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Need some help from the experts here I‘ve been looking at the above mentioned cars, I can not figure out what Models have the straight trunk and which have the spare tire design, what difference does the „Town Car“ nomencature make? Wiki does Not realy help, I‘m looking at 70-75 Models,coupe prefered | ||
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In the 70’s they did make a Continental Town Car but it just had a vinyl roof. They also made a Continental Town Coupe and the only difference was also a vinyl roof. The Lincoln Continental Coupe has the straight trunk and the Continental Mark IV had the spare tire styled trunk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..._Continental_Mark_IV Scroll down to “Fifth Generation” in the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Continental ——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1 | |||
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They were all named Lincoln Continentals but the "Mark" designated it a coupe. 1969-1971 were Mark III's. 1971-1976 were Mark IV's. The Mark IV added the opera glass to the rear pillar and this is the car that Frank Cannon drove. Town Cars didn't come along until 1981. Hope this helps. | |||
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Thank‘s a lot guys, youre pointing me in the right direction. | |||
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The Mark series were based on the Thunderbird shell, personaL luxury car. -------------------------------------—————— ————————--Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right time, even, usually, surpassing knowledge(E.J.Potter, A.K.A. The Michigan Madman) | |||
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Guess I‘m down to the 70-72 models, something is telling me I need a real car for once | |||
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^^^ The 1969-71 Mark III is a good looking car. ——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1 | |||
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They are cool looking... but you won't pass many gas stations: Based on the Ford Thunderbird chassis, the Mark III had a 126-inch wheelbase and measured 224 inches, bow to stern. With a massive 460- cu.in., 365-hp/500-lb-ft Ford FE-series big-block V-8 under the hood, the 5,085-pound car wantonly guzzled premium gasoline through its four-barrel carburetor. With the first fuel crisis several years away, buyers of this luxury car likely cared little about the copious amounts of fuel it consumed. https://www.hemmings.com/blog/...ontinental-mark-iii/ "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Anyone who buys one of these cars now could not care less about fuel mileage. ——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1 | |||
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Yeah, my 67 GTO gets crappy gas mileage. I have no idea the MPG though, as I've never calculated it. | |||
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I‘m aware it‘s Not a prius, won‘t be a daily driver anyway Right now it‘a just an itch, I am not sure if I want to Deal with the work and time involved driving a classic | |||
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Back in the 70's that is all my buddy drove. I think he owned 3 of them and the last one was the Bill Blass edition. | |||
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| Conveniently located directly above the center of the Earth  |
....that's a clue regarding whether the time/effort/$$$ support of such a beast requiring a sort of manic loyalty to having made such a decision in the first place, is sustainable. Do you have adequate mechanic skills/tools/space? Fortunately I've managed to finally outlast my own such indulgences. Good luck. **************~~~~~~~~~~ "I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more." ~SIGforum advisor~ "When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey | |||
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My older vehicles with carburetors have had problems caused by unleaded ethanol fuel. I don’t know if you have that type of fuel in Germany. | |||
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It was easy to see the spare in 1940.  The 40 on the left won the FoMoCo West Trophy. SIGnature NRA Benefactor CMP Pistol Distinguished | |||
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We had a '73 Chrysler New Yorker, also a land yacht. It got about 14 mpg if you were real nice to it. Comfort on a long trip was amazing. The joke: "I heard you were in an accident." Answered by: "I heard it too, but I didn't see it." === I would like to apologize to anyone I have *not* offended. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. | |||
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Brings back memories - Graduated HS in ‘76. Went to visit girlfriend attending a summer class at Cornell. Broke down in my ‘64 Ford Falcon in a crossroad of a town in New York State - Rotterdam I think it was. The Police there drove, as police cars, Lincoln Mark 4’s. Only had a few nights sleeping in the car, there at the gas station, until it was fixed and I got to move on.... | |||
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You don't run unleaded fuel through those old carbureted cars. Use a lead additive that is available at most, if not all auto parts stores. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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No problem running old carburetor cars here in Germany, we invented that shit  | |||
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From personal experience the MarkIII will get anywhere from 16-20 mpg if you baby it. A 1977 Mark V will be significantly lower due to the first gen, or thereabouts, smog garbage. The Mark III is also a faster, well, quicker car for the same reason. The biggest problem the III's and IV's experienced was rust particularly in northern states. The III is a beautiful car, imho. The dash trim was still real wood. Also, the III's had Ford's version of posi traction, at least the 71's did. Those cars would pull any camper trailer you threw at them. Good luck in your search. | |||
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