The Original Hot Rod Lincoln
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- The original Hot Rod Lincoln was built by Country Western singer/songwriter Charlie Ryan in the 1950s, and inspired his song of the same name. Now, owner Dave Demangone takes the popular car to various car shows and charity functions. Subscribe! | bit.ly/1sddOmD
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Back in the late 80s I was Playing in a country rock band and we were playing at the auto show at the Spokane county fairgrounds in Washington state. One of the songs we learned what’s hot Rod Lincoln. We needed to do a sound check and so we started playing part of that song when we got to the part about it’s got eight cylinders and uses them all we stop practicing. Out of the crowd came a little old man and he said “you did that song pretty well son but you got the words wrong. It’s not eight cylinders it’s 12 cylinders”. I told this gentleman that I got the words off the Commander Cody version. He said “yeah they did a good job too but you see I wrote this song”. Little did I know that I was trying to correct Charlie Ryan. He then pointed over and showed us his hot Rod Lincoln. I stood and talk to him for about 20 minutes. He was a very nice man and I will always remember that time.
Back in the late 80's - early 90s, I had a building at Stateline, Idaho. It was a former bar (Hard Luck Charlies) converted to a video store. Charlie Ryan lived just a few miles up the road in Post Falls at the time. One day he walked in and introduced himself. He said he was looking for a place to put his "Hot Rod Lincoln" on display. I would have loved to accommodated ol' Charlie's Hot Rod Lincoln, but it just wasn't feasible. It was really a treat meeting the man and hearing the whole story first hand. RIP Charlie Ryan.
I saw this car at World of Wheels years ago in PHX. Charly Ryan was selling cassette tapes. Spent the next hour talking to him. He pulled out an old suit case full of photos and even showed us the provisional contract to record the song. The record label sent someone to track him down and get the rights to the song. He also had a guitar with his name in moter of pearl down the fret board. I have his autograph on the inside of the tape jacket. He worked at Grand Ol Opera and had an alter-ego hillbilly character also. He said he set the body on with ropes in a barn. He was the genuine article.
I remember the day when my uncle Charlie Ryan brought the car to my house... what a beauty! I would love to bring that car back into the family some day.
How cool.
I had no idea this was a real car until now. Whatever that sold for, it wasn't enough. That's the car that inspired generations of Hot Rodders and motoring enthusiast. It's priceless. Glad to see it out on the streets and not tucked away in some hidden museum.
What a great piece of Hotrod history. I didn’t know that the car still existed. Nice to see the roof wasn’t chopped.
Have you heard the story of the hot rod race
when the Fords and Lincolns was settin' the pace
That story is true I'm here to say
I was drivin' that Model A
It's got a lincon moter and it's really suped up that model A body makes it look like a pup It's got eight cylinders and uses em all It's got overdrive just won't stall
With a four barrel carb and a dual exhaust
With 4:11 gears you can really get lost
Got safety tubes, but I ain't scared
The brakes are good, the tires fair
Thank you! You show all of us a fine example of giving to charity in ways that we enjoy! Best wishes.
Beautiful restoration...
What a gem to have with all that history behind it...
Man, that is a sweet ride. I love those old dueces with the rumble seats. This one looks extra mean with the forward rake.
Intriguing that it was so well built all it needed was a cosmetic restoration.
"Hot Rod Lincoln" is a part of our proud American Culture.
I wish my Husband had been home to see this video, "Hot Rod Lincoln" is one of his favorite songs. God Bless You.
You just got yourself a new Subscriber.
OK...LETS ALL SETTLE THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL! ....the original version does indeed state 12 cyl.
Well you heard the story of the hot rod race that fatal day
When a Ford and a Mercury went out to play
Well this is the inside story, and I'm here to say
I was the kid that was drivin' that Model A
It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up
That Model A body makes it look like a pup
It's got twelve cylinders; uses them all
With an overdrive, that just won't stall
Its got a 4-barrel carb and a dual exhaust
4.11 gears you can really get lost
It's got safety tubes, and I'm not scared
The brakes are good, and the tires are fair
We left San Pedro late one night
The moon and the stars was shinin' bright
Everything went fine up the Grapevine Hill
We was passing cars like they was standing still
All of a sudden like a flick of an eye
A Cadillac sedan had passed us by
The remark was made "Theres the car for me"
By then the taillight were all you could see
Now the fellas ribbed me for bein' behind
So I started to make that Lincoln unwind
I took my foot off the gas and man alive
I shoved it on down into overdrive
Wound it up to a hundred-and-ten
Twist the speedometer off at the end
I had my foot feed clear to the floor
Said that's all there is and there ain't no more
Went around a corner and I passed a truck
I whispered a prayer just for luck
Fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts
The guys beside me were white as a ghost
I guess that thought I'd lost my sense
The telephone poles looked like a picket fence
They said, "Slow down! I see spots!
