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1958 Lincoln Continental Base 7.0l on 2040-cars

Year:1958 Mileage:72000 Color: Yellow /
 White
Location:

Massapequa, New York, United States

Massapequa, New York, United States
Advertising:
Transmission:Automatic
Body Type:U/K
Vehicle Title:Clear
Engine:v8
Fuel Type:GAS
For Sale By:Private Seller
Make: Lincoln
Model: Continental
Trim: convertible
Options: power top, all with one switch, rear power window in convertible top., Convertible
Drive Type: rear wheel drive
Power Options: Power Locks, Power Windows, Power Seats
Mileage: 72,000
Sub Model: convertible
Exterior Color: Yellow
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Interior Color: White
Year: 1958
Number of Cylinders: 8
Condition: UsedA vehicle is considered used if it has been registered and issued a title. Used vehicles have had at least one previous owner. The condition of the exterior, interior and engine can vary depending on the vehicle's history. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections.Seller Notes:"car is a good driver, some paint chips, front bumper dent, and some pitted chrome.New Coker classic radials, water pump, brakes, shocks."

One of the very few original 1958 Continental Mark III remaining on the road today. The 1958 Continental Mark III marked the last year of Ford"s experiment making the Continental an independent marquee.. the next year the Continental was back as part of the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company. The 1958 Lincoln was longer, wider, and heavier that any American production car ever built. It was designed to make a statement with its bold design and a 430-cu.in. engine giving this V-8 a 375hp power house.


History of the 1958-1960 Lincoln Continental

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 1/2 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. Even the wealthy were complaining about 9 miles per gallon given the high prices of premium leaded gas at some 30 cents per gallon!

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