Lido Shuffle Boz Scaggs?

One of my favorite cars. I love Lincoln and I am also a 51 model. Fun fact, Lincoln used three different body side moldings during the 51 model year, depending on date of production. The car featured is a late production version and a remarkable surviver.

Was für eine tolle Zeit! Ich benötige eine Zeitmaschine!

My first car in high school in the late 60's was a 1951 Lincoln Sport Sedan. It was a great driving car with that huge flathead and the old Hydra Matic.

Funny thing, Jay. The minute I saw the title of the video, I thought of this song!!! And an acquired taste? Yeah…a face only a mother could love…if your mother was a manatee or a walrus.

I read many years ago that this model was intended to have disappearing headlamps but there was a problem with development and the mechanism was not on hand to meet the production schedule, so a chromed bezel was quickly designed to fill the already existing space. Hence the oddly recessed headlamps.

Buick and Cadillac are the ones for me ☺️👍 Pre War Lincolns are the only ones I'd consider spending 💰 money on 🤷 Happy Motoring ✌️🤠

Starting at 11:30 take note of the steering wheel and horn ring. The horn ring appears to float in position to the steering wheel. This is because the horn ring attaches from behind the steering wheel. It is an interesting effect. It is more expensive to make. After this model year I do not know if Lincoln/Continental used this again before 1961. When the 1961 Elwood Engle designed Continental was introduced the first builds used the floating horn ring, but less than 50 were made as the steering wheel and horn ring were quickly redesigned to reduce cost. Imagine how rare those are today.

I'd never seen a Lido 'til one was featured here 2-3 months ago. I'm thinkin' the top was leather.

Yep, I've had an '02 Town Car for a long time, best car I've EVER owned, maybe the last I'll ever have to buy. 210K and runs like new.

Known for vapor locks in summer. Smoked a 60 ford v8 with on of these with stick and over drive back in the day.

Always liked these Lincolns. This one needs a lot of love.

Buick, Cadillac. I looked at the thumbnail and thought: "If he doesn't use Lido Shuffle for this video, it'll be a crime!" You're redeemed! "One more for the show-w-w-w-!"

Great vid!!! 👍👍

That style of recessed headlight or taillight is called "Tunneled" by Customizers.

This car looks to be 100% original in and out .. Mercs with the venal tops were called the Monterey model.

1951 Chrysler with the first year for the Hemi, and The 1951 Caddy for me.

I can remember in the 1950s guys with Mercurys would replace Mercury hubcaps with Lincoln hubcaps. Don’t know why.

Neat. Taller car, higher wheel base = a flatter floor.

So many car companies went with this overly-smooth, streamlined styling. Ford, Packard, Hudson, Kaiser-Frazer, Nash and a few others. Of the big names, only GM and Chrysler didn’t get on board. And their decision turned out to be the right one. Personally, I’m a fan, especially of the Packard, Kaiser and Frazer. Lincoln, however… I think you have to own one to appreciate it. It seems very awkward to me, like it’s full of neat little styling treats, but they just don’t blend together to create a cohesive look. Whatever the case, what came before was beautiful and what came after was beautiful. But this one I think did a lot of damage to Lincoln. I don’t think they became a style leader again until the slab-sided cars of the early 60s. Round one goes to the Chrysler, and I think the second round does, too.

'39 Buick, without a doubt- because the front looks like me.

I 💯 agree, this is an acquired taste. It was never one of my favorite eras of Lincoln. I've seen pictures of them and seen them in movies, but seeing more closely and it in detail does give me a little different perspective, although it's still not a favorite, I think mostly it's the front styling, i think the rear is more interesting. The interior space was pretty decent! I would pick it though over the others in the first scenario, it would be the Cadillac in the second! 😎 Video

The Lido has a DeLuxe color-keyed interior that was exclusive to this model, making it more than just a vinyl top.

Choices are always hard.

