Mahoning63 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 What a 6-window sedan/limo might have looked like had Edsel chosen to pursue. Sits on Custom's longer wheelbase. Would not have entailed much that was new, even the rear vent windows could have been reused. All thoughts welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 While there wasn't a Continental based limo, there was a 7 passenger limo offered by Lincoln in 1941. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoning63 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) Indeed there was, thanks for posting. It was called the Custom and road on a 138 inch wheelbase which was 13 inches longer than the standard Zephyr and Continental wheelbase. This is what I used to graft the Continental's styling onto. New tooled parts would have included a roof extension and rear doors, the fronts being trimmed back versions of the coupe.Your image got me to thinking about what the reverse might have looked like... grafting the Custom's decklid and rear roofline onto the 125 inch Zephyr. Here's a possibility, with no allowance made for full roll down rear windows or strength and packaging of the rear doors' hidden hinges. This body style would have been perfectly in keeping with the trends of the day, which were moving away from Edsel's beloved fastback styling and towards a more defined trunk. New tooled parts versus the Custom would have again included a roof section and rear doors. Edited December 22, 2014 by Mahoning63 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Your renderings are quite impressive. If you hadn't written that you had altered them, I would have thought they were for real. Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoning63 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoning63 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) Holiday explorations of what was possible on the long wheelbase melding the Custom's rear doors with the 125 inch wheelbase Coupe's body styling. First image doesn't seem to work, second is not much better. Third plays up Art Deco and might have dazzled at the Oscars. Fourth seems to make the most sense because it focuses on the Coupe's flowing, racy beltline and demands no new tooling, only extra bracing. Edited December 23, 2014 by Mahoning63 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Seeing these concepts makes me wish Edsel and E.T. Gregorie had more time and resources to concentrate on filling out the Continental and Custom model lines with elegant custom styles, even if only a handful of each were built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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