See The Largest Unibody Car Ever Built. The 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV
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- čas přidán 11. 10. 2023
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The 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV is a timeless classic that has left an indelible mark on automotive history. With its elegant design and captivating features, this vintage beauty is a true testament to the golden era of American automobiles.
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Notes from the current owner:
First, the model name is "Continental Mark IV Hess & Eisenhart Formal Sedan" for looking up original list price, etc.
I have owned it 28 years, since August of 1995
I bought it from a friend in the Lincoln and Continental Owner's Club
It received a ground-up restoration 1988-90
It is one of 78 built in 1959, 49 Limousines (with divider, same body) were also built in 1959.
The 1958-60 Lincolns are the largest unibody cars ever built. (factory, not custom like the mid-60s Lehmann Peterson limousines)
It won a First Junior in 1995, and Senior First Place with the Antique Automobile Club of America in 1996.
Nominated for a "National AACA Award" in 1996
Scored 99 points of 100 at LCOC meet in 1996
Invited to be photographed for Collectible Automobile 1997
Professional maintained during my ownership (by Huey)
Odometer reads 41,760, title says not actual mileage. The odo has been broken the entire 28 years I have owned the car, I put about 100 miles per year on the car, as you saw, it is still in excellent condition.
I do not know anything about the ownership of the car before 1988, unfortunately I have no record of who bought it originally nor where it was sold.
Feel free to ask any other questions you want. Thanks, Phil - Auta a dopravní prostředky
How wonderful and refreshing to see a younger person in our hobby show enthusiasm and knowledge regarding this iconic Continental!
This has always been my dream car. It's my Farrah Faucet of cars. I'll never have it but I never get tired of looking at it.
Same with me just for me it is a super 88 1958 Oldsmobile 4 door hard top sedan sigh I'm still in school and can't afford it but at least we both have our dreams.
Telllllllll me about it! I think they're literally stunning when compared to the nuclear powered sideshow that Cadillacs of the same year were. My Grandmother had a '59 in a GORGEOUS metallic champagne gold that Lincoln called "Burnished Gold Iridescent" that I was NUTS about even as a 3 year old. And I STILL AM at 62!
A stunning example of an extremely rare automobile.
My Grandmother had this year but in a triple metallic, champagne gold Mark IV. She & My Grandfather turned it in in '64 for a deep, emerald green Lincoln. I was NUTS OBSESSED with it as a 4 year old and I STILL AM AT 62!!! In my opinion, the '59 is every bit as gorgeous as the 41 Continental. 💛💛💛💛💛
@greeneyedwarlock882 - How cool! I’m sure you have many great memories being around these stately examples at such a young age. If you have any photos available of either the 59 or 64, please share!
wish i was born same generation as you, and could have gotten one for cheap sometime in the 70s. Damn im 24 y.o. broke and my dream car is a 56 lincoln premiere in pink
Beautiful Lincoln!!!
Thank you.
I seem to remember my dad's '59 had 2 tire-type valves in the trunk so you could adjust the suspension to loading
One Exceptionally Beauuutiful Car!💕
It really is. Thanks for watching
It’s a beautiful car
Gorgeous!
Gorgeous. Top of the line. I own a 59 base Lincoln, but my dream is for one of these H&E formal sedans. So amazing...
Very nice
Nice car. Thanks for showing it.
The rear fins pointing downward are called skegs.
Thanks. The absolute skeg-meisters were the 1960 and 1961 Olds 98. The Cadillacs weren't far behind.
Wow this 59 Lincoln makes a Cadillac look uncivilized 😎
Couldn't possibly agree with you more. My Grandmother had a '59 Mark IV in a stunning, champagne metallic gold. I was nuts about it and still am at 62.5 years old. And Cadillacs of the same era were CARNIVAL SIDESHOWS compared to Lincolns.
@@greeneyedwarlock882 Great minds think alike. Coincidentally we are exactly the same age 😎
That car covers 2 zip codes 😂. I Love it
It had a lot of class and took a lot of gas !
I bet our host likes a good cocktail and several other things with his libations!
