Continental Kit or Bump

[tluke]

Well done. Now that's the S75 that should've been. Can you do it for a '58?

Here's a '58. With a good side view of yours (I assume you have a '58) I can do one for yours. The 57-58's I assume used the new X frame so they're already lower and sleeker than mine or Clay's S75s which sit on top of the frame. I thought my '55 was pretty good looking until you and Clay called it "stubby". As I looked at it from an angle standing in front, it just looked LONG. After I did the rendering with the extended trunk, it now looks stubby in the rear. And, as I said in an earlier post, I can't unsee it now. The rendering below has the same effect on me (stubby trunk). I hope this pic has the same effect on you



re: "From the side view, '59 styling was actually greatly simplified from that of its immediate predecessors. Only at the ends is where you got the complexity, otherwise all the little chrome bits here and there were gone with a smoother, more flowing body and roofline- especially in the Coupes."
As Clay mentioned, Continental Kits for '59's are all so atrocious. Even on the S75 the trunk is already enormous.

[Lexi]

I love it! If I post a side view shot of my car could you stretch the back as well, (if not too much work)? The way you did it makes it look so natural, the way they should have looked. Great proportions. If you had a classic car body shop I know where I would be driving my Limo to for customization! Clay/Lexi

P.S. Sorry for the complex that Eric and I passed on to you!

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

Here's a '58. With a good side view of yours (I assume you have a '58) I can do one for yours. The 57-58's I assume used the new X frame so they're already lower and sleeker than mine or Clay's S75s which sit on top of the frame. I thought my '55 was pretty good looking until you and Clay called it "stubby". As I looked at it from an angle standing in front, it just looked LONG. After I did the rendering with the extended trunk, it now looks stubby in the rear. And, as I said in an earlier post, I can't unsee it now. The rendering below has the same effect on me (stubby trunk). I hope this pic has the same effect on you

No, I have no '58s. I just wanted to see if it would look as good as I thought it would. What an improvement!

Always bugged me how stubby S75s were until '58. Thankfully, the later S75s weren't done that way.

[Lexi]

Yes, that is an awesome improvement. The stubby look has always bugged me and I know that it is just not Eric and I who see that. The fellow who sold me my Limo agreed as well, when I brought that subject up after buying his car. Clay/Lexi

[Eric DeVirgilis CLC# 8621]

The '58 S62 Extended Deck and Sedan deVille is 8.5" longer than the Standard Deck S62. Adding that to the 237.1" length of the Series 75, it would be 245.6" or 20.5 feet. Still not enough to topple the 21-foot 1974-1976, but close. 

[tluke]

If I post a side view shot of my car could you stretch the back as well, (if not too much work)?

It's so much work you'd be indebted to me for life! Actually I already did a very quick one for you from your stretched image but I'd be glad to do one from a better starting point. When I unstretched your pic, I'm not sure I got all the dimensions right and the wheels still look a little skiwampus. I DM'd you with my email address if you have a better picture to start with. 
Terry

[Lexi]

Terry thanks. I think my stretched shot made the front wheel spindle look as if it were broken, LOL. Here is a better, broad side shot which I hope you can work with. Thank you for the effort, I appreciate it! Clay/Lexi