Model Car Garage - 1965 Lincoln Continental Model Kit By AMT/ERTL - A Model Car Unboxing Video
Channel: Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage
Date: 04/10/2019

The Lincoln Continental is a series of mid-sized and full-sized luxury cars produced by Lincoln, a division of the American automaker Ford Motor Company.

On today's Monster Hobbies Model Car Garage we will look at the 1965 Lincoln Continental Model Kit By AMT/ERTL. This is a model car unboxing video that we hope you'll enjoy! 

At its launch, the fourth-generation Lincoln Continental was offered solely as a four-door, as either a sedan or a convertible. For the first time on a Lincoln since 1951, rear doors were rear-hinged (suicide doors). To alert drivers of open doors, Lincoln fitted the dashboard with a "Door Ajar" warning light (as seen on many modern automobiles). Latching together at the B-pillar with a vacuum-operated central locking system, convertibles used an abbreviated pillar while sedans were "pillared hardtops". In the configuration, a thin B-pillar supported the roof structure while all four doors utilized frameless door glass (in the style of a hardtop or convertible); the layout would become used by several Ford Motor Company sedans during the 1960s and 1970s.

The 1965 Lincoln Continental model car is an interesting model kit. Originally introduced in 1965 as part of the AMT Customizing Series model car kits and designed by the AMT design team of Bill Cushenbury, George Barris, the Alexander Brothers, Dean Jefferies and Gene Winfield. 

Let's look at these parts a little closer.  The only engine available on the real 1965 Lincoln Continental was the 430 cu in MEL V8 carried over from the Mark V. You get a great representation of the engine in stock configuration as well as an optional custom version. The engine block have a right and left hand side engine/transmission with a separate oil pan. You get the intake manifold, distributor, expansion tank, carburetor, cylinder heads, valve covers, exhaust headers, fan belt / pulleys / alternator, fan and air cleaner as separate pieces. Radiator and support wall are molded as a single piece and glue into the body. Firewall, water reservoir and battery are also included under the hood.

The custom version of this engine replaces the factory intake manifold with a special "Power Ram" dual carburetor set-up with chrome air cleaner, finned valve covers and aluminum exhaust manifolds. 

The chassis and running gear of the AMT/ERTL 1965 Lincoln Continental Model Kit consist of a one piece chassis pan with all the running gear and exhaust pipes molded in place. You have a choice of two wheel types, stock hubcaps or 2-piece chrome "Fluted" Racing Mags with knock-offs. Goodyear tires keep you on the road. Axle blocks are molded onto the chassis with two sets of holes allows you to have a stock ride height or build a lowrider. 
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The interior is a bucket mixed with individual parts. For example, the floor pan, rear side panels and bench seat are molded as a unit. Steering column with wheel, dash board, and bucket seats make up the stock interior. Custom interior touches include a tape recorder and dash mounted telephone. There is also a one piece glass for windshield and rear window and quad headlights. 

For the body AMT gives you a removable hood. The stock version includes a front grille/bumper with molded on headlights, transparent red tail lights, hood ornament, and rear bumper.  The custom wagon adds a roof rack. For the custom version, there is a replacement chrome grille with an optional grille insert which will make your Lincoln look like the 1972 Lincoln, clear parking lights, tire housing, backup lights or rear nerfs, rear rolled pan, custom tail lights, licence housing and licence plate. 

For the custom, you can build this model kit as a station wagon. You cut out the trunk lid, remove the interior bucket rear package shelf, add in a special station wagon rear interior panel, glue on a custom roof and rear glass panel. 

The rest of the parts on the 1965 Lincoln Continental model car are all pretty much chrome and glass. Expect a lot of non-plated chrome moldings on this car and expect to use either the kit supplied chrome panels and Bare Metal Foil to finish the rest. I know it's a lot of work, but the finished result will be worth it! 

You may ask, "Where can I purchase the 1965 Lincoln Continental Model Kit by AMT/ERTL?"

Please check out all the model car kits we have for sale online here: http://www.monster-hobbies.ca/Hobby_Products/c57-model-car-kits/

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