Lol
They mention that this car is different from the "regular" Continental models of that year, but they don't mention the name of the trim option. This example is one of two upscales offered for the Continental, which were either the Limousine or Town Car (yes, Town Car, which became such a common name with Lincoln later on), customized by the Hess and Eisenhardt coachbuilders based in Cincinnati. This car is an example of the latter, which I can tell by the wool broadcloth upholstery front and rear (the Limousine had leather skin for the front seat, wool broadcloth in rear), and the absence of a glass partition between the front and back seating. Any surviving example of Limousine or Town Car from this year or the following year commands a premium over any other Lincoln car of that series, as *very* few were ever made. Only 78 Town Cars were ever produced in 1959, 136 in 1960. Limos were even fewer-49 in 1959 and 34 in 1960. Their going prices (mentioned in the video) were well above those of the "regular" Continentals, rivaling the old Mark II in price-which was one of the major reasons that car lasted only two years.
In '59 430 cid was monstrous; not so much a mere 7 years later, as Buick came up with its own 430...but not before Lincoln managed to evolve their 430 to 462 cid. Then Cadillac decided to get into the cube wars with their 472 and later 500. Surprisingly, heavy as this block is at about 750 lbs., the old 368 V-8 this engine replaced was about 17 lbs. heavier.
I'm really tired of that cliché, "Can pass anything but a gas station." Though it's no Camry, neither is it a V-16 Cadillac, which likely spawned that cliché. My own Lincoln, a 1966 model that weighs the same as the Town Car shown here and has the bigger engine (made even bigger from a core rebuild two years ago) still manages to net mpg's of 13/14-and that includes *all* conditions of driving. Frankenstein can out-range any "EV" made today. Another cliché that grinds my gears is "boat." A boat can be anything from a kayak to a dreadnought. A Pinto is a boat, however a small one. These cars are *not* generic "boats." They are battleships, dreadnoughts at minimum.
For a long time I was under the impression that these were in fact the largest unibody cars ever made. I've recently seen some evidence that challenges that claim, however. Chrysler began utilizing unibody construction for their largest offerings from the change-of-decade point between the '60s and '70s. That evidence claimed that the Imperial became unibody, and by '73 dwarfed the '58-'60 Lincolns. I still need to be certain whether that claim is true; but if it is, that could help explain why Chrysler went bankrupt to near-extinction by the end of the '70s. Unibody construction, especially back then, was extremely expensive; and the larger the subject unibody, the higher the cost-part of the reason Lincoln abandoned unibody construction after '69.
There is one for sale here in the Netherlands. It’s a convertible
It is a matter of taste. To my simple mind, this is the most extreme example of the more is better philosophy. Gladly, Lincoln got nauseous after this disaster and delivered the most tasteful and refined of the land barges.
Wonder what the Limo's were like? Were the stretched?
hi from Sydney , Australia, no not stretched, the same identical length from the outside. However, the drivers compartment received black leather seats, plus there was a solid central barrier it separated the driver from the rear seat passengers limousine style, within the central divider/barrier arose a power operated divider window. The back seat in the limousine version had wool broadcloth seat facings for the passengers, as the high quality and caliber of the woolen fabric was more expensive than leather!!
The ‘73 Imperial would like to have a work with you..
The '73 Imperial is 235.5" long. Is this formal sedan longer?
You're right. The 73 Imperial is longer.
In my opinion,,This car was superior in every way to any model RR ,,
One option is missing,THE VERY RARE FM RADIO CONVERTER,but then again all music was on AM RADIO.
Maybe some freaky beatnik stations in FM lol. Likely nothing a Lincoln owner in 1958/59 would approve of!
Nice but I prefer the 61 Lincolns.
Yeah, nice short wheelbase with 15's not 14's like these, lol, as if these big Continentals were not low enough already.
Someone is stretching the facts. My Dad had this model. It was slow . Maybe a 22 second quarter mile.
Googled 1959 Lincoln Premier 1/4 mile times, 17.5 seconds, 0-60 in 8.6 seconds, very good for this size Automobile.