Rare three-axle 1959 Lincoln

Phil Are Go has performed the vital service of close-cropping the finned beast from this 1959 Lincoln ad, for your clip-art pleasure, but not before adding a much-needed third axle. A vanilla two-axle model is also available.

1959 Lincoln - Fab one and a half.

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

MORE: ad • automotive • clip art • Copyfight • happy mutants • Old school

More at Boing Boing

The technology that links taxonomy and Star Trek

Hackers prepare for first "national holiday" in their honor

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/ Stefan Jones

Didn’t Lady Penelope drive one of those?
- http://www.markcrummett.com crummett
  
  As noted in the blog post. Except hers was pink and had the extra axle in front.
  - ImmutableMichael
    
    And it had Parker! “Yes, M’Lady…”
  - Wreckrob8
    
    And it was a Rolls Royce with machine guns in the grille.
http://www.markcrummett.com crummett

Is there a purpose for the extra axle (like hauling lots of really heavy luggage, maybe?), cause it just looks stupid.
- http://ae4rv.com/ royaltrux
  
  The purpose is for our visual amusement.
- Peter Yard
  
  Can put more bodies in the trunk.
- timquinn
  
  Purely to annoy you.
- http://glitch.tl/ Michael Smith
  
  It helps sell new tyres.
adamrice

Rare 3-axle Porsche 928: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YClqEQftcdY&feature=player_embedded
inkfumes

I’m gonna make my 4X4 into a 6X6…
- James B
  
  Like the 6×6 Unimogs! Those dual rear axles are all rainbows and unicorns ’till somebody puts a doughnut spare on one wheel.
Ito Kagehisa

Is this fine automobile also available in a half-tracked version? I think such a motorcar would be fabulous!
malindrome

This must have come out right after GM introduced the Cadillac Dreadnought.
Halloween_Jack

That would actually make sense to have on a hearse; I’ve read of more than one would-be Harold (from Harold & Maude) buying a used hearse only to find out that years or even decades of hauling around heavy coffins and their contents has completely crapped out the suspension.
BookGuy

When you think about it, it’s really amazing that nobody built a three-axle SUV during the height of that craze. It would have been only slightly more ridiculous than the 70-ton Ford Excursion.
Preston Sturges

Mercedes used to make a 3 axle limo that Hitler was fond of.
pjcamp

And taken out a much unneeded rear seat, thus making a hot rod for Comic Book Guy.
Nash Rambler

I always wanted the 1959 Chrysler Patton – equipped with tank treads to go with the sleek fins.
Jonbly Herbert

A number of companies have produced 6×4 or 6×6 versions of the Land Rover / Range Rover over the years. The most sensible purpose I’ve seen for these was to create fire engines for small airfields – so they’re carrying a heavy rear load over soft terrain.