Last of the LEVIATHANS
Incredibly, the Lincoln Continental has been around since 1939 with a production run of 59 years and counting, admittedly with a couple of interruptions. It’s one of the longest-lived name plates in the automotive industry. That iconic badge disappeared from the showrooms for a brief time during the early Fifties and again in the early 2000s, but it seems Lincoln’s flagship Continental is always ready and waiting to make its comeback.
Lincoln’s current offering is the 10th-generation Continental, but it was this fifth-generation 1979 model that caught Stuart Wilkinson’s eye when he was on the lookout for an American classic a few years back. Its sheer size and presence, along with those cool hidden headlamps, ensured that this car was bound to turn heads. Make no mistake, the fifth-gen Continental is a vast car and the addition of those oversized 5mph bumpers fitted from the early Seventies make this model the longest automobile Ford Motor Company has ever produced.
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