The lines on the road just look like dots."
Smoke was rollin' out of the back
When I started to gain on that Cadillac
I knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass
When I did I'd be short on gas
Went arround a corner with the tires in the side
You could feel the tension, man what a ride
I said, "Hold on, I've got a license to fly"
And the Cadillac pulled over and let me by
And then all of the sudden a rod started knockin'
When down in the dips she started to rockin'
I look in my mirror; and a red light was blinkin'
Cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln!
Well they arrested me and put me in jail
And called my pop to throw my bail
He said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
you don't quit drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln!"
Weiand use to make a duel carb manifold for that engine. My dad had one on his V12. Huge improvement !!!
Thanks for posting remember the days clear as well
I have the original LP of " Hot Rod Lincoln Drags Again" from 1961. It's a 1941 flathead V12 Lincoln shortened 2 feet With a model A Lincoln body. He bought it upon returning from the war he said once. It has a 1947 or 48 overdrive tranny in it. He told the story about the Lincoln once.
Hey bro! Looks like you and and I are on on the same page. I also have that album, and I also have my very first guitar, which happens to be an early 1960's Kay.
@@glenfenderman Wow! So do I! A tobacco sunburst that still plays well. Still have the original case too.
Beautiful car there isn’t one single thing that I would change on it.
A delightful turn around from the lighthearted flouting of the law. I am familiar with the song for - uh - some time and I do enthusiastically endorse the car's current role.
Awesome didn’t know there was an actual
Hot Rod Lincoln
Glad it wasn’t chopped
This was something people did back in the days when performance parts manufacturers were thin on the ground. While this may be one of the conversions that was done back then, I don't believe there is any way to prove this was the actual car referred to in the song.
@@fishfuxors the song was written in the fifties by Charlie Ryan , the car was built in the fifties by Charlie Ryan and driven around the country on tour by Charlie Ryan and his wife Ruth . There are pictures of them on the road in the late fifties if you care to do a little research . One of the photos was printed in the Rod and Custom magazine article about the restoration of the coupe .
Thanx Hagerty, See you at all the NSRA, Goodguys etc. I have the original vinyl record shown in your video. The whole album is nothing but car songs and I had memorized all the lyrics for Hot Rod Lincoln as a teenager in the 50's.
I also have the original Charlie Ryan album you mentioned. Ebay says it sells for $100. I would take $75. Album is excellent.
The "original" was a Lincoln V/12 flathead engine, three speed transmission with a 2 speed axle (Columbia or a Ruxtell) and a Model A body because the Lincoln body was to heavy and had been wrecked. There was no fenders and more rusty colored body than painted. It was assembled from stuff out of his dads' junk yard. This song was written about the old Lewiston, Idaho, Spiral Highway. It was suggested using the California area to appeal to a larger audience. It almost went back to the junk yard but the song gained popularity and Chuck "fixed it up" to some semblance of what it is today.
yeses it was the Lewiston grade indeed.. BUT the main reason they it to Grape Vine is Because there’s No Way in Hell you could race up the Lewiston grade at 100 Miles Per Hour.... I've hauled many a truck load up and down that Old Grade.. many people argue this .. i win every time ..
"a Model A body because the Lincoln body was to heavy "
Didn't make a Lincoln until 1939.
@@daryllect6659 the lincoln was bought by ford, but they used lincoln''s aluminium 448cid and 414 v12s until the zephyr of 1936, when henry had an all iron 268, 292 (or even 305) inch stretch of the v8 ford flatty to simplify costs. The later v8 version of the song, hinted that it had a later ohv lincoln, to modernise the song
@@daryllect6659 they were building Lincolns back when Henry Ford was still building Model Ts .
thank you, i knew that Charlie passed away and often wondered what happened to the car
Great song...although the only version I ever heard was the Commander Cody one. Which was the hot seller.
Never knew there was an actual car. Cool looking car. Maybe one day I'll run across it.
