Could the designers have ever imagined at the time that they were creating absolute masterpieces. If you were cruising down Hollywood Blvd. or 5th Ave. what modern vehicle could surpass it in terms of styling and elegance? Nothing! The detail and statement it makes is extraordinary. To create a motorworks like that today would cost you a quarter of a million dollars. It is a tour de force of motoring perfection. Despite not having a single computer in its make up it is among the high water marks of human motoring achievment. No Hollywood celebrity or historical figure could be too big to diminished by being dropped off at the Oscars in this motor coach. Thank you Charles for finding these pearls of the mid 20th century.
Absolutely they were. To each and every one, theirs' was the masterpiece of masterpieces. A long gone era sadly. Now it's all about the bean counters and who can turn a buck the quickest.
Charles, your video quality and volume increase with every upload, I was enthralled by the video and deafened by your enthusiasm. Never change sir! What a beautiful appreciation of a beautiful car. I KNOOOOOOWWWWW!
7:12 Love those *CATHEDRAL* tail-lights. Those and the Frenched headlights (1:28) makes this Lincoln look much like a 55/56 Packard. It's just too bad you were so depressed. :)
My best friend Kim and i are your biggest fans. I absolutely love how you describe my favorite cars. I too just adore 50's and early 60's cars. I would like to have you on my show. You are such an adorable man. I love you so much!! 🥰🤣🤩 I know!!!!
Never have I seen such passion for classic cars, mid-century design and vibe while also being able to capture and hold interest (some of these classic car reviewers get too bogged down in history and production background). Never mind a detailed review on all the "quirks and features".
Not "finny". Not overly "flashy". By no means too "showy"... But the '56 Lincoln cars were probably some of the most EXEMPLARY of the Mid Century automotive designs.... Absolutely BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED.
I had a 1960 Buick Invicta Custom, White, red and white bucket seats, padded console, A/C it was loaded. Picked it up from a Buick dealer on the service lot 1966. Needed a valve job, customer bought a new Buick. Bought it for 500 dollars, towed it to the shop where I worked. Wonderful car. Great driving, smooth, comfortable, drove it from Vegas to Ca border at 120 to 125, still smooth. Sold it 3 years later. All I can say is: I want it back!!!!! The body sculpting is awesome on the 60. Oh, did I say? I WANT IT BACK!!!! at 74 years old, it's still my favorite car.
56 was a great styling year for premium cars in the USA. I am a big fan of vertical, cathedral style taillights so score points for Packard and Lincoln. This is my favorite but the Cadillac and Imperial were beautiful, too. Just a great looking car.inside and out.
Thankfully they've started going back to their former glory. I was worried they were gonna become another Cadillac a Chevy filled with plastic chrome and charging 20k more.
This car is perhups the most beautiful car made ever. It is perfect in all it corners, the color is unbettereable, interior is woof, wheels cups, griil, tail lights, it's a toy for adults. 1956 was the best year of American cars for me. 1956 Chrysler is amazing, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Lincoln, Thunderbird, Oldsmobile, DeSoto, Nash, Dodge, Ambassador, Hudson, Pontiac, Plymouth. American cars are my passion. Greetings from 🇨🇱
You got it going on!!!! From the glasses , to the clothes , from the voice to the hoods you are driving around in....AND THOSE CARS!!!! Don't go changing!!!!🎯👍💯☑️🤩😎🤓😻🙌🥇🏆🎰
Park that beauty next to a 56' Cadillac and you'll see how advanced Lincolns styling was. Where the Caddy's high belt line and bulbous looks along with those outrageous dagmars and excessive chrome, the Lincoln is low slung, streamlined and void of extreme bright work. Lincoln was no doubt way ahead in the styling game at the time.
1:08...Don't tell me that the original through the bumper exhaust has been retained. As a kid in the '60's, I remember seeing so many 1950's cars with rotted out rear bumpers because of that.
Re: the back up lights. I read that the idea behind them was even though they were small the idea was the light would reflect off the bumper and give plenty of light. Evidently some owners didn’t agree with this set up. Love the car. Plus a back seat speaker in a convertible...not very common.