Great Lincoln theme this week. Now if you can find the same year Ford Crestline 2 door sedan, had the sane type vinyl roof.The tunneled headlights, supposedly Lincoln designed the front to have hidden headlights, but exposed the lights due to cost. .First pick 1939 Buick Roadmaster, 2nd 1951 Chrysler Imperial.

Hi Jay, This must have been one of the first applications of vinyl in cars. This example, though far from pristine , looks to be very original. Your right, they are a bit ungainly, like a puffed up Mercury. If it runs ok, I’d use it like it is. Thanks for sharing. 👍😁

Song - Lido Shuffle, Boz Scaggs. Stupid autocorrupt, I had to retype my answer so many times, someone beat me to it! Anyhow - 1939 Buick and the Cadillac. Well done sir, thank you! ~ Chuck

Well done video. This Lincoln is definitely an acquired taste. It's not a bad looking car. It's just looks different due perhaps to where and how the headlights are located and styled. The drawback is of course the Lincoln just looks like a chromed up Mercury and not necessarily a distinct vehicle in the traditional sense. Still, it is a very impressive survivor.

Ledo ,Caddy ,Hardtop👍

Picks are the lido and the caddy😊 love them old caddies❤

Lincoln all the way

Hi Jay!: WOW you are killing me on this one! My parents actually had one of these before I came along. Pretty sure it was the Cosmopolitan Sport Sedan. My Mom says it was just like sitting in your living room! It was green, also. The design is a LITTLE strange as far as around the headlights, but it beats the pants off of the "bathtub" Packard, which is sad! KILLING me is the WYR's! I can't pick the Lincoln in either. You killed me on the first one by selecting the 1939 Buick, which I think is the most beautiful of the prewar Buicks!! #2 is the Cadillac. As much as I like the Lincoln, the Caddy has better styling and a more modern V-8 engine. I hope someone buys the one you showed and gives it a good home! It is a neat car! When you showed the side of the driver's side door, I believe that the little teardrop shaped cover is missing. You would flip it up or down to put your key in and unlock the door. Those were popular for YEARS on many different cars.

The lido or EL Series was a Mercury from the split windshield back and even used Mercury taillights, and the Cosmopolitan had had a one piece windshield. Lincoln bought GM hydramatic for a automatic and used that transmission through 1954 i like them , they were contemporary in 49 when they came out and made a sales record that was not beat until 1972. My Aunt bought a new 50 Lincoln cosmopolitan and had it a couple years, she had trouble with the hydraulic power Windows one night and she said she never liked the car after that and got rid of it

Quarterflash---Harden my heart ?

Another great presentation I would definitely choose the 39 Buick for personal reasons and my second choice would be the 51 Cadillac I think caddy's from this era far out classed Lincoln

I think in both cases just based on the brand name, I would rather have the Lincoln. I would not be too fond of any of these cars. A second choice on both scenarios would be the Chryslers. I could really say if in the market for a new car in 1951 my first choice over all makes and models would be the Mercury and my second choice would be Hudson. This car doesn't appear to be something to write home about. These choices are based on pictures only. It would be interesting if you were to do a video of two cars of different makes from the same year and then ask us to make the choice. It is possible if after that video offered a choice of Chrysler versus Lincoln I could pick the Chrysler or maybe not.

For WYR, I'll pick the '51 Lincoln, and the '51 Cadillac. Not a bad-looking car, but I was a little surprised about the rear windows opening up vent style given its price range. It's funny you were mentioning Hudson, because I think this car is Hudson-like in appearance.

The 'sad eye' Lincoln is probably the most forgotten, unloved series of its history - and certainly of the postwar era. Flathead truck engine instantly outdated by the Cadillac OHV, confused price structure, no hardtop (as noted here) etc. Good build quality, good period gas milage with overdrive. Originally intended to have hidden headlights - budget and or finance guys said no, but development was too far along so the car got those headlight tunnels instead - sad face. The taillights remind me of a 55 Merc. WYR: 1) 39 Roadmaster - but this is really a totally different driving experience and era, 2) tough one but you showed an Imperial Newport which is just rare, and looks really clean in person (makes the Caddy seem a little garish), so I'll take it, but bow the trans really hobbled the hemi.

