The career arc of a stretch limo is pretty interesting to consider. When new, they haul important people, bachelorette parties, prom dates, and drunken wedding goers around in high style. Then, like a professional athlete who blows out a knee and has a sudden career ending injury there’s a precipitous slide into the seedy underbelly of depression, loneliness, neglect, and failed comebacks before history either forgets them or they become a strange reminder of days past. This 1986 Lincoln limo which used to have a Jacuzzi in the back of it is one of those strange reminders of days past for me. See, I was born in 1980 and grew up as an 80s kid. I remember seeing videos on television of jacuzzi limos and thinking at the time, “I want to ride in that thing!” Now I wouldn’t want to get within 30 feet of this particular unit even while wearing a HAZMAT suit. Oh, and the jacuzzi area has been repurposed as “rumble seats”. Um, OK.
With an extra axle to help carry the weight of the jacuzzi, the limo does look kind of tough but that may also be the fact that all the paint is coming off and it seems to be part of a post apocalyptic world. Additionally, the seller didn’t have the stones to run interior photos of this thing for seemingly obvious reasons. He may have been able to infect people with whatever bacteria is living in the limo through their computer screens and ain’t nobody got time for that. We don’t think a 460 was available in the Town Car by 1986, so this one probably trundles along with a 302 for power. We’re not sure if people were able to roll down the road in the jacuzzi or the whole rig had to be stopped to enjoy that facet of the machine. It does seems a little on the messy/dangerous to have a bunch of people sitting in a glorified tub a the furthest point from the driver with virtually no way to communicate with him.
What would we do with it? Get it running, drive to drag strip and just start throwing nitrous and a sawzall at it. How epic would a modern version of the famed Caddy Hack story from hot rod be with this car? You would start by lopping off the entire back of the car just behind the active rear axle and then begin cutting chunks out of the roof and other stuff. It wold be an amazing mess when you were done but the fun would be all time.
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Is Their Anything Sadder Than A Clapped Out Former Jacuzzi Limo?
A sad career arc indeed.
Also a child of the 80’s that thought the idea was sooo cool then. Actual logistics be damned.
I see the back half reworked into a flatbed.. and a drag car tow flatbed..
Absolutely sucked to drive. Especially, when filled with water. It’s like having a horse standing on the trunk of your car while trying to turn corners.
Most of these gimmick flagship cars were built by Ultra Limousine. They were more into flash and no quality control. Many insurance companies would not insure one of these stupid cars. But, thanks to Robin Leach and “Lifestyles of the Rich And Shameless” TV show, they sold a lot of them.
BTW, they even had one with a helicopter pad on the back.
I remember seeing one with a huge throne mounted on the back and a pimp riding in the throne on the west side of NYC back around 1993. Did anyone else ever see it? Covered in Christmas lights too.
yea didnt anyone see that motley crew documentery that they were driving around in the back filiming i beleieve thats how tommy lee got the hep riding around picking up classy ladys