+Ockie Ditchbank Your opinion...for what it's worth. which is...well..yea you know.
I think Charlie Ryan was the original author of the song, Hot Rod Lincoln. Still back in the 50s as a kid I heard several versions of that song. It is funny how everybody changes the words a little. I sung it in my band and yes, I bent the words a little here and there. The version I learned it from said "and the model-A body makes it look real tough" instead of "look like a Pup". Seeing the one above, I can see how Charlie Ryan said it looked like a Pup. Commander Cody sung the words pretty much like Charlie Ryan's version was written, but Commander Cody changed the little instrumental turn around..hahaha.. Our band did the turn around like Commander Cody....it is too funny how malleable that song is. You can hear the Charlie Ryan version on iTunes.
Thank you for posting!
START PLAYING GUITAR & SING THE SONG "Hot Rod Lincoln Drags Again" from 1961, GREAT SONG! GREAT Hot Rod! Country Western singer/songwriter Charlie Ryan in the 1950s WAS THE KING Hot Rod Lincoln WITH THE BADDEST ASS V-12 ON THE ROAD, ONE COOL CAT!
I believe the second version (a Billboard #26) was by Johnny Bond in 1960.
Too cool,man.Thanks for posting.
Sold January 19, 2013..$$$$ 106,700.00, lot number 7006. In the late 1940's Charlie purchased a 1941 Lincoln Zephyr 4 door sedan and decided to make a Hot Rod out of it. He removed the Zephyr body, cut two feet out of the frame to shortened the wheel base and dropped a 1930 Ford Model A body on it....Charlie installed a '48 Lincoln V-12 engine in it with a '48 Lincoln 3-speed transmission with overdrive.
Well done Dave, This is a keeper. Money well spent...
How fantastic to have the car of Charlie ryan
This guy needs to get his story of the car straight. Last night I read a story from the guy that restored this vehicle for Charlie Ryan, And this is how it goes:
The car was a Lincoln Zephyr that the band drove between gigs. Charlie was writing a song about the Lincoln, but could never come up with a finish for it. One night they rolled that Zephyr and took it to a wrecking yard that Charlie's dad owned. That is where the Model A body came from, then the song got a finish. The car was not inspired by the song, the song was inspired by the car.
The car was restored all by donated time and materials. Before Charlie passed, He and Ruthie gave the car to a collector in Chicago in return for his promise that the collector would take care of Ruthie. Then in 2013 it was sold at auction to this guy.
This story is from The Old Car Nut Book #2
+Troy Moore Well, Charlie hisself said he bought the '41 lincoln V12 after returning from the war. The story I told is directly from him.
+Troy Moore Well, Charlie hisself said he bought the '41 lincoln V12 after returning from the war. The story I told is directly from him.
Beautiful car and you should keep it.
Most folks don’t know that Charlie wrote this song. They refer it as a commander Cody song
I met a guy in Spokane that rode around in this car with Charlie. :) From what I remember him saying Charlie raced that thing all over the Palouse.
13spdRoadranger hotrod Lincoln sat in his garage for years he lived at 1309 East Joseph Spokane WA i helped him get it started I lived next door to him I was a mechanic charile quit playing after the wreck out of bozman Montana when a truck hit his station wagon and killed his drummer
What a beautiful machine.
i need this car
My papa said son you gonna drive me to drinkin if you dont stop drivin that hot rod lincoln.
Beautiful car! I love it!
THANK YOU !!!!!!
Know your roots people.
Well, a Lincoln might have inspired the song writer, but the original Hot Rod Lincoln in the song is a Model A Ford with a Lincoln motor.
Which...Grant...was a V12 in those days. The song was never about a Lincoln car, and clearly says the "model A body makes it look like a pup"
Well done on the Hot Rod Lincoln - Cheers from Detroit.
Wow I never knew! That’s amazing
It had a Lincoln-Zephyr V12 engine, overdrive, a four-barrel carburetor, 4:11 gear ratio, and safety tubes put in a shortened Ford Model A body.
A modern comparison would be like taking a Volkswagen W16 Quad Turbo Engine from Bugatti Veyron SS and putting it in a Golf or Jetta, putting on 4 bigger turbos, cold air intake, Performance Quad Exhaust System, chip tuning etc. Basically a less than 3000lbs street legal car with over 2000 horsepower is the modern equivalent.
