Ads
related to: 1961 lincoln continental for sale- Shop Used Cars
Search Our Used Car Inventory &
Find Your Perfect Car at Cars.com.
- Shop New Cars
Shop New Car Inventory &
Find Your New Car Today.
- New & Used Pickup Trucks
Browse Trucks for Sale Near You
Great Deals Available, Shop Today!
- Compare Prices
Research by Make, Price, & Body
Style. Compare Cars Side-by-Side!
- Shop Used Cars
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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 ...
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)
The Mark III was based on the fourth generation Lincoln Continental (1961–1969) and the four-door fifth generation Thunderbird [3] introduced for 1967. With the Thunderbird "dying in the marketplace" [3] Iacocca wanted to put the company's development investment to better use by expanding its platform over several models.
President John F. Kennedy's 1961 Lincoln Continental was originally a stock car, built in Wixom, Michigan, and retailing for $7,347 (equivalent to $77,307 in 2024). The federal government leased it from the Ford Motor Company for $500 (equivalent to $5,261 in 2024) annually, and then commissioned Hess and Eisenhardt to modify it for ...
The taillights strongly resembled those on 1948-1956 Cadillacs while the rear end and overall styling suggested the 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible rendered in molded red plastic. The highly detailed interior featured white bucket seats with black inserts both front and rear, matching door panels, black "carpeting" and a chrome-plated ...
As with the Premiere and Continental, the Lincoln was fitted with a 430 cubic-inch V8; a switch to a 2-barrel carburetor for all three vehicles reduced engine output to 310 hp. For 1961, Lincoln consolidated its model lines from three to one, with a Lincoln Continental serving as the replacement for the Lincoln, Premiere and Continental Mark V.
In 1961, Chrysler scored a coup by hiring Engel away from Ford, where he had designed the 1961 Lincoln Continental. Engel's design themes at Chrysler were a major departure from the fins of Virgil Exner, and instead featured a more familiar three-box design, but with more extreme rectilinear styling. And, at first glance, the total re-styling ...
Ads
related to: 1961 lincoln continental for sale