An epic car for sure! I'll bet Jimmy Buffet would like the Island Coral one! I'll take an Island Coral Lincoln and go have a cheeseburger in paradise! 😊😊
Man, LOVE these videos...I KNOW! Such nice rides... love all the details... oh what has happened to modern transportation? Where's the artistic touches and style they had back in the day? I'll take one of these over ANYTHING new! I KNOW!
Hi, just discovered you, and you're fun! Have watched two if your cars, this Lincoln and a 1960 Fury. Both cars even had working clocks! I am impressed. But....you know!
Amazing car! Charles you R soooo X-traaaa! When describing the details of the steel/chrome land yachts. I mean XTRA in a GOOD way. That is Y I subscribed & will tell others. You put such a smile on my face!
Thank you says my heart to you. All your videos are incredible, interesting, full of marvels of 50s, greatest car design ever, tge way you show them is lovely, full of pasion. Xhrist, Santiago, Chile PD. My first car was an Olds 88/ 1952 Hydramatic. When I was 23 years old in 1990. I felt the happiest guy on earth. 😘
LOL. You're a professional hypnotist Charles ? -No, I guess not. BUT your perfect Populux presentation had me laughing away here. Perfect ! You are SO in sync with what this car's all about. U nailed it again, so I've subbed. Cheers
Did you all notice the location of the back up lights? They were hidden up underneath there, that lip of the trunk if you will. This was so they wouldn’t clutter the rear end and make it look as sleek as possible. This feature was even mentioned in some of the advertisements...the “hidden back up lights”. The next year in 57 the back up lights were gigantic and pretty much matched the parking light lenses in the front.
I love midcentury modern. I hate kitsch that that car is the epitome of kitsch. The people who would have driven that car when new would have been new money. One wonder's why Ford just a few years later greatly toned down the kitsch factor in the 1960's models.
These still had trunk mounted AC units blowing up clear tubes into ceiling ducts and vents, so no AC on convertibles. Of course if you don't mind being a bit revisionist you could have a modern skinny underdash unit put in. I would. A lot of car designers and owners in the mid fifties would have been in WWII and/or the Korean War. I think this is why you see the aircraft style levers showing up on several cars, not to mention of course Cadillac P 38 fins. I saw a salmon pink two door hardtop Premiere cruising in the Coney Island Mermaid parade with all that no doubt rechromed chrome glistening in the sun. It was a mid-50's vision.
Nah. If you're rockin a droptop, A/C is blasphemy. And the 'rocket/aircraft' type styling was inspired by our real-life jet age / space age spinning up. Everyone's vision of the future included glittering rocket ships and jets, a colony on the moon, flying (and likely atomic-powered) cars, and to some degree, robots to free us from tedious labor... all anticipated in the 1980s or 1990s. Huh. As they say, the future ain't what it used to be.
Wait a minute ! ! ! Has anyone else noticed what I think I've just noticed??? This car appears to have NO backup lights! How can this be?? Are they hidden somewhere? Or could a luxury car of this magnitude possibly have "not" been equipped with backup lights??? Help me fathom this. Please !!
Charles I love your enthusiasm for these beautiful pieces of rolling art nobody but nobody describes these beautiful cars the way you do , also enjoy when you go into the houses and show. All the cool mid-century modern stuff
Never has there been a more enthusiastic demonstration of the 1956 Lincoln. You are raising awareness of the car as an art form.
The way he yells MORE and moans I KNOW he us raising more than consciousness.
Could the designers have ever imagined at the time that they were creating absolute masterpieces. If you were cruising down Hollywood Blvd. or 5th Ave. what modern vehicle could surpass it in terms of styling and elegance? Nothing! The detail and statement it makes is extraordinary. To create a motorworks like that today would cost you a quarter of a million dollars. It is a tour de force of motoring perfection. Despite not having a single computer in its make up it is among the high water marks of human motoring achievment. No Hollywood celebrity or historical figure could be too big to diminished by being dropped off at the Oscars in this motor coach. Thank you Charles for finding these pearls of the mid 20th century.
