when Lincoln's cars sprouted blade-like tailfins and sported more chrome. I have to say that I liked the '57 Lincolns more than the 1956 cars because they looked sharper.
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Yes, i agree. 1957 was a very good year for quite a few. I have always loved the '57 Golden Hawk, though i am in the minority there. And even though it was over priced, and even though Car & Driver said it looked like an Oldsmobile sucking a lemon, i loved the gadgetry laden Edsel.
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Actually, the Edsel wasn't any near as bad as it was made out to be. True, a lot of people found the central front grille to be a real turn-off, I, personally, have no problem whatsoever with the styling. You wouldn't believe all the ridiculous names the poet Marianne Moore had thought up for the Edsel when Ford enlisted her help in naming the car. To hear them, they would make you gringe!!
Apparently, the Edsel was nothing but a white elephant. It was really a rather pointless gesture considering all the time, money and effort that Ford had invested in setting up the marque.
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Yeah...well, they had no market for the car. They already had Mercury and Lincoln. I think a lot of people did not like the styling because it was cool not to like it.
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"Not liking the car because it was cool not to like it"? Just how petty can people be?
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People can be VERY petty. This was a time of not standing out. This was a time of all being the same. All men wore white shirts and black ties. "And they all play on the golf course, And drink their martinis dry, And they're all made out of ticky tacky, And they all look just the same." You went along with the crowd and did not speak up because you feared being laughed at. Many popular movies would show a standout character, and many "Walter Mittys" dreamed of being one, but no one wanted to practice it.
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You know what really pisses me off about the attitudes of those days? All it would take was for someone to point you out and shout "commie!" and your life would be practically ruined. I think that the whole "reds under the bed" mania in America during the 1950s was absolutely pathetic! It was a good thing we had the hot-rodders, back then.
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It was very pathetic. And a lot of people were ruined by it. And in the end it turned out that McCarthy had nothing.
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During the 1950s, because America's economy was boomin, it must have looked like paradise to a lot of people overseas (especially by people in grim early-postwar England) How ironic!!
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I dig the high contrast ink, retro 30's style a lot of your work has. Keep up the good deeds, sir.
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Oh, I will. Don't you worry about that.
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Wow, your character even drives a Lincoln Continental, my favorite series of automobile. (The Mark IV is my personal favorite.)That is just the greatest. Beautiful work and I love the setting, very appropriate.
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Hey, I'm quite fond of Lincoln Continentals, too. What do you think of the "coffin nose" 1942 models, and the '56 models?
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Sorry this took so long to get back to you on but finals have really consumed my time lately. I like the 42 models a little more than the 56, I find the rounded styling more to my likening, but they are Lincolns, I really cant complain much. Though I have driven an '86 Marques (Mercury product). Wow if that car didn't try to kill me more than once. After that if it isn't a massive tank of a car powered by and engine in excess of 4 letters I don't care to drive it. Except maybe some of the old '32 style coupes n such those are smaller cars I like.
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If it's of any consolation, life hasn't exactly been a picnic for me, especially with the end of the college term creeping up on us. Personally, I like the '42 and '56 Lincoln models just as much.
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