They just delivered my new baby a week or two ago.
It’s a 1965 black-on-black Lincoln Continental convertible with suicide doors.
It’s a true classic that is highly sought after by collectors, probably because of the history surrounding it.
JFK was shot in a Lincoln convertible limo, the guys in Entourage on HBO drive a black-on-black 1965 Lincoln convertible just like mine, and the sedan they drove in the movie “The Matrix” was also a black 1965 Continental sedan.
Every time I take my new baby out for a ride I get tons of “great car” comments, more so than any other car I have ever owned, including that $169,000.00 AMG Benz I won earlier this year.
I love that fact that driving a car that makes me smile so much, also makes the people who see it smile as well.
Here’s the best part:
I won the car in an affiliate contest from Ryan Deiss, who won it from Frank Kern just a few years ago.
And Frank paid 55 grand for it so it’s been restored to cherry condition.
Winning the car I’ve always wanted is a dream come true.
Especially by winning it in an Affiliate contest. I love to win 🙂
Here’s the problem:
They just delivered the convertible a week or two ago.
Unfortunately, convertible season is over here in Michigan so I only get to drive it on warm, sunny days… which are few and far between during late October in Michigan.
So when I woke up this morning and I saw the weather report calling for highs in the low 50s and mostly sunny skies I proudly proclaimed to my wife “I’m driving the Lincoln today, Baby!”
Here’s the funny part:
I went over to the garage where the Lincoln is stored, fired it up, and hit the open road.
5 minutes into my cruise it started to rain (so much for the weather report calling for a 10% chance of rain).
So I pulled over to put up the convertible top (it’s supposed to do so automatically).
But the trunk got stuck open during the process and I couldn’t get it to close. I spent 10 minutes on the side of the road, in the rain, just trying to get the trunk closed. Luckily I was finally able to get it to close.
But then the rear passenger window decided not to close. Thankfully is was more of a mist than a downpour so the rear seats really didn’t get that wet.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my new car.
Dealing with these little issues is all part of charm of owning a classic car.
So instead of getting mad I simply turned the car around with a smile on my face and I headed back to the garage so I could put my baby back into storage.
This is when it really got funny…
When I was driving my baby back to storage I turned on the windshield wipers because it was still raining.
And as I’m cruising down the road at 50 or 60 miles an hour… all of a sudden the entire windshield wiper arm… the entire wiper assembly… suddenly flew off the car.
The entire wiper assembly just flew right off… gone with the wind.
I pulled right over and I ran up and down the side of the road, in the rain, for 5 minutes trying to find my windshield wiper arm. But I never found it.
I couldn’t help but laugh about it.
All I wanted to do was drive my new baby but it was just one crazy thing after another.
Oh well, tomorrow is another day. And if it’s sunny, I’ll be sure to get my guys to shoot a video for you so I can show you all the cool features like the suicide doors, the hood that opens “backwards”, the reverse opening trunk, and the window that just refuses to close.
It’s a true classic!
Check out my new baby…
A 1965 black-on-black Lincoln Continental Convertible!
Check out the sweet Suicide Doors… They Open Backwards!
P.S.
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Or you’d like to come out to my new “World Headquarters” building and take a ride in my new Lincoln Convertible…
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Kevin says
Jeff, love the car, you’re now rolling like a president. Anyhow, I’ve got a quick question for you. With regards to the three blog networks, I’d watched one of your youtube videos where you mentioned that you don’t talk about that anymore. May I ask you why that is? also, is the three blog system still effective? I was a member of your traffic voodoo system and I saw how you used it for the farmville case study but I just wanted to know if it is still as effective as before and if not, what do I need to make it more effective. I’m planning on using it for my new product that I’m launching. Any help will do.
Thanks Jeff
Jeff Johnson says
The three blog network still works and is very powerful, I use it all the time.
I just don’t talk about it in public because it opens up too many questions and I would spend all day explaining the concept.
Janice says
Hi Jeff,
Love your car. Lincolns are a great car to own. I have a Lincoln MKZ, just love that little car.. and yes I had to pay for mine.
I’m sure driving around in a FREE 1965 Lincoln Convertible is much better.. Love it!
Love your photos too…you look really good sitting in that car.
Congratulations!!
Jeff Johnson says
Convertible riving season’s almost over. Damn!
Albert says
Really cool car! Beats my 1975 Fiat!
Congratulations!
BizzyTurtle says
Wow Jeff! Uber Kewl ~ Awesome Photos!
Hot Guy in a Hot Car… You wear it well!!
Glad to see that someone who gives freely, and cares so much about others, won this classic! Thanks for all you do!
Ha – and here I thought you and your wife actually had a real baby! LOL
Enjoy! ~ BizzyTurtle
Jeff Johnson says
I was blessed with a son and a daughter and I wouldn’t trade them for a car… but I sure do like my new baby 🙂
Sean Johnson says
Hi Jeff
As a member of your lifetime program I can say that it rocks, and you over deliver! So keep up the good work.
As an Amateur photographer I can say that I think Gareth is possibly referring to Photo 3 with you sitting in the back of the car. The highlights are blown out!
One of the “Power secrets” 🙂 of photography is always shoot in the shade (so that exposure is even and no shadows (or burnouts) occur on the face) . That’s what those big white screens are about on commercial beach photo shoots, the white screens (scrims) put the models in the shade.
But we digress….
😉
Jeff Johnson says
Thanks!
Peter says
Ohhhhh yes!
A beautiful baby to own 🙂
Rather have the wiper arm blow off than the convertible top while driving
Welcome to the joys of owning an eccentric car 🙂
Paul says
B.S. I was expected to see realy a baby! That is only two tons of iron!!!
Isaac says
Do you live in the Mtns? If so, how is it that nice outside this time of year?. I’am in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It’s nice, but not that nice here.
Jeff Johnson says
No, but my house is on a heavily wooded lot and it feels like I’m out in the wilderness every single day.
Everardo says
Hi Jeff,
Congratulations! it’s a great car and fun to drive.
I had the pleasure to own one in 1971, it was a 1963 with the spare wheel outside right on the rear bumper…… ah it was a dream to drive around in sunny California – along the ocean highway….
The summer is coming again so hold on!
Everatdo
Jeff Johnson says
It’s not coming soon enough 🙂
Martial Arts says
I guess I don’t appreciate the classics as much as technology. I would take the new car over any of these old classics.
Jeff Johnson says
I’m guessin you’d like my fully loaded, and I mean full loaded 2011 AMG s63… also a car I won in an affiliate contest 🙂