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    Long Live The Queen

    Mar 14, 2022 5 minutes
    Story and photos by Brian Earnest

    John McCarthy is a Lincoln lover. Almost any year or flavor — he pretty much likes them all.

    But only one Lincoln automobile qualifies as a “Holy Grail” car in McCarthy’s book. He dreamed about it for years, and now he’s got one.

    “You go to a national Lincoln meet and see these there, and I call them ‘The Queens,’ says McCarthy, gazing at his glorious 1948 Continental convertible. “This is the first gen of the Continentals. I’m a Lincoln collector, I’ve had a number of them, but I’ve never had one as unique and special as this one. They made about 450 of these in ’48 and they made about twice as many coupes, and they’re very hard to find.”

    Not that he ever gave up hope, but McCarthy never expected to own one of the post-war Continentals that he covets so much. He figured if he kept his

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