Absolutely they were. To each and every one, theirs' was the masterpiece of masterpieces.
A long gone era sadly. Now it's all about the bean counters and who can turn a buck the quickest.
Every episode more spectacular than the last! Charles, it is you are is the National Treasure!
Jim, you are so incredible. Miss you !
Charles, your video quality and volume increase with every upload, I was enthralled by the video and deafened by your enthusiasm. Never change sir! What a beautiful appreciation of a beautiful car. I KNOOOOOOWWWWW!
No one can describe a classic car like Charles can, I knowwwwwww!
That Chuck is something else! 😁
It’s stunning and has beautimosity of the highest order!!
A magnificent mid-century motoring masterpiece! I KNOW!!!!!!
7:12 Love those *CATHEDRAL* tail-lights. Those and the Frenched headlights (1:28) makes this Lincoln look much like a 55/56 Packard. It's just too bad you were so depressed. :)
One of my favorite all time 50s American cars, in my top 5..... I know!
Wow!!!!!!! I want this masterpiece! “I know “! Wow!!!!! I know! 😁💯👍✌️👌
Knock me OUT!! Keep it up Charles! Love your excitement! I share that with you. I know!
Perfect camera operating on this one, great stuff, thank you for doing these!
My best friend Kim and i are your biggest fans. I absolutely love how you describe my favorite cars. I too just adore 50's and early 60's cars. I would like to have you on my show. You are such an adorable man. I love you so much!! 🥰🤣🤩 I know!!!!
thank you!
This Guy is hilarious all his little innuendos are amazing!!🤓🤓
No words.
Well, a couple, anyway.
Fantabulous and perfection in design.
Never have I seen such passion for classic cars, mid-century design and vibe while also being able to capture and hold interest (some of these classic car reviewers get too bogged down in history and production background). Never mind a detailed review on all the "quirks and features".
I can clearly see Chrysler and Packard styling influences in this car. Understated elegance for the that time.
Charles YOU ARE OUR 24K, tour guide. What would we do without Charles?? We just adore youre style and vast knowledge of mid century rolling artwork.
Wow, thank you!
Lucky you. Fabulous design. Elegant, classy. Looks like a customized car.
Not "finny". Not overly "flashy". By no means too "showy"... But the '56 Lincoln cars were probably some of the most EXEMPLARY of the Mid Century automotive designs.... Absolutely BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED.
Very detail is delightful !!!
The Lincoln Knight, and the size of that trunk... I knowwwww. a-Maze-ing details!
Just so you know, you’re the best! Beautiful automobile!
You're actually *driving* this car? Oh, my! (laughs) Lovely car! I'd give *anything* to be allowed to drive a car like this. :)
The nicest example ever.
wow i am speechless. you have more fun than any living human deserves .wow
I had a 1960 Buick Invicta Custom, White, red and white bucket seats, padded console, A/C it was loaded. Picked it up from a Buick dealer on the service lot 1966. Needed a valve job, customer bought a new Buick. Bought it for 500 dollars, towed it to the shop where I worked. Wonderful car. Great driving, smooth, comfortable, drove it from Vegas to Ca border at 120 to 125, still smooth. Sold it 3 years later. All I can say is: I want it back!!!!! The body sculpting is awesome on the 60. Oh, did I say? I WANT IT BACK!!!! at 74 years old, it's still my favorite car.
Excellence again and again
56 was a great styling year for premium cars in the USA. I am a big fan of vertical, cathedral style taillights so score points for Packard and Lincoln. This is my favorite but the Cadillac and Imperial were beautiful, too. Just a great looking car.inside and out.
I know that car! Gorgeous!!
Me too.
Hope to see it again soon.
goddam that is a beautiful car. why can't we have nice things now?
The government.
Lol, "for all the animals to enjoy while you drive by."
We love you Charles Phoenix
Terrific, Charles, Terrific-Nicest Lincoln For 1956
Lincoln - What a luxury car *should* be.
Thankfully they've started going back to their former glory. I was worried they were gonna become another Cadillac a Chevy filled with plastic chrome and charging 20k more.
