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The 1961 Lincoln Continental was introduced with four-door sedan and four-door convertible versions, replacing the Lincoln Premiere and Lincoln Continental Mark V. For the first time in a car manufactured in the United States, the Lincoln Continental was sold with a 2 year/ 24,000 mi (39,000 km) bumper-to-bumper warranty.
Serving as the flagship vehicle of Ford Motor Company for its entire production, the Mark series beginning with the Mark III continued the use of Continental branding, similar to how the Continental nameplate was positioned above Lincoln before its discontinuation in July 1956 (and distinct from the 1961 and onward Lincoln Continental). All ...
1961 Lincoln Continental. 430 cubic-inch V8 1961-1963 (original configuration) 1965-1967 (redesign) 4-door open car (1961) 4-door limousine sedan (1965 configuration) Coachwork by Hess & Eisenhardt (both configurations) John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Henry Ford Museum(Dearborn, Michigan)
1961: Lincoln Continental. The four-door, convertible Lincoln Continental was the sort of boat that thrived in an era when gas was much cheaper. Still, it had the look of a classic, roomy American ...
For 1960, Ford introduced the Lincoln Continental Mark V, effectively ending the use of the stand-alone Continental name. [19] For 1961 production, Ford condensed the Lincoln brand solely to a single Lincoln Continental nameplate, dropping any generational nomenclature. With the exception of the 1977-1980 Lincoln Versailles, Continental was the ...
Lincoln design director Kemal Curic and Lincoln historian Ted Ryan tell us about the cars that established the brand as a design innovator and tastemaker. Why Grandpa loved Lincoln: Looking back ...
President John F. Kennedy's 1961 Lincoln Continental was originally a stock car, built in Wixom, Michigan, and retailing for $7,347 (equivalent to $74,910 in 2023). The federal government leased it from the Ford Motor Company for $500 (equivalent to $5,098 in 2023) annually, and then commissioned Hess and Eisenhardt to modify it for ...
One of the later installations of the 430 was in the fourth-generation 1961-65 Lincoln Continental. [1] The subsequent bored and stroked 462 cu in MEL was installed in 1966-68 Continentals; however, during the 1968 run, Ford’s lighter new 460 cu in (7.5 L) 385-series "Lima" engine was phased-in and replaced the MEL, which was discontinued ...