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I have a number of favorites, however, my all time
favorite is Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody.
Since living in an extremely cold climate means taking your Corvette off
the road in the winter months, a winter car is a must.
So in September we started looking for a car for winter and found a
beauty, a 2 door dark green 1976 Lincoln Town Car, 5035 lbs with a nice
big V-8 (460) that rode like a dream, and talk about hauling a**. I can
still remember the night we picked it up. With only having the Corvette,
Chuck did most of the driving. Since I hadn’t driven in a while, I told
him to take it easy since I hadn’t driven in the dark for quite sometime.
Well, anyone who has even driven this car knows that 30 feels like you are
crawling and before you know it you are up to 50 or 60. So, yep, you
guessed it, there we were on the back roads and Chuck is punching the
Corvette to keep up with me. I was in heaven, with all that horsepower and
car around me again. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the Corvette, but since
my first car was a 2 door 1962 Chevy Belair being in a big car again put
me in seventh heaven, and this one was even bigger and faster than my
first one.
Of course when we got home Chuck had some choice words for me, however, it
all turned out all right. And what a winter car it was, we never got stuck
and believe you me Rochester gets a lot of snow. Watched many a car spin
it’s wheels in the parking lot, while that big Lincoln plowed through it
like it was nothing. Never missed a day of work in it either and it
started up even at minus 40 and 50 wind chill, and the heat, ah the
wonderful warm air it put out, just couldn’t beat it. It did yeoman
service for us.
We had the Lincoln for our three remaining winters in Rochester, before
moving out west. We sold it to a college student going to school in NJ. It
was still in tip top shape, just some minor rust, which is just part and
parcel of living on the East coast with cold, snow and salt.
Would love to find another, as we would snap it up in a minute. While not
a hot rod Lincoln, it still brings back very very fond memories.
My other favorites, Little GTO, 409 (of course), and the ultimate car song
for those of us that live recklessly, Deadman’s Curve.
So tell us your favorite and why. If we get enough replies, we’ll dedicate
a section of the web site to car song favorites.
(PS We are looking for a better photo of the
Lincoln!)
DeFiore Enterprises, Copyright 2005
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