Ford LincolnContinental 1963

This iconic vehicle is one of the grandest cars ever created! One of 3200 made. Rebuilt engine/ Rebuilt transmission (both done here in NZ) 2600 miles on rebuild. Power seats/Power antenna/Power brakes Power windows (even the quarter lights!) Electric/Hydraulic top--Power steering Polynesian Gold (official color) Drives like a dream Has Air Con but not working (not needed!) Paint in good order but not perfect. Chrome in great shape! All receipts available. A very good example of one of the best vehicles ever produced. In the face of the stylistic extravagance perpetuated by Cadillac and Chrysler at the end of the 1950s, Lincoln, the luxury division of the Ford Group, on the contrary chose sobriety and purity of line for its 1960s models, whose design was entrusted to the stylists at Dearborn. The result was magnificent and was awarded the industrial Design Institute Trophy, rarely awarded to an automobile. It was to become a pacesetter. The design, whose elegance sprang from the simplicity of the lines and the balance of the proportions, practically never deviated from these principals throughout the whole decade and the sales curve showed the rightness of the technical and aesthetic choices made by the heads at Ford. To this aesthetic success was added technical rigor that was rare across the Atlantic giving preference to the rigidity of the chassis, the manufacturing quality of the mechanical parts, the definition of the suspension, the sound insulation, the anti-rust protection, the manual assembly and the multiple inspections carried out at each stage. It was connected to a turbo-drive 3-speed automatic gearbox. As a flagship model, the Lincoln Continental conveyed a special cachet, underpinning a distinctive platform and thoroughly stylized automobile which was highly equipped within the luxury category. These rolling works of art were costly and aimed solely at the rich and famous the sticker cost of $10,000 was equivalent to that of a Rolls Royce.