GM's , Oldsmobile supplied the automatic transmission , hydramatic drive. Kevin Phoenix ✝️

Vastly outsold by Cadillac in 1951. The Caddy had a more modern V-8 and one piece windshield among other advantages. The running joke in 1951 (as told by my Dad) was that the front end has a "sad look" & that Cadillac felt so sorry for Lincoln that they let them use their transmission. Poor Chrysler, though, in 1951 only featuring the not fully automatic Fluid Drive.

An uncle had a car lot at the time, nearly every engine (Ford Truck) had a cracked block. He refused to accept them in trade due too this.

I would rather have the '39 Buick, but make it a Century... and I'd go with the '51 Caddy.

Not an ugly car but a rather stodgy design in my opinion. I'd choose the 1938 Roadmaster and the 1951 Cadillac. Nice job on the video.

Buick,caddy ! The song I belive is lido , boz scagzz

"Acquired taste"... a very diplomatic way of saying fuglier than hell... lol. And I'm a Lincoln/Mercury guy! WYR.. can I pass on them all? 🙂

Rare that this is Automatic,Original Interior ,Guess why It’s so stained ,Would replace if owned,But can see why they kept it that way

39 Roadmaster, 51 Cadillac . Call Me by Blondie

WYR: All of them, but the Buick would get the most use. NTT: Madison Blues by George Thorogood and the Destroyers.

I’ve always liked these Lincoln’s they remind me of the trains of that time with the frenched in headlights and the round frontal appearance they look like they’re doing a 100 mph 😂I’d definitely choose the Lincoln over the Cadillac and for my money I think the Lincoln looks much better than the mercury as a matter of fact the customizers from that time applied the Lincoln front end treatment to the led sled 49-51 mercury’s

I hate to say. I can't believe that front is attached to the back end.The back end looks good.I guess you drive it backwards. I like the 51 caddy. Being a lincoln it probably drives great.

Humm, It looks like the headlights are always pointing the wrong way. Interesting that they used a split windshield but had all that bent glass in the back light. Bumpers have visable bumper bolts all over, never see a faux-pas like that on a caddy. The vent window cranks open, but the rear window is pop-out?

The car looks well taken care of, but the only part I like about this car is the back end.

I see a little bit of Buick to me.

Fomoco was sadly behind the times with the '49-'51 restyled Lincolns... No hardtops, a truck flathead V8, bathtub style body. At least the tranny was modern, but only b/c it was borrowed from GM. Kind of amazing that their "luxury" brand didn't seem to even attempt to measure up with the finned Caddy that was introduced in '48. Of course, Ford had to spend heavily on their all-new across-the-board '49 offerings...and in their rush to introduce them, build quality suffered. The Ford and Merc, in contrast to the Linc, were ahead of their competition in style and saw strong sales. These Linc's were nice in their own right, arguably, with Merc, the best looking of the "bathtub" genre.

The Thumbnail picture on U-Tube is of a 50, not a 51. If you look at that picture, and this car, you can see the difference instantly.

Wonder why you didn’t use a capital L in the name Lido?

Looks like a Hudson Hornet

I wouldn't feel safe trying to corner on those slippery bench seats!

48 Chrysler 51 Caddy I've seen pictures of these many times but this is the first time I've actually been around the real car. Thanks Jay for posting this so I can finally after all these years get a good look at one of these. As far as I'm concerned Ford made two big mistakes with this car. First, the styling on this car especially the front end is IMO just fugly. I don't know any other way to put it. How could the Mercury of the same year be such a good looking car and yet the Lincoln looks so terrible. That's surprising considering the Lincoln is supposed to be the premiere luxury brand of the Ford line. Second, I consider it to be sacrilegious to put a GM anything into a Ford product. What was Ford motor company thinking that's as much as admitting that your main competitor makes a better transmission than you do. It is nice to see one of these that's an unrestored survivor. I like that because you get a chance to see how well the original materials they used have held up. Since this one still looks pretty good on the inside we can see the materials used have held up decently. One thing I will add though are those knobs for the controls on the dash. You definitely would not want to hit any part of your body against that during a crash. Those fins sticking off of the knobs could do some serious damage.

