1978 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe Super Low Mile Original on 2040-cars
Weirton, West Virginia, United States
I'm helping a friend sell this 1978 Lincoln Town Coupe. It belonged to her husband who passed away. He was the original owner, the original bill of sale is included. This car has just under 13,725 original miles. It has always been garage kept and is completely RUST FREE. Beautiful Tan paint/vinyl top on Tan leather interior (The actual color is called Light Champagne). The Interior is in perfect condition. The rear seat belts still have the factory plastic sleeves on them. It is equipped with the factory AM-FM-8 Track player and a few 8 track tapes are included. The trunk is spotless. The exterior is excellent, way above average, but not perfect.There are a couple of waves in the hood, as if someone had laid something on it, but I just couldn't seem to be able to get them to show in the photos. There is a shallow ding in the drivers door.(see picture) I would say that both of these issues could be easily remedied with the "paintless dent removal" techniques that are commonly used. I found a touch up mark that was made with a brush on the passenger quarter panel above the wheel opening.(you can just make it out in the picture.) Other than that the original paint is in excellent condition. A good detailing would make this a fantastic car. The front bumper has a few scratches and there would likely be some very light pitting in the front and rear bumpers after they are polished but I don't feel they warrant rechroming. The car sat unused for a few years but all it needed was fresh gas and a battery and it now purrs like a kitten. We gave it a quick cleaning but, as I mentioned, a good detailing would go a long way. The last Lincoln that was in this condition range sold for over $20,000 on Ebay. This one is starting at a very reasonable $7500 with NO RESERVE. The succesful bidder should send a $500 PayPal deposit within 24 hours. The balance can be paid by cash, certified bank check or a bank transfer. IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS VEHICLE ON PICK-UP, YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. You can drive it home or we will work with YOUR SHIPPER.
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Five vehicles named Top Safety Pick+ including new Civic, MKZ
Fri, 08 Mar 2013In an attempt to help push vehicle safety to a higher level, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety created a stricter Top Safety Pick+ rating last year, which incorporates a brutal small overlap test and requires cars to get Good ratings in four out of the five categories (and no less than Acceptable in the fifth). Joining the list of the safest cars of 2013, the 2013 Volvo XC60, Lincoln MKZ, Honda Civic (sedan and coupe) and the 2014 Mazda6 have all received the coveted TSP+ rating.
The Mazda6 and Lincoln MKZ have both been completely redesigned, and both received Acceptable ratings in the small overlap test. The Honda Civic, coming off its emergency refresh for 2013, is the first small car to be subjected to the small overlap test, and IIHS says that one of the car's many upgrades includes a stiffer front structure allowing it to receive Good ratings in all categories. Similarly, the XC60 gets all Good ratings thanks to, according to IIHS, Volvo updating the airbag software allowing the side airbags to inflate during the small overlap test.
The 2014 Subaru Forester has not yet been subjected to the small overlap test, so it must make do with just a Top Safety Pick rating until the IIHS tests small utility vehicles, which is expected to happen later in the spring.
Lincoln trumpets $129M investment, 300 new jobs in Louisville for MKC
Tue, 26 Aug 2014Remember when we used to talk about how close Lincoln was to being axed and how it seemed any day now the Grim Reaper would use it as a car service back to the grave? Last time we did it was, oh, not even a month ago. What a difference 27 days makes: Ford and Lincoln are trumpeting a $129M investment in the Louisville Assembly Plant that builds the MKC.
In July the MKC was the third-best-selling Lincoln of the brand's six offerings, beat by the MKZ and - by a much smaller margin - the MKX. It has sold 2,895 units in the two months it's been on sale, which is more than half the year-to-date sales of the MKS, MKT and Navigator. It's already important, is what we're trying to say, and this is before the Chinese market gets a crack at it later this year.
The money headed to Kentucky will be joined by 300 new workers, another marker in Ford's march to create 12,000 hourly jobs in the US by next year. You can read more about it in the press release below.
How the Lincoln Continental Concept almost wasn't
Mon, Mar 30 2015That Lincoln Continental Concept that everyone is so excited about? It almost didn't happen. Speaking at the private reveal event for the concept yesterday, Ford Motor Company CEO Mark Fields revealed that when the design team started working on the vehicle that eventually became the Continental, the designers thought it was just another full-size luxury concept, and were turning in ideas to match. The problem, Fields said, is that this was an important vehicle to get right. "A full-size luxury sedan for a luxury brand is a very important marker that, I think, sets the beat for the brand and it creates a lot of awareness and favorability if you do it right," he said. "As we were designing this concept ... we reviewed with the designers the themes. The first couple of themes the team came with really didn't do it for us because we want to make sure that every vehicle that we bring out with Lincoln moves the brand forwards in a big way. So we went through the first couple of them and we really didn't get that kind of 'oomph' in the pit of our stomach." The team was stuck with an upcoming debut and nothing exciting to show for it, until the past was brought into the present. "In one of the design reviews, we were looking around at everyone and we mentioned, you know what, why don't we call this the Continental Concept? And I have to tell you, the body language was unbelievable in the design showroom. Everybody's head snapped up and you could see everybody's eyes widen and they started nodding and they said, 'now we get it.'" Aside from the Navigator, every vehicle Lincoln currently sells is simply named a trio of letters that start with M and K. Fields knew that the large luxury segment sedan is important for a company like Lincoln, with about 1.8 million units sold last year and an expected growth to around 2 million units by the end of the decade, he said. "When you think about where that growth is coming from, it's still a substantial segment here in the US, it's a very substantial segment and even more substantial segment in China. As a matter of fact, that segment grew by 17 percent last year and China is the largest market for full-size luxury sedans." Given the positive reaction to the Continental Concept thus far, bringing the name back from the dead might be just the thing Lincoln needed.