The 56 was so beautiful, the 57 facellft was not so great.
This car is perhups the most beautiful car made ever. It is perfect in all it corners, the color is unbettereable, interior is woof, wheels cups, griil, tail lights, it's a toy for adults. 1956 was the best year of American cars for me. 1956 Chrysler is amazing, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Lincoln, Thunderbird, Oldsmobile, DeSoto, Nash, Dodge, Ambassador, Hudson, Pontiac, Plymouth. American cars are my passion.
Greetings from 🇨🇱
You got it going on!!!! From the glasses , to the clothes , from the voice to the hoods you are driving around in....AND THOSE CARS!!!! Don't go changing!!!!🎯👍💯☑️🤩😎🤓😻🙌🥇🏆🎰
Park that beauty next to a 56' Cadillac and you'll see how advanced Lincolns styling was. Where the Caddy's high belt line and bulbous looks along with those outrageous dagmars and excessive chrome, the Lincoln is low slung, streamlined and void of extreme bright work. Lincoln was no doubt way ahead in the styling game at the time.
1:08...Don't tell me that the original through the bumper exhaust has been retained. As a kid in the '60's, I remember seeing so many 1950's cars with rotted out rear bumpers because of that.
Re: the back up lights. I read that the idea behind them was even though they were small the idea was the light would reflect off the bumper and give plenty of light. Evidently some owners didn’t agree with this set up.
Love the car. Plus a back seat speaker in a convertible...not very common.
Designed by John Tjaarda, who also designed the 1955 Lincoln Futura. This was so obviously inspired by,the Futura.
What a truly beautiful and spectacular automobile!!! How tragic contemporary automobile design has fallen to such a truly abysmal level!!
An epic car for sure! I'll bet Jimmy Buffet would like the Island Coral one! I'll take an Island Coral Lincoln and go have a cheeseburger in paradise! 😊😊
beautiful, my favorite Lincoln along with the 51, also the Mercury Montclair of 55 and 56 are faves and beauties
What a character!! Love you Charles!
My Aunt Guinevere's best friend had an Island Coral Coupe. The photos of them modeling around it are a scream!
If I ever hit the lottery I'm going to have a fleet of these. At least one of them has to be turquoise.
Very impressive 56 Premiere !
That looked almost showroom new !
Nice job ! Ride On.
Just discovered this marvellous channel - automotive porn gone crazy!
It's been a long time since I've seen one of these on the road. I'd like to see one again someday!
Is that 24 carat gold? Oh magnificent! I love it! Love the enthusiasm Charles P!
Poetry in motion
The thunk of that door closing is making all foley artists in Hollywood swoon.
A short person would had a hard time seeing over the instrument cluster to get a full view of the road
Once again Charles. Hit it out of the park!!!
Man, LOVE these videos...I KNOW! Such nice rides... love all the details... oh what has happened to modern transportation? Where's the artistic touches and style they had back in the day? I'll take one of these over ANYTHING new! I KNOW!
Hi, just discovered you, and you're fun! Have watched two if your cars, this Lincoln and a 1960 Fury. Both cars even had working clocks! I am impressed. But....you know!
Welcome aboard! Thanks for watching!
Yes - a masterpiece to rival both Chrysler and Cadillac!
Breath taking compared to todays all look the same venicle
Superb
You have a 50s voice 😝
I think this dude really loves these vehicles. Props to you. Try to be a little more enthusiastic though.🤓
One of the most beautiful cars around
Charles, you do JUSTICE for all these cars.
thats the car used to build the original Bat-car out of
This car won design awards, I love it!
Amazing car! Charles you R soooo X-traaaa! When describing the details of the steel/chrome land yachts. I mean XTRA in a GOOD way. That is Y I subscribed & will tell others. You put such a smile on my face!
Charles, just fabulous! I want one!
Holy shit you get the best cars!🎉
Thank you says my heart to you. All your videos are incredible, interesting, full of marvels of 50s, greatest car design ever, tge way you show them is lovely, full of pasion.
Xhrist, Santiago, Chile
PD. My first car was an Olds 88/ 1952 Hydramatic. When I was 23 years old in 1990. I felt the happiest guy on earth. 😘
Glad you like them!
