I have a HFII question. I know little of he man, but I know some scholars that have read everything on him and there's never a mention of the Lincoln Indianapolis. It looks nothing like any Ford, ever, and there's no proven relationship with Boano and HFII. All of the auction write-ups speak in wink and nods, yet the car was only shown at Turin one time, didn't wear the current Lincoln badging at its only showing and wasn't shown at the Lincoln display on the other end of the show floor.

The truth about the car is that it was a roller. It never had a drive train until it was restored. The dash had a wild flipper device to disguise it, but it was only a bunch of fake lights and gauges. Now for the interesting thing. It is told that HFII had the car brought here and tired of it and gave it to his friend Errol Flynn, who drove it. How did either of them drive it when it was pushed on-stage? I'm told that Errol Flynn travels in far different circles than HFII and neither the car, nor each other, were mentioned in biographies, that I know of. Both are well represented, in photographs, with their favored cars, but there are no documents or photographs to tie either to the unusual "Lincoln", nor each other.

I did ask the Ford Archives about the Indianapolis and they have no photographic record of it, like the Futura, made at the same time. I have to ask why they used a primitive, older, X-frame for the Indianapolis when the Futura use the latest technology and used the new Continental chassis. I'm sure HFII realized that the "cowbelly" chassis would have made more sense for a futuristic vehicle.

I believe the press started something that gave Ford attention and they never refuted it.



Do you see any Lincoln cues with this car. It's a true concept car, in every sense, but there's no Ford connection, that I know of.