1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V | Found after 40 years hiding in garage | Only 9200 miles!
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- This barn find, rare four door sedan '60 Lincoln Continental Mark V hasn't seen the light of day since 1970. It's a time capsule on wheels! This gem was saved after being stuck in the back of a garage for over 40 years. It's a 50+ year old American classic with under 10k miles on it!
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Lincoln Continentals of this era (1958 - 60) were huge automobiles. Even with power steering these behemoths were a nightmare to parallel park. Ford Motor Company was determined to outdo Cadillac. They did, unfortunately their efforts did nothing to increase sales, dropping to a distant third behind Cadillac in sales volume.
Nothing else looked like them, and I'm happy that this one has survived the
march of time!
Cadillac sales were much stronger but the 1958 to 1960 Lincoln/Continental outsold the Chrysler Imperial each of those model years.
@@SpockvsMcCoy Thank you for correcting my figures. However, my point was, whether in second or third place, Lincoln/Continental's sales figures trailed Cadillac by a large margin, despite this extensive redesign.
I had a 58 way back and from the driver's seat I could see all 4 corners of the car, so it was easier to park then you might think.
My 06 F350 long bed is a nightmare to parallel park and I never do.
THIS CAR IS AN ABSOLUTE AND COMPLETE MASTERPIECE!! UTTERLY STUNNING 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Even for a car stored inside, it's in amazingly good condition. The roll down back window was great for smokers.
Stunning cars those 60's
Even if your not a Ford/Linc/Merc guy you gotta love this boat!
What a beautiful automotive time capsule with 9200 miles!! I love it.
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Amazing car find! Thanks Dennis for the great show.
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That's one hell of a find for a classic car! I heard those cars are super heavy, at 5,712lbs. I wonder how a present day car handle a minor collision from this beautiful metal land yacht.
Not well. But I have a counter for you: want to try driving one of these on a "secondary" road, which is the present equivalent of a grade 1 road. Wanna try?
My Grandmother had a 1959 model in what I remember as a triple champagne gold metallic but traded it in for, I think a 65 or so Continental. I ADORED IT and always will adore the '58, '59 and 60 Lincolns. However the '59 is my absolute favorite.
Beautiful survivor!! I always thought that this era of Lincoln was odd looking. I love the Dagmar bumpers ☺
They were odd looking, but surprisingly cool 60 years later!
@@MyClassicCarTV absolutely!!!
@@MyClassicCarTV I actually liked the 58 better , the grill and concave front fender treatment around the wheel well, but this is Nice also !
I actually like the rear window concept. Bring it back!
Buy a Dodge Ram!
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS I have seen a few pickups with the rear window opening by power or manually ...
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Beautiful car! But more than anything else this video is a testimonial to the priceless value of a good tight garage.
beautiful and beautiful and beautiful car . 💯💚💯🤗
that color looks Great
What a beauty!
Simply, Amazing looking car! 👍👍👍
I have a 58 MARK III. It’s a beast but a lot of fun. Most of these were abandoned to the crusher, so you don’t see them that often. Which makes them rare and cool. And that 430 will make this car move!
Yes, powerful with the 4-BBL carburetor but this 1960 model used the 2-BBL.
SpockvsMcCoy Correct they went to the two barrel in 59, car had less power than 58. In 60 even less power than 59. 58 rules!
@@gregd2020 Switching to a smaller carburetor probably only increased gas mileage by 1 mpg during normal driving. Do you have a coupe or convertible?
Once in a lifetime find!!
Fabulous looking Lincoln. Very expensive brand new is why you don't see many of them.
Outstanding!!!! Why cant I find something like this and Im a huge Lincoln fan and own a few myself, GORGEOUS
Just have some rich friends that can afford to buy a big car and keep it in a garage without using it for decade's..
I rent my garage out and earn around 1500 bucks a year
POSITIVELY MAGNIFICENT ❤❤❤
WTF?! Power wing windows?!?! GadZooks Dennis!
I would love to have a car like that in my garage
Assuming it would even fit inside of a modern day garage, most likely not.
I’ve long been fascinated with that rear window design, wishing it would make a comeback, but it appears Lincoln and Mercury will forever be the ones bold enough.
I understand the reversed slope of the rear window proved to bring exhaust fumes into the cabin while open. While closed? I dunno.
Count me among this car’s fans!
Our neighbor had a 1958. It was so long it stuck out of his carport. Nearly 20 feet long. He said it got 8 mpg. But gas was 29 cents per gal.
Very cool
That grille😍😍😍
Mu grandmother had this car, in Oyster white, with full tan leather interior. The carpet was nicer than the carpet in my house! A magnificent automobile!!
Thanks so much. I do get the appeal of the slab sided minimalist 61's; but after awhile, they began to bore me. I've aways had a place in my heart for these gorgeous clean styled land yachts. I think my 64 Mercury Park Lane Convertible (sadly no longer own) took rear styling cues in the rear from this car.
Thanks Dennis!
WOW!
Brings back memories, great story!
Beautiful Beautiful Beauuuutiful!!!❤️
Lovely Automobile.