LOL. You're a professional hypnotist Charles ? -No, I guess not. BUT your perfect Populux presentation had me laughing away here. Perfect !
You are SO in sync with what this car's all about. U nailed it again, so I've subbed. Cheers
Did you all notice the location of the back up lights? They were hidden up underneath there, that lip of the trunk if you will. This was so they wouldn’t clutter the rear end and make it look as sleek as possible. This feature was even mentioned in some of the advertisements...the “hidden back up lights”. The next year in 57 the back up lights were gigantic and pretty much matched the parking light lenses in the front.
Charles, all you needed was Jayne Mansfield with you in that front seat!
Rock Hudson.
Mr. Phoenix is so entertaining! LOL - I KNOW!
I thought that I ❤'d classic cars, then I saw the episode of Charles Phoenix JOYRIDE - 1956 Lincoln Premiere
One of my favorites.
I would like to volunteer to be your chauffeur to drive you when you feature cars.
I love midcentury modern. I hate kitsch that that car is the epitome of kitsch. The people who would have driven that car when new would have been new money. One wonder's why Ford just a few years later greatly toned down the kitsch factor in the 1960's models.
We had two Lincoln Capri’s! One h/t coupe (black/white), other 4dr h/t (pink/black)! So Kool Charles! Thanks!
Thanks Charles. Just beautiful. A man on the next street from me has one of these in Wisteria. Very unusual color.
Never leave the keys in trunk when opening up! the loose keys will scratch the paint!
Charles you are so good about not slamming doors....
When I was young ... many many years ago .. I thought this was the base car of the 1966 Batmobile. *face palm*
I love your videos. Your excitement makes me want to go out and get each car you host.
Thank you !!!
Not only do I enjoy all the beautiful cars , But also Charle's description ! I KNOW !!!
These still had trunk mounted AC units blowing up clear tubes into ceiling ducts and vents, so no AC on convertibles. Of course if you don't mind being a bit revisionist you could have a modern skinny underdash unit put in. I would. A lot of car designers and owners in the mid fifties would have been in WWII and/or the Korean War. I think this is why you see the aircraft style levers showing up on several cars, not to mention of course Cadillac P 38 fins.
I saw a salmon pink two door hardtop Premiere cruising in the Coney Island Mermaid parade with all that no doubt rechromed chrome glistening in the sun. It was a mid-50's vision.
Nah. If you're rockin a droptop, A/C is blasphemy. And the 'rocket/aircraft' type styling was inspired by our real-life jet age / space age spinning up. Everyone's vision of the future included glittering rocket ships and jets, a colony on the moon, flying (and likely atomic-powered) cars, and to some degree, robots to free us from tedious labor... all anticipated in the 1980s or 1990s.
Huh. As they say, the future ain't what it used to be.
The Town & Country Radio buttons are such a fine detail!
Charles you find some really cool cars and your over the top presentation is more than entertaining.
Jayne Mansfield with her yellow swim suit at the beach. The Girl Can't Help it.
Magnificent!
Behold The Glory Of This 1956 Masterpiece
Wait a minute ! ! ! Has anyone else noticed what I think I've just noticed??? This car appears to have NO backup lights! How can this be?? Are they hidden somewhere? Or could a luxury car of this magnitude possibly have "not" been equipped with backup lights??? Help me fathom this. Please !!
That silver-colored instrumentation must look glorious, at night
My dad had the Premiere Lincoln. It was pink . It was
Thanks for the video. Beautiful car and a well done video.
Does anybody have an idea of the price of this car?
best looking Lincoln till 1962,of course the mk 2 was the most beautiful, but two different cars.
cheers 🍾🍾🍾🏳️🌈
Glad you enjoyed it
You review the best cars.
I know.
Charles I love your enthusiasm for these beautiful pieces of rolling art nobody but nobody describes these beautiful cars the way you do , also enjoy when you go into the houses and show. All the cool mid-century modern stuff
Stellar! I know.👍👍😎🇺🇸
Another great review Charles.