If my son were drivin a car like that it would drive me to drinkin. Or maybe I'd make him sell it to pay for college.
damn you really know something about cars down yet I'm a girl
You're a girl named Roger?
In the song lyrics, it has a V-8
Sorry about that, original is v12, commander cody version v8
The spare tire cover resembling the old vinyl 45 record label is freakin' awesome. But I think it should be painted to look & read EXACTLY like the original vinyl 45.........instead of saying "the original Hotrod Lincoln". This also makes me wonder how that spare tire cover was originally done by the man himself: Charlie Ryan.
It looks sort of awkward to me with that extended nose. That Lincoln V-12 engine didn't have a very good reputation anyhow as I heard, something about broken crankshafts, I believe. But still, the car has it's place in history and I've always been a fan of the original song.
Gorgeous
I like the Commander Codys (I think that was his name) version of the song,the second version
That is correct..Commander Cody...and his version was the most sold and the most famous.
At 2:30 the record label on the spare tire should say "written and first recording in 1955", not 1957.
Sweet!!
Great song, great car!
Amazing
YOU ARE SO DARN LUCKY! Let me know if you ever want to sell it!
Elizatbeth v Cherry, you are correct, it was Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen.
If you listen carefully to the words of the original Charlie Ryan song, "Hot Rod Lincoln", it clearly says "8-cylinders" and a 4-bbl carb. AND that the car was able to go 110-MPH and outrun a Cadillac. Lincoln made an 8-cylinder car starting in 1949 and used 4-bbl carbs starting in 1953. I doubt the flathead V-12 Lincoln, even in a Model A, could go 110...or outrun any Cadillac. Many V-12 Lincolns were re-powered with Flathead V-8's for increased performance.
I learned to drive in a V12 Lincoln. It was later repowered with a V8. I can tell you the V8 had to breathe hard to pull that big old Lincoln. I think repowing with V8's had more ato do with cost than with performance.
Ralph you are dead wrong, Charlie Ryan recorded Hot Rod Lincoln twice (1955 & 1959) in both recordings he clearly states the car has 12 cylinders !!
You would be wrong. Many V-12's as well as V-8 flatheads hit 100+ mph.
My hot rod Lincoln was a gold mk3 400 hp us to beat those 440machines.😎
Awesome
You're a good man dude !!!
'41 lincoln Charlie bought coming home from the war. V12 with 47-48 overdrive & shortened 2 feet with model A Lincoln body. I remember Charlie talkin about it. I still have "Hot Rod Lincoln Drags Again" from 1961! And no, it "clearly states" ...it had 12 cylinders, used'em a ll with an overdrive that just won't stall. You're wrong, i have the original record & guitar. A dinky called a Kay at that time.
I own I hot rod bobber based on that car
At first I thought he had modified the horn to sound like a police siren.
I really enjoyed this. Thanks. I beg to differ though. You haven't had fun with
it unless you were thrown in jail because of it!
Not all quite true. The song was written by Ron Wilson from Washington State and his father sold the rights for $500.
Just saying to myself as it ended , needs a police chase through the show , then hear the siren , Perfect touch and way cool car.
so cool
fun video ! thanks for sharing
Cool!
HEY--- A LITTLE less of "you" and more of the sounds out of that V-12 please!
The song says 8 cyl but this has a 12 cyl Lincoln engine so it is NOT the original,. Someone needs to learn to count???
+Roger Barcus: NOPE!! THE original song says TWELVE cylinders and it was written and performed in the 1950's by the guy that built this car! It"s those song re-makes some 15-20 years after the fact that got it WRONG and say eight cylinders!!
+Roger Barcus Yeah just search the original song by Charlie Ryan, says 12 cylinders & uses em' all!
+Paul Lubliner
I just listened to the original 12 cyl song! WoW. I really appreciated the info. I heard the 8 cyl version in late 50s when 12-13 yrs old. Got my first car when 14 - $59 paper route money - lol
+Roger Barcus : Yeah, I was surprised too-- but it's those little and often overlooked things that make the searching out all the more rewarding.
I have a Model A power by a L31 SBC 350. It would be an honor to get beat by this car.
Will it go 110 mph though ?
But, the song refers to the car as a Model A with a Lincoln motor. Commander Cody and others refer to the engine as a V8.
Ask Charlie about all that!
Commander Cody took a bit of liberty with the lyrics , and everyone since him has sung it that way . Most of them never knew any better .
