This is one big car. Big in size, big in luxury, big in road feel, big in restoration costs, big in every aspect. Luckily, this looks like a nice example of a 1966 Lincoln Continental so hopefully, it won’t be a big project to get it restored to where it should be. This big beauty can be found here on Craigslist in Four Oaks, North Carolina with an asking price of $6,000.
Some of you may remember that I bought a beautiful 1966 Lincoln Continental Coupe last year that had been in storage since 1981 and I sunk a lot of money into it which I eventually lost when I resold it. Hey, I saved a classic car, that’s a good thing, isn’t it? I loved that car and I hated that car. It was too long for our garage with the garage cabinets so I had to rent a storage space and the only one available was 30-feet long, which this 19-foot long car took up most of. Not to mention the $230 a month taking up most of my spare change.. I loved that thing but I hated the extra $10,000+ that it needed to really do it up right so I sold it for a huge loss to a gentleman in Dallas. Sigh, the dumb things that we do for our love of old cars. Back to this four-door beauty.
This example looks good but the seller says that there is some “Some surface rust on trunk lid edge and on both rear quarters behind fender wells, but relatively small areas.” Here’s a photo of the inside of my Lincoln’s trunk, since there isn’t a photo showing the inside of this one.
And, since there isn’t a photo showing the engine on this car, here’s one of my former Lincoln’s 340 hp, 462 cubic-inch V8 engine. The seller of this white Continental says that it “Runs, drives, stops.” They also say that “We are 2nd owners of this vehicle since 1968. Never wrecked in that time or before to my knowledge. All original. Interior is good.” The more I look at this Lincoln Continental sedan the more I wish I would have kept my beautiful Continental Coupe. Have any of you owned a Lincoln Continental?
Cool car, the 462 was a nice motor. Love the suicide doors.
Maybe 10 mpg if you get a tail wind . . .
Nobody cares about gas mileage on a car like this.
I took my road test on the old man’s ’68 just like this. The examiner was a bit intimidated, but the car really was very easy to drive. I really liked that car, even more so than the old man’s Caddy’s.
If this was a ’67 model it could have been mine.
My car didn’t like me very much. It always had one problem or another. I would punish it by parking it for a year at a time, but that didn’t help.
I don’t think I would buy another.
These are the only cars I like the suicide doors on. My Dad would drive this to his grave but he’s already there. Nice find.
Had a ’63 convertible and man, was it nice! Bought it in ’77 for $250!! All it needed was a muffler. Everything else
on it looked and sounded great other
than that. Mine was a dark red with
a cream leather interior. Not sure if
any of this was original equipment,
but it sure looked sharp to me. Ran
like a whisper after I installed a new
muffler and checked the exhaust
system for leaks. Sold it to a collector
who paid $2K for it–just enough to pay
for my wedding to my first wife. Shoot,
should’ve kept the car and stayed single!
Gave my first dream car to an x but it was worth it to say good by to X
Same here only it was a ’63 hardtop. Beautiful light blue. Drove it across country with Hunter Thompson like results. Great times for a young guy. Of course gas at .30 made it even problematic then to scrounge up six bucks plus to fill it up. LOL. Still I like the earlier 61-63 front and rear ends……….Save ‘Em All!
These are the cars I grew up with. My grandfather owned a used car lot, his specialty was Lincolns. I spent at least a few days of most every week riding in various year Continentals and grew to love them. I’ve only ever owned a 77 continental most of the bottom was rusted out but the ride was pillow like to match the interior. Always will have an affinity for these land yachts as they take me back to a superb childhood.
“should’ve kept the car and stayed single”
True dat. The car would cost a bit in upkeep, but would not nag you incessantly, want to cuddle, and talk about feelings. And it would be cheaper than than divorce costs.
These are big heavy cars (6000 pounds with driver and a passenger) with great amounts of torque from the 462’s. Comfortable cruisers. Expensive to restore but if you find a clean example, buy it. Buy the best you can get (and afford) as it will be cheaper in the long run. Parts are expensive and sometimes difficult to find and fixing someone else’s repairs?? can be crazy! Electrics can be mind boggling as I swear there is more wiring in these than Apollo 13! Here’s my 66 Convertible, bought from a 30+ year owner of a Ford dealership.
My parents had a’60 convert. (the top was never put down by them, have no idea why they bought a convert.), that was traded for a burgundy ’64 sedan which in turn became a ’72 coupe (which became mine, ultimately). All fabulous road cars. Wish I still could own any of them.
Glad it is not gold exterior, otherwise identical to Mom’s car growing up and I would need it
There was a 1969 Lincoln like this at a dealership that I worked at. It got sold and they asked me to take it across the road to put in half a tank of gas for the new owner. When the traffic light turned green I gave it some gas and it started to stumble, so l gave it some more. That thing squelled the tires across all four lanes of the intersection. I was nervous all day that the boss might have heard it too.
I owned a ’65 sedan for five or six years, original black on red. I know black is really common but man they look so good in it, and the red interior just popped. When I was looking to buy, I sought out that year and color combo. You really gotta drive one of these things because it’s such a nice ride, like the epitome of smooth. Sounded great with the stock exhaust, too. I’m ok with bagged and slammed suspensions but I always cringe a little when I see ’em on these because the stock steering/suspension is so well designed.
The only routine issue I had was the huge carburetor would dry out pretty quickly and you’d have to crank it a bunch before the mechanical fuel pump could pull gas all the way to the front. (Starter fluid and pure gas helped, but converting to EFI would do wonders for these cars.) The trunk lid on mine was a rusted mess and I gather that’s common.
I found the basic mechanicals easy to work on, save for the car’s size—like leaning over the big fenders to get into the engine compartment gets old fast. Lots of vacuum controlled interior lux stuff didn’t work on mine but I just ignored all that for the ride and looks.
I have a 67 with 37 k on it I’m the second owner.it still smells new inside.i love these cars been chasing the car since 2003 it came with a full service records .
Looks like a 66 to me. I had a 66 2 door.The center of the steering wheel on 67 & 68 is padded, and the on tail light lens the chrome trim is not correct.
Always desirable in my book.