SOLVED - What car #253 - 1995 (Mercury/Ford) Atlantis

[@re]

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[Paul Jaray]

Hi, who made this car also made another one, a better known one...few days ago, searching for some info about the Bayliff Packard I foud this very pic and I tough "it has the same air intake on the side as the Chrysler in KarnUtz puzzle...good for a puzzle...it was near another car, can't remember if the Bayliff or a Blastolene, but now...I CAN'T REMEMBER! Mr.Alzheimer is approaching.....PS:not enough for a point?

[@re]

I don't have very much information on this, either - but in my own humble opinion just telling me that you've seen the car before isn't quite enough to earn you a point 

[Arthur Dent]

That one is local to me. A very interesting homebuilt car made to resemble the Chrysler Atlantic concept car. Very well done. Owner shaped all the metal by hand and claimed only 10,000 hours! The frame I think is some early 80s or late 70s full frame Chrysler. The same guy built the Duesenberg replica from scratch. Looks to be taken at the A&W event in Calgary.

Here is the rear

[@re]

I'm leaning towards giving you the point here, because this is obviously the car, but do you know the name of the creation? I've got one, but that might well be wrong. Also, if you could tell me what kind of powerplant that is under the hood, I'd be delighted (probably delighted enough to give you the point) 

[@re]

Let me re-phrase that! Actually, I'm pretty sure of the name of the creation, which the (quite famous) owner of this car revealed on his own web page. The owner is not the same guy that built the car - and it's built on something else than a Chrysler, or so it says on that same web page.

[Arthur Dent]

It is built on a 1986 Lincoln chassis and has a Ford 5L engine for power. Car finished in 1995.

Its named Atlantis as far as I know.

[@re]

Ah! That's exactly what I was looking for! And this is the current owner:

[Arthur Dent]

ah must have been sold to Leno since I saw it last. The guy who built it was quite elderly. His wife usually brought the car out to the shows. Do you have that link?

[@re]

It says on the web page that the guy he bought it from was in his seventies, so that sounds about right. And boy, does Leno have a collection...

The link: Here you go!

....nolinks....

[Arthur Dent]

Looks like to me a gallery of "reader's ride" not cars actually owned by Leno. I suspect some just added for the owner.

[@re]

I agree. Didn't check out the web page thoroughly enough!