1974 Lincoln Continental Mark Iv, 460 V8, Low Mileage on 2040-cars
Richfield, North Carolina, United States
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Offered for your consideration is a 1974 Lincoln Mark IV personal luxury coupe. This is a low-mileage North Carolina car that needs very little to made into really nice ride. I am selling this car for a friend of mine who does not do the internet. THIS IS NOT MY CAR, and I can answer very few questions for you. See below for the contact information of the owner who will be glad to speak with you almost any time. Many cars on Ebay look better on the computer than they do in person. This car is just the opposite pictures do not do it justice. The original silver paint is faded. All the chrome trim has been removed and parts have been spot-primed to prevent rust. Missing chrome is in the trunk, which has no rust I am told. The body is incredibly straight with no dents or dings. The only rust is bubbling under the vinyl top (see photo). The top looks great. There are two plugged holes on top of the left rear fender where radio antennae once sat proudly (remember the 1970s? The CB craze? Apparently the first owner of this car was enamored with the fad, 10-4!). The car does run and yard drives, but I would not consider it roadworthy. As you can see by the photo of the last NC inspection, this car has not been on the road since 2002. Tires do not look very weathered. It does have a good battery. The interior is the real strong point of this car! During storage, it has had sheets and towels over the dash, real parcel shelf and seat cushions, and sun shades blocking all the windows (I had to move these to take pictures, as you can see in the photos). The result is that the interior is remarkable! There are no cracks or discoloration on the dash or rear inside panels, the headliner is unblemished, and the seat cushions red velour, no less! are not sun damaged or torn anywhere I could see. Carpet looks great and there are no signs of wear there or on the pedals. As you can see from the photos of the dash and instrumentation, this car shows 52,000 miles, and I have no doubt its probably correct miles (I have no documentation to prove this, however!). The car has the very rare (for 1974) factory AM/FM cassette player, plus all the usual bells and whistles. I have no idea if they work, but everything is present to make them work. The inside door panels are off the car and in the garage (they are perfect as well), because the previous owner was trying to get the power windows to work. (They appear to be stuck, but the motors try to work). This car needs the windows fixed, a good tune-up, and a paint job to once again be the head-turner it was 4 decades ago. The car certainly deserves the attention! Those of you in northern portions of the country who love these old land barges will never find one in your neck of the woods with this much potential. QUESTIONS? I know you have them! Call the owner, Joe Widmeyer, at 980-581-0732, and he will be glad to talk to you. This car has a clear, clean title ready to go. Local pick-up only. Will be glad to assist shippers in loading the car. Sold as-is, where is, with no warranty expressed or implied. Sold with a modest reserve, so bid to own it! |
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Lincoln takes to the Super Bowl with Twitter schizophrenia
Fri, 01 Feb 2013Lincoln has officially pulled off the wraps on its ad for this year's Super Bowl. As you may recall, the company invited people to send in their tweets to help craft the spot's story line with Jimmy Fallon in the director's chair. The company chose five tweets and ran with them, and the result is, well, about as focused as your average online comment thread. We do get plenty of shots of the all-new Lincoln MKZ, as well as at least one comment on the interior leather's suppleness.
Do we learn a single thing about the brand's new honey? Nope. But there's a turtle crossing, a band of bikers, a German farming student and herd of alpacas. Mostly, the ad just makes us tired. You can check out the full spot before it airs during the big game by watching it below. We'll be busy preparing for the alpacalypse.
AOL Autos' associate editor Peter Bigelow went deeper in his criticism. Have a read: Lincoln's Super Bowl Ad is A Flop.
NHTSA will investigate some Ford Fusion, Lincoln MKZ models for power steering issue
Tue, 07 Oct 2014The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is opening an investigation into the 2010-2012 Ford Fusion, Fusion Hybrid and Lincoln MKZ, the 2012 MKZ Hybrid and 2011 Mercury Milan because the agency has hundreds of complaints of electric power steering failure in these models.
According to NHTSA's data, it has received 508 complaints of the power steering allegedly suddenly malfunctioning and resulting in increased effort to turn the wheel. In four incidents, these failures resulted in loss of control and crashes. According to the reports, in some cases a power steering warning message came on as the fault occurred, and other times the system restored itself by turning off and then restarting the vehicle. NHTSA said it has also received further field report data from Ford, but that information hasn't been publicly released yet.
For the moment, there isn't a recall for this failure on these models. NHTSA is just investigating them to "assess the scope, frequency and safety consequences of the alleged defect," and the agency says an estimated 938,000 vehicles could potentially be affected.
Lincoln to adopt Mini-like personalization strategy?
Fri, 18 Jan 2013There's no single silver bullet that will cure all that ails the Lincoln brand, and Ford knows that just as surely as we do. Coming out with exciting new models like the well-received MKC crossover counts as several steps in the right direction, assuming of course that the production version is as appealing as the concept just shown at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, but more is needed. According to Jim Farley, executive vice president of Lincoln, one more trick may be "mass customization."
Put another way, Lincoln is considering ways to allow buyers to customize their new vehicles right off the showroom floor, similar to how things are done at Mini, and, to a lesser extent, Scion, where Farley previously served as corporate manager. Imagine, for instance, ordering a new MKC with a large Lincoln insignia embossed into the leather seatbacks, according to Automotive News.
While we're not so sure anybody is all that interested in paying extra for more Lincoln logos, it's a strategy that has proven rather fruitful at Mini. Only time will tell if Ford's erstwhile luxury division will once again be seen as something truly worth reaching for, and if customers are willing to pay a further premium for customization.