Early family cars

[Mike K]

Is the miniature Hoppalong Cassidy you Phil ? Talking of Lincolns .. In the early 80's a crazy KIWI friend of mine had to move his 1946 Lincoln continental convertible down to Port Melbourne for shipping to NZ .. He had bought it in 1967 . The car was original.. with its V12 side valve motor still fitted. I drove him down to Seaford where it sat in somebody's back yard.. it was unregistered . This was a real HOLLYWOOD movie star flashy car .. maroon colour with a cover on the spare wheel in the boot lid... He got in it and I followed him to Bentleigh . The looks at the traffic lights I cannot describe.. as it was tatty looking with a dirty white top on it. It was running on about 8 cylinders and the brakes had gone west too. We squeezed it onto a tandem trailer .... hooked it behind his rusty AP5 Valiant ute ! The Valiant was almost scraping the ground. We made a midnight dash to the docks and managed to unload it ....never again.