Lincoln 1959 Continental Convertible Mark lV--Super driver--A/c

The 1958 Continental Mark III cars and 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV and 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V cars are largely forgotten. and in fact. were purposely “un-remembered” by Ford Motor Company which introduced a new Lincoln Continental Mark III in 1968 in the genre of the 1956-1957 cars. but at a far more “popularly priced” sales point. These 1958-1960 cars were the largest unit-construction cars ever built. and were constructed alongside the Ford “squarebird” Thunderbird four seaters at a brand new Wixom. Michigan plant. Unbeknownst to the public. Ford was able to engineer these lower production number cars to share the most expensive mass production underbody pressings in a bid to make them profitable. which succeeded. As noted. by 1959. the Continental Division was no more and was absorbed back into Lincoln. with Continental merely being the upscale model name for the higher priced Lincolns. But in fact. 1958 cars were exactly that – but merely sold by a special division through Lincoln dealers. These cars are so forgotten that they now must be so rare as to be highly collectible. When is the last time that you saw one? Mark III. IV and V Continental convertibles are. in fact. Milestone cars. Interestingly enough. these cars weighed in at over 2 ½ tons and were considered massive. heavy. comfortable. ultra-luxury cars when new – but weigh no more than many large SUV's of the current day. Fuel economy. however. is an oxymoron with these cars due to their then all-new. massive and heavy 430 cubic inch V8 engine initially producing as much as 400 hp. with three two-barrel carburetors (which were a 1958 factory option). By 1960. the car had been detuned to 315 hp with a single two-barrel carburetor in the interest of improving the MPG's from about 9 to about 12.  

This particular 59 Lincoln is a super driver that the previous owner semi restored and passed away and the kids sold it—they told me the history that their farther had completely repainted the rust free car and did much of the chrome. they thought he had redone the top end of the motor as it only had 63000 miles on it. clean pics looks like it) and never finished the redoing the interior—It started as a rust free car—clean underside with no patches.

So since I have had it I did the matching interior to the original dash color. this vinyl looks/feels like leather—went for the exact match on the color with matching carpeting--and put a brake booster. fuel pump. carb rebuild and inspected and changed most of the fluids—all windows/lights/brakes work well. Power seats work well.

Just drove it about 150 miles and on the freeway with the top down it's a dream—

In order to finish for details I have knocked off about $1500 off my reserve—

There is a fading in the windshield in 1 spot that is hard to see some times—The rear right ¼ window switch is broken but works from the driver panel—radio/clock doesn't work. have new trunk rubber in trunk with shop manuals and top trim piece. A/C needs charging or conversion to r134--

The top works well and it may have been replaced in the past but looks good. The one pic shows the car as I bought it about a year ago—and the tires are in xlint shape

Nada Value guide shows—Low $31. 40 and average $48. 50 and number 1 is over the top $128K as these cars are on the up.

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