Lincoln Mark X on the block

[bronzebird]

http://blog.cardomain.com/2010/07/21...cept-vehicles/

Lincoln's version of the Thunderbird is for sale. 2004 model.

Bronzebird

[Lindy]

Re: Lincoln Mark X on the block

Here's the link:
http://www.rmauctions.com/featurecar...arID=r329&fc=0

This proto-type is described as:

"Thunderbird spirit with Lincoln luxury"

Keep in mind that there has always been an intimate connection between Lincoln and Thunderbird!

Lindy

[AZTB]

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I remember when this Lincoln was introduced...wondered why the doors didn't carry through with the crease from the front through to the rear quarter panels.

[Vintage Merlot]

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DOT or EPA certified. It cannot be registered for highway use in the United States and is offered on bill of sale only.

My question is this: If a custom car builder creates a one-of-a-kind custom car how does the builder get it licensed for highway/street use? I cannot imagine that this Mark X cannot be licensed for highway use. There must be a process.

[Lonestar]

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DOT or EPA certified. It cannot be registered for highway use in the United States and is offered on bill of sale only.
My question is this: If a custom car builder creates a one-of-a-kind custom car how does the builder get it licensed for highway/street use? I cannot imagine that this Mark X cannot be licensed for highway use. There must be a process.

Cars are required to have the what was required when they were built. If a person builds a 32 rod it basically has to have front lights and 1 tail light on the driver's side. The 04 Lincoln would have to have all the stuff that was required for 04 cars (working air bags, side marker lamp, wipers, complete working emissions system, etc, etc, etc,) Based on the pictures the prototype is lacking some of, if not all these items. Oh, and it has to have a VIN which it will not have.

[BirdsAndBugs]

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The 2001 MK9 is pretty sweet in my opinion; as it the MKX. But if you can't drive them legally, what's the point?

[billm]

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Would love to have had Lincoln produce the either or both of the first two pictured.
I would probably buy one of those! They have some class!

____________________________________ Bill

[Southern Dad]

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That's an awful lot of money for a car that you won't be able to drive.

[MATBird]

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DOT or EPA certified. It cannot be registered for highway use in the United States and is offered on bill of sale only.
My question is this: If a custom car builder creates a one-of-a-kind custom car how does the builder get it licensed for highway/street use? I cannot imagine that this Mark X cannot be licensed for highway use. There must be a process.

One way to register it, remove the body and put it on a 2004 chassis and drive train.
Probably for those who can afford to buy a concept, can afford to do that and retain the old chassis so as to reverse the process if they want to resell it as a concept. Just a thought

[jerrym3]

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Something for folks like Jay Leno to park in his garage

[tbird6t4]

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That's an awful lot of money for a car that you won't be able to drive.

Jerry,

I would like to put it in my rec room and just look at it!

(If I had Snowbird's money I would do just that!)

[islandtime]

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Something for folks like Jay Leno to park in his garage

I'd like to park in his garage for just one day...but it'd take forever to wipe up the drool over some of his inventory. Think he'd notice if I left one of my cars (say, the Expedition or the '89 Bird) for one of his?

[tbird6t4]

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I'd like to park in his garage for just one day...but it'd take forever to wipe up the drool over some of his inventory. Think he'd notice if I left one of my cars (say, the Expedition or the '89 Bird) for one of his?

Naw he won't mind........I'd suggest you take the 58 T-Bird Convertible; the one with 158 miles on the odo! Afterall he has so many T-birds he probably won't even miss it!

[Southern Dad]

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To quote Clint Eastwood in Pink Cadillac, "Never mess with a man's automobile."