Neil Young’s Eco-Lincoln

OK, dude gets even cooler.

Obviously, that’s Neil Young.

To me, Neil Young is one of these guys that’s cool because he skirts the edge of disaster in a lot of ways. He’s Canadian, for one … and a Canadian MUSICIAN for two (I don’t need to go into the sonic & thematic failings of Canadian bands like Loverboy, do I?) … and folk music? That stuff was scary – it almost caught on!

Anyway, despite all these handicaps, he somehow manages to make it work.

He is also, it turns out, a bit of a gearhead. And not surprisingly, and eco-gearhead.

viz. the car he’s turning into a hybrid: A 1959 Lincoln.

Class!

The only thing that would have made it better was if he was blues guy from Choctaw with a nickname like “Sweet” or “Bukka” or “Muddy”.

But more than anything, he points the way forward, because I ask you, one gearhead to another, what’s wrong with green cars?

Answer: They’re boring!

They are the automotive equivalent of Pat Boone.

And a 1959 Lincoln, a car you dock rather than park, is not the automotive equivalent of Pat Boone. It’s more like John Lee hooker.

With the coming (OK, now) downturn in the world economy, think of the retro-fit opportunities!

Imagine a 1959 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, black with chrome artillery wheels, oxblood interior and series hybrid drivetrain running on bio-juice.

You cruise down Fillmore in that?

Boogie Chillen …

Source: nytimes.com

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