If this particular car was the inspiration for the “Hot Rod Lincoln” (Model A Ford with a Lincoln motor), then why does it not have “EIGHT cylinders and uses ‘em all”? Did Commander Cody change the lyrics?
Count the spark plugs-12.
You answered your own question, Cody changed the lyrics because by the early seventies everyone would have said Twelve cylinders, don't you mean eight?
The song says "has 8 cylinders and uses them all" not 12 like this car here has.
That's because you haven't heard the original Charlie Ryan version of the song from the fifties . Commander Cody's remake is not true to the original lyrics .
Anyone ever written a hotrod song about a Toyota? LOL
Flathead V12. Wow.
Great story but how does the car perform?!?
What year, etc is that?
The cops in Texas would throw in jail for child endangerment if I let my kids ride in a rumble seat. Neat video though. I always imagined the car to be a model A sedan, since he mentioned in the song that he had passengers in the back. He certainly could have with the rumble seat.
wheres the sideswipe mark? giggle red lights flashin aint gonna hamper my action*****
the caddy in the song existed too
wait really? is there a video of it?
no video
Who knows what a rumble seat is?
I do, and I have one in my 1930 Ford model A.
I do !!!
I DO. I HAVE ONE IN MY 1930 FORD MODEL A.
DUH
My father restored a 1930 Model A roadster with rumble seat in the early sixties. That's how long I've known.
cool
Is this the guy that owns the Monkey mobile?
Don't know what all the Hoopla is about just go to the original song and the guy that wrote the song and built the car says it was a 12 cylinder Lincoln with a 4bbl carb....duh
No hot rods were built in the 1950s you young pup. Hot rods were 1930s and 1940s cars. The body of that car looks 1930s to me, like a "Little Deuce Coupe (1932 Ford.) Now the song says that the owner changed the body to make the car look more innocent, so to speak. According to Wikipedia, Ryan based the description of the eponymous car on his own hot rod, built from a 1948 12-cylinder Lincoln chassis shortened two feet, with a 1930 Ford Model A body fitted to it. So yes, it is a 1930s body on a 1948 frame. Anyway, great to know it's in good hands. If you ever get tired of it Jeff Beck might buy it from you.
I never know. What is the definition of a "hot rod"?
As long as cars have been produced, the heavy production bodies have been removed and made into light weight race car with powerful engines. An example are cars in the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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or the 1911 Indianapolis 500.
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I agree that most people associate a 30-40s car with a very powerful engine and running gear.
Think this song is original? Check out "Hot Rod Race" by Arkie Shibley.
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Cool car, but also the Hot Rod Lincoln was an 8-cylinder, not a V-12.
I'd be interested to know where you get your information. The guy writing the original song drove the car above, powered by a V-12 Lincoln flathead engine. So...song-wise, you are mistaken. Lots of Model A's (came with 4 cyl) had flathead V8's swapped in, and one with a V12 would have been unusual. I think Commander Cody's version of the song might say V8...but...poetic license being what it is, who gives a rodents' rectum?
oldmusher Commander Cody's version did change the cylinders to 8
What, the song changed the car? Commander Cody isn't a historian or a gearhead. He's a band performer.
old school, patty Redmond hot rod Lincoln utube enjoy
The song I remember as a kid was put out in 1967 by Commander Cody...I'm no expert but that kinda blows a hole in your timeline.
"Hot Rod Lincoln" is a spoken song by American singer-songwriter Charlie Ryan, first released in 1955. It was written as an answer song to Arkie Shibley's 1950 hit "Hot Rod Race" (US #29)
I still don;t understand why they call it a Lincoln
It’s got a Lincoln engine and chassis.
Shame about all those stickers everywhere:(
and check out deco ride lincoln zepher shrape
no thatsa lincold
Arkie Shibley
see alot o jc whitney parts
something not look right in the front end
Thats because when Charlie Ryan put the V12 in it all those years ago he had to make a choice as to where to put the extra length of the engine . He could cut the firewall and slide the engine back and lose legroom, or push the radiator and headlights forward . He went forward obviously .
model A
What did he pay for this?
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V-12.....
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in the song the car is a v8
In the original song by Charlie Ryan it has 12 cylinders. The Johnny Bond and Commander Cody version is 8 cylinders.
AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION? BOOOOOO! GIRL CAR GIRL CAR!
It's not an automatic it's a 3-speed.
3 on the tree