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I drove my first Lincoln today.

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Post by 74MonteCarlo Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:10 pm

1979 Continental Mark V. Rides so nice, makes my Monte seem like a truck.

I can honestly say, (if) having no driving experience with a Monte or a Mark V, and someone said drive each, take which one you like better. It'd be a Mark V.

Cool experience!

Jus' sayin'.

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Post by JB2wheeler Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:58 pm

The 73 LTD that I just sold was the same basic car as the Lincoln and it rode nice and solid. I am inclined to agree with you. Last year I was thinking about buying a new "used" Caddy and went to the lot in the LTD and tried the Caddy and it rode hard enough to jar your teeth compared to the LTD. JB
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Post by pila Sat Jun 04, 2011 1:31 am

My first car was a Lincoln, a 1937 Lincoln Zephyr coupe ! Very Happy And right after I bought that one, I bought a 1940 Lincoln Zephyr club coupe ( back seat in that one), more room for girls & beer. The '40 had the original V-12. They did ride batter than the usual Furd or Chevy of that period, but not a cushy as a Buick Road Master of that era.

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Post by BlackChevelleSS Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:41 am

I like alot of the fords and lincolns but its too bad that the mark V or any Furd would just piss you off and drain your wallet everytime you have to work on it, when the monte would actually be enjoyable to work on.

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Post by ant7377 Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:02 am

They did have some miserable stuff going on .Those Motorcraft carbs still suck. I like the 69-71 Mark III a lot but its trouble waiting to happen.There is a reason why GM sold so many more cars back then .
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Post by Mcarlo77 Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:09 am

pila wrote:My first car was a Lincoln, a 1937 Lincoln Zephyr coupe ! Very Happy And right after I bought that one, I bought a 1940 Lincoln Zephyr club coupe ( back seat in that one), more room for girls & beer. The '40 had the original V-12. They did ride batter than the usual Furd or Chevy of that period, but not a cushy as a Buick Road Master of that era.

Did you ever test drive one of those '37/'38 Grahams back in the day? Were they considered upscale cars back then?

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Post by 1973 Buick Century Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:59 pm

I had a triple black '79 Town Car, a triple black '79 Town Car for parts for the black one but could never get myself to chop it up since it would not give up on me. Also had a '75 Mark and a '96 Town Car. Had one Cadillac, a '76 Fleetwood.

All of them, felt like you were driving your couch with marshmallow tires. The '78 LTD wagon I have feels damn near close to that ride.

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Post by 74MonteCarlo Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:52 pm

Nice Mark!

He(very good friend of my mom's) also has...

'77 Town Car
'60 Premiere
'89 Town Car
'61 Thunderbird

Along with an Airstream camper, and a 1969 Chris Craft boat. Nice lil toy collection, fer sure! :^D

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Post by pila Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:44 pm

I've never driven a Graham, but Ive driven a few late Lincolns. There's an old Lincoln for sale down the road from me, but not sure what year it is. It's a 4-door big car, but not the boxy style. Looks like it would be a good over the road car. I might be interested in it if I didn't already have too many cars and projects.

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Post by BlackChevelleSS Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:46 am

we got a 78 Mark V at the shop today. Someone broke the column into pieces.

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Post by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:21 am

they got a 60 lincoln with suicide doors for sale down by my place...$8,000
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Post by 74MonteCarlo Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:54 am

Mmm....Travis, the suicide door Lincoln Continentals did not start until 1961.

Holy hell, did anyone see the 1932 Lincoln Roadster on Pawn Stars last night?
My girlfriend was checking my chin for drool.

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Post by The Dude Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:18 am

Here's you a rebuilder MK3 that was caught in the recent EF5 tornado. Still runs & drives:
http://joplin.craigslist.org/cto/2422421040.html

Here's a MK5, not so nice after the tornado:
http://joplin.craigslist.org/cto/2424458606.html
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Post by 74MonteCarlo Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:31 am

Embarassed Sad

The Mark III looks very repair/restorable.

The Mark V looks like a total loss...parts car.

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Post by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:47 pm

74MonteCarlo wrote:Mmm....Travis, the suicide door Lincoln Continentals did not start until 1961.

Holy hell, did anyone see the 1932 Lincoln Roadster on Pawn Stars last night?
My girlfriend was checking my chin for drool.

maybe the year on the sign is wrong then, its def. got the suicides. i was too busy staring at what was for sale next to it though. Very Happy
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Post by 74MonteCarlo Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:33 pm

If you get a chance, grab a pic for me Smile

What was for sale next to it?

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Post by ant7377 Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:36 pm

One of my favorites

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Post by 74MonteCarlo Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:07 pm

One of mine too, Anthony.

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Post by ant7377 Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:53 pm

When I was just finishing HS you had to be king S*&t to have one of those, cost big bucks back then too. I knew of a guy who had 3 brand new in all the special edition colors. I wanted one so bad. Never got it .I m going to get one one of these days. I need more garage.
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Post by 74MonteCarlo Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:32 pm

My mom's friend here, knows a fellow Lincoln collector, who has a 1998 Mark VIII Collectors Edition with 9 miles. N-I-N-E. Nine miles.

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Post by 1973 Buick Century Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:59 pm

Rago wrote:Here's you a rebuilder MK3 that was caught in the recent EF5 tornado. Still runs & drives:
http://joplin.craigslist.org/cto/2422421040.html

Here's a MK5, not so nice after the tornado:
http://joplin.craigslist.org/cto/2424458606.html

Thats just depressing to see. Imagine how many other vintage cars are in the same or worse condition. No
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Post by The Dude Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:35 pm

Unfortunately, I don't have to imagine. I've seen countless cars pop up recently on CL that were damaged in the tornado. Driving through Joplin is even worse. I just started a thread about the damage.
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Post by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:32 pm

74MonteCarlo wrote:My mom's friend here, knows a fellow Lincoln collector, who has a 1998 Mark VIII Collectors Edition with 9 miles. N-I-N-E. Nine miles.

thats insane...speaking of the mark, did you see the new car craft article on the modular motor equipped ones this month?
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Post by 74MonteCarlo Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:00 pm

I don't get that.

If it's not in Hemmings Classic Car, I ain't seeing it.

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