Pure majesty
Very nice. The 1960 model was toned down from the 1958 version and was the last in this design series before the 1961 suicide door model.
True, and the 1959 model looked different than both but shared the same rear bumper as the 1958. Also, only the 1960 model has those 4 separate round bezels on the instrument panel.
As a child in Evansville Indiana, my dad had a two door hardtop like this.
1958, 1959, or 1960?
SpockvsMcCoy I think it was 1959 actually.
@@ronlynch3543 Very cool...Capri, Premiere, or Continental?
Wow! What a beauty!
awesome dude!
9,200 original miles!?
It’s like brand new!
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Unmistakably Lincoln!
Fabulous!
Thank you , to both Mr cage and the owner , we need these out to show the world that we can do something beautiful and strong and not all of our past is questionable.
Now that is a unicorn.
Who gave thumbs down? I want names AND addresses!
Right on.. !!!! Thumb removal time. !!!! From the front plate it looks like the car is from my home state West Virginia@Terrance Coleman
Hello, we are Anonymous... we are on the case and vengeance will be swift.
Interesting car...amazing color...congratulations
Nice car
This would set the stage for what came later...the switch to suicide doors and four-door ragtops!
Love the front end. 1960 was the only year imperial out sold Lincoln.
All the windows down, including the rear window, would be better than a convertible, imo.
Beautiful car !!!!!
I have NEVER been able to figure out, why so many people consider this generation of Lincolns to be "ugly"?? To me..they were the ultimate driving statement from that era, that you had "arrived" in life! I know for a FACT..that if I had been a rich guy, car shopping in 1960..my ONLY stop, would have been at my friendly, local, Lincoln dealer's showroom!!
the car is strange but it looks great and even beautiful
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The car is HUGE, AND.... did I mention big? Styling is a matter of opinion and in an age of "longer, lower, wider" Lincoln hit a home run. But in 1961, they built a truly beautiful car.
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Yeah that's a nice one when I was a kid in southern California in the sixty's my dad had a 58 continental we use call it the Cadillac killer it was a 4 door hardtop breezeway rear window a.k.a.the fart window I always wanted one I love old cars like that
Gees nice car
I'm not sure which I enjoy more, that beautiful Rambler or its owner. She's a peach!
Very nice 😀
I was born in the center of California in 1949 so I’m old enough to remember those days. Looking back, I call them “The Glory Days”. These cars may seem weird to younger car enthusiasts but if they could just drive one for an hour, I’m confident they would be impressed by this magnificent old Lincoln.
It’s hard to beat to Lincoln!
This baroque beauty almost makes me wish Ford hadn't hired Elwood Engel
It is praktically brand new.
Now he is the Steward of this piece of art , all from this era was art. The designs they must have had passed from the designers down to the paper must have been staggering to see cast off countless designs good or bad to the waste basket to them back then in futility from a lack of ability of transmitting from page to reality we will never see again. It is a sobering reminder we must save those early classics.
My Father had the 59 mark IV 7 power windows good trivia 430 ci pretty peppy fo a huge car
Barn find!?!?!? How the hell does that happen!? Surprisingly gorgeous chrome!
The condition is amazing, esp as you say, the chrome. Usually that pits even in dry storage. Surprised that it didn't have the usual mouse-eaten upholstery.
This car is in fantastic original condition - it must have been in a completely weathertight building...
I have a friend with a black one. The trunk is about 25 feet long
Thx - this car is awesome :)
What a fantastic car and the colors are beautiful. I have never seen one in this color combination before or a sedan instead of a hardtop.
Gorgeous! Largest, heaviest UNIBODY car made up until that time.
The unibody gave increased hip and shoulder room (interior width). But such a long 131 inch wheelbase unsupported by a separate frame required excess metal reinforcements so there was no weight savings.
@@SpockvsMcCoy I heard that early pre-production models of the 58's actually sagged in the middle, so the reinforcements were required. Interesting cars nevertheless.
@@normansilverman8678 Very true. Computers at that time were not advanced so engineers just added more steel reinforcements. My 1966 Lincoln has a shorter 126 inch wheelbase but its body still creaks. FoMoCo discontinued the unibody on the 1967 Thunderbird and 1970 Lincoln.
@@SpockvsMcCoy Like my 1966 Imperial convertible, your lincoln (if a convertible) has ballast weights at all four ends. Strange that the Imperial required them, as it was a full (and I mean FULL) frame car. Love them both (had them both).
@@normansilverman8678 My 1966 Lincoln is a sedan but I have read about those weights behind the bumpers on the Lincoln convertible. The current Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7-Series, and Cadillac CT6 are all long wheelbase unibody cars. Now modern computers tell body engineers where to strengthen...at that time it was more trial and error method with extra reinforcement tubes and plates.
Over the top wasn't enough. Every design cue is present and accounted for. Those seats are freakishly wide.
Thats a cool car.
Most of these rusted away. I love this generation of Continentals. Snoop Dogg has a nice 58 custom in his collection.
What a beautiful car! Just a few comments, those who design Mini Vans and SUV's really need to up their game. Why are auto makers so terrified of Colour??? Exterior Colour & Interior Colour??? You would think that Colour for auto makers is a deadly virus. Maybe when the bottom falls out of auto sales they will turn to the quality and colour displayed in this Lincoln?
