Courtesy of Alex Manos/BHCC (6); Getty Images (4) Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment In 2002, Alex Manos had achieved his dream. The L.A.-based Wilhelmina model was gleefully driving his slab-sided 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible home after a yearlong restoration. "In my eyes, if you lived in America and you're successful, you had a convertible," Manos says.