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1979 Mark V Continental Base Hardtop 2-door 6.6l, 44915 Actual Miles on 2040-cars

US $5,999.00
Year:1979 Mileage:44915
Location:

New Castle, Indiana, United States

New Castle, Indiana, United States
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Relisting this auto at a reduced price..... you are welcome to contact me and come and check out this car in person..... you will not be disappointed. It runs great. this 
MARK V car has just  44915 actual miles. As you can see from the photos, it was recently cleaned and waxed, and with the recent rain you can see the water on the wax. This car has cracking and tearing on the vinal half of the roof.... a small dent in the drivers door (about the size of a fist)... some rust on each corner of the hood... and very little else damage. The seats look like new and the back ones I doubt if anyone has ever sat in them. The inside view of the trunk will show you that nothing has ever been hauled in it.... this car is very clean in my opinion.... runs great.... thanks for looking.... no reserve..... pay $1000 through paypal as a down payment and rest in cash or good check on pickup.... 

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"....another automotive era ended in 1979. The press releases summed it up by calling the '79 Continental "the last traditionally full-sized American car." The hardware of the matter is that the car is one of the largest mass-produced passenger cars ever to roll off an assembly line. With an overall length of 230.3 inches, a wheelbase of 120.3 inches, and a curb weight of 4,763 pounds, it is a dinosaur, and the changing nature of the times will no longer tolerate such blatantly consumptive machines for personal transportation....

....The 1979 Mark V was the essence of unconstrained American automotive opulence, conceived in a time when fuel economy and space efficiency were the concerns of lesser cars.

....Though the styling of the Mark V was unchanged from '78 to '79, there were some mechanical and engineering refinements......Weight reduction techniques that included use of plastics, high-strength lightweight steel, thinner glass, and aluminum for such engine parts as the intake manifold and water pump produced a 400-pound weight reduction [from 1978], as compared to the 930 pounds surrendered by the Mark VI models.

....Even with the weight loss, the Mark V is a huge piece of machinery, albeit a desirable one in terms of potential value. It is the last of a breed and has sufficient quality and style to assure eventual classic status It is entirely likely that, in 10 years, the owners of such cars will discover that they have a piece of collectible automotive machinery.

....To drive the Mark V is to be the captain of your own huge, luxurious ship. In an operational sense, the Mark V is massive, smooth and competent only in boulevard or highway applications.....What it was designed to do, it does very well. It isolates the driver and passengers from the outside world, and when you're driving, it makes you feel - and makes other people think you are - rich. Even with its rather straight-lined, sharp-edged styling, the car has a certain rakishness and projects the image of the driver as an elegant rogue.

....This intangible quality is exactly what we found lacking in the Mark VI. It has a more formal look - the result of a more squared-off roof and trunk line - that would tend to male you think of the driver as a successful accountant....The interior produces none of that feeling of decadence. It is light and airy, as opposed to the cocoon feeling of the Mark V, and has a little too much space-age gadgetry and undisguised plastic to fit the traditional definitions of luxury.

....The Mark V is the pinnacle of 60 years of automotive definitions...."


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