The shift happened in the 1970s. Cars became generic.
Let me tell you, behind the wheel of one of these, you are AWARE of the car’s mass. Everywhere you look, there is CAR, and that 430 tugs it pleasantly along. I have a ‘60 myself, and with that breezeway window, it’s a real experience, on country roads.
DENNIS and all, thanks.. I do remember seeing this massive Continental, or at least think so... Anyways, a great automotive history creation......really interesting. .. I May remember some cars like this in a Chauffeured Mode: though interestingly one of,the Scions of LILLY Company ( Indianapolis ) was in a Black Rolls Royce(?) when I seen them, at our Thornburgs Pharmacy in Syracuse INDIANA (next to Lake WAWASEE Homes , of Lilly’s)......in early 1970....Etc.
Wow
I would like to know what it's like starting a car after so many years. Is the oil all rancid? What happens to the gas when it sits for so long.
See Vice grip Garage revivals...
Gotta love it. On 4 door hard tops are they really quiet at speed? All windows have to seal? I don't know. Like to get road test on this beautiful car.
YES ! please
hope the buyer does not ruin this by "restoring" it
It would be a travesty of history to restore a beautiful survivor like this- The owner should definitely go through the fuel and brake systems,for the sake of safety,however....
Isn't the tag on the trunk chrome strip above the Continental emblem the positraction emblem?
Prime example of over the top garish 50’s styling. They got it right in ‘61
Like neste Lincon continental abraço meu amigo! 👍
My Dad hadthe 2 passenger windows down the breezeway window down it was like this Venturi negative pressure Oh yeah we were doing over80 mph
Videos are WAY too short!
The original show was split into 3 short segments of car profiles in between commercials bro... did you get any commercials this time?
I thought the mark series went in order. I’ve had ‘77 and ‘79 Mark V’s, so this seems strange.
‘58, ‘59 & ‘60 were MK III, MK IV & MK V. Lincoln then used those model designations again from ‘69 thru ‘79..
Original battery ?
Drive it.
wOW, MY PARENTS CAR IN lAS vEGAS. NEVADA 1862
Wow, thay're OLD!! Are they over there on Vegas and decatur by Sigfried and Roy's house?!
Is it a Mark V? I thought that was reserved for 2 door models.
Lincoln used the Mark III, IV, & V designations in '58, '59 & '60 and then again in '69 thru '79. Very different cars!
@@MyClassicCarTV oh i knew that, i just thought the "mark" designation was for the 2 door models only in this era as well. Nice car though
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Car is way too fine. Should be Perry Mason or Paul Drake behind the wheel.
It's just a Continental. Not LINCOLN Continental... like Imperial.. separate line at the time.
You are correct - Lincolns and Continentals were two separate makes of car from 1956 - 1960. For 1961,the separate Continental division came to an end,and there was only one vehicle offered,the 1961 Lincoln Continental,as either a four door hardtop sedan,or a four door convertible....
I know that my opinion is very unpopular - but I actually prefer the styling of this model, as opposed to the 1961 - 1969 models...
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Neil Young converted his to electric.
I hope he sold the drivetrain to a restorer to use, HIS LOSS!
The Lincvolt. I caught on fire in his warehouse, destroying a bunch of stuff. I saw the car up on skyline boulevard when it was being finished, it also had a diesel generator to charge the batteries. Was an interesting project, it was also huge.
It's big enough to have its own coal-fired power plant.
the window on the back was also called fart window...
R.I.P Dennis Gage
Hey, I’m not dead yet!!
@@MyClassicCarTV Dayum!! This guy, WTF?! Ur PunkROCK man!
Far more beautiful than the new Lincolns are, they're ugly as hell now.
Personally, I don't think Lincoln ever made a bad looking car!
The 1958 to 1960 Lincoln/Continental was a sales disaster for FoMoCo to the tune of $60 million (around $500 million in today's money). Sales were strong in 1956 (the best looking standard Lincoln of the 1950s) but decreased every subsequent year through 1960. Quality was decent for the era but the styling was very unpopular at the time. The two biggest styling objections were the coved front fenders and the canted headlights. The 1958 is the most extreme. Surprisingly the bumpers and fenders were altered each model year but the coved front fenders and canted headlights remained. These cars would have been much better looking with larger 15 inch wheels, vertical headlights, and front fender lines that were not coved. The 1961 Continental that followed was a masterpiece that turned Lincoln around because Robert McNamara wanted to discontinue the brand due to this design. Still nice to see a preserved example. I have three old Lincolns...my oldest is a 1966 Continental sedan.
I think a motor home gets better gas mileage then this boat. 😬
In 1960 it's ether a Lincoln or a Continental not a Lincoln Continental
Continental was only its own division in 1956 & 1957. In 1960 it was indeed a Lincoln Continental.
Quite a find. I always liked these cars, though the 59 had a slightly better rear end design. The best looking ugly cars of the era. But these cars pale in comparison to much more advanced, clean 1961 models.
The engine is badly engineered the water pump is nearly impossible to repair.
I'll take a 61 any day.