I agree that the Mercury had more style than the Lincoln and I am not a fan of this type body style. They were constructed like a tank.

Lido, Boz Skaggs

51 caddy and 39 Buick

39 Buick - Cadillac

The weirdest headlights ever. Originally they were considering folding headlights similar to the 42 DeSoto. But, they ended up with a new styling que for Lincoln, and they continued to have odd headlights untill 56. Those are tiny backups. That vinyl top was to detract from the fact that they still didn't have a hardtop until 52.Tho bloated IMO, a Lincoln from this period are ultimate gangster cars, especially with those great suicide doors. Druthers: only the Imperial.

I'm not Crazy About the Styling It's too Plane.

Never liked the ultra Frenched front end of that Era Lincoln...but the same era Mercury is a hotrod favorite, and the generally French the headlights...go figure... 39 Buick 51 Caddy

No wonder Cadillac crushed Lincoln and Packard after the war…..

Hopefully th y didn't keep the Designer, those cars look like hell.

Did gasoline cost even 10c/gallon in 1951?

39 BUICK 51 CADDILAC

Chrysler --Cadi

This bubble car looks like a dead pill bug with its headlight looking like sunk-in eyes!

1939 Buick 1951 Cadillac

it has "Frenched" headlights

A Lincoln with NO power windows? Forget it..

I haven't seen to many of these in the two door style. Even though these are nice cars. It reminds me of the 1951 Mercurys ugly step sister! 😂

Was this Lincoln Lido coupe available as a four door sedan?

Seems a little on the plain side for a Lincoln.

WYR 1. Chrysler Yeah, it's a bit toothy 2. Caddy

This car looks oooogly, even compared to a 'horse-collar' Edsel. The 51 Merc, while similar in shape and lines, wasn't as gaudy (the 49 and 50 Merc''s were better to my eyes) though. WYR is Buick and the Caddy.

Interesting car but didn’t sell ...at all.

For 1951 Lincoln and Mercury were in their last year for offering suicide doors, although Studebaker had it for one more year. Suicide doors were as such one would get run over by the door if they stepped out while the car was moving. I would still pick the Lincoln from the first scenario, then go with Cadillac.

Chryslers both times.

The word is Ornament. Not Ordament, there is no "D" in Ornament.

I’ll take the 51 Oldsmobile from the other day over this thing. A dog wouldn’t pee on the wheel , he’s got more class lol

'51 cady

Why would a Lincoln have a GM Hydromatic transmission?

Very outlandish for that time. The cigarettes smoked in that car were bigger that the exhaust system on other countries cars. The American filtered cigarette also produced more smoke, and more horsepower than the cars from other countries. Australia was importing British rubbish, as a colony would. The cars were ugly ducklings. It was a cross between a milk can, and a newspaper kiosk... 2.5 cylinder, 3 stroke engines or something. Camera won't fit in?! That's a drivers ashtray, glove boxes weren't invented yet.

Lido shuffle boz skags

Your "equivalent cost of $31,000 is rediculous. $31,000 buys you a Toyota Corolla. $100,000 would be more like it.

I've never liked the front of these cars. It's like the face has been swiped off - like a burn victim. Just kind of spooky and too smooth. Something ain't raaaaht. about it.

Never realized cars where this slow in the ealry 50s. Didn't people complain?

First time I heard you sound like you're in pain...

Hudson was a beautiful car. The Lincoln you are showing in my opinion is butt ugly. But I own a Hudson, so I'm very biased. The Mercury too was a beautiful car.

you got your years wrong buf

What a Donbas.

I never liked these early 50s Lincolns. They look like an unhappy bottom-dwelling fish. For a real Lincoln, there's nothing more beautiful than a 40-48 Continental, especially the 40 and 41.

Those Lincolns just look awful.

Not pretty

That car is so poorly presented.