🖼️1978 Lincoln Continental Mk V Coupe

by Sicnag | via flickr | license: CC BY 2.0

Diamond Blue. The Lincoln Motor Company was originally founded in 1917 and since 1922 has been the luxury vehicle division of the American Ford Motor Company. The fifth generation Continental was built from 1970-79, it was available as a 2 or 4 door Hardtop or a 2 door Coupe. Also available was the Mark series of Continentals, they were a 2 door Coupe that shared underpinnings and much of the roofline with the Ford Thunderbird. The Mark series was squarer and more upright than the Thunderbird. Differing from the other Continentals, the Mark Series had a Rolls Royce style waterfall grille, hideaway headlights, vinyl roof, rear C pillar opera windows and the Continental spare tyre hump in the trunk lid. The Mk III was built from 1968-71. The Mk IV, built from 1972-76, got more rounded lines, but the headlight doors were squarer. Unique to 1972, was the front bumper dipped under the grille. 1973 saw a crash rated, now straight front bumper and in 74, the rear as well The 1977-79 Mk V got fender louvres and the radiator dropped down behind the bumper. Engines; 166hp 400 cu in Cleveland or 208hp 460 cu in Lima V8s
Photo by Sicnag / CC BY 2.0

Fact Sheet

This record is archived under the More Cars ID 10010887. It was created 7 years, 9 months, 1 week, 5 days ago. The last update was performed 5 years, 4 months, 4 weeks, 2 days ago.

Name1978 Lincoln Continental Mk V Coupe
DescriptionDiamond Blue. The Lincoln Motor Company was originally founded in 1917 and since 1922 has been the luxury vehicle division of the American Ford Motor Company. The fifth generation Continental was built from 1970-79, it was available as a 2 or 4 door Hardtop or a 2 door Coupe. Also available was the Mark series of Continentals, they were a 2 door Coupe that shared underpinnings and much of the roofline with the Ford Thunderbird. The Mark series was squarer and more upright than the Thunderbird. Differing from the other Continentals, the Mark Series had a Rolls Royce style waterfall grille, hideaway headlights, vinyl roof, rear C pillar opera windows and the Continental spare tyre hump in the trunk lid. The Mk III was built from 1968-71. The Mk IV, built from 1972-76, got more rounded lines, but the headlight doors were squarer. Unique to 1972, was the front bumper dipped under the grille. 1973 saw a crash rated, now straight front bumper and in 74, the rear as well The 1977-79 Mk V got fender louvres and the radiator dropped down behind the bumper. Engines; 166hp 400 cu in Cleveland or 208hp 460 cu in Lima V8s
CreatorSicnag
LicenseCC BY 2.0
Tags
Sourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/42220226@N07/32916956520/
Image URL (original)https://live.staticflickr.com/731/32916956520_a50588008a_z.jpg
Image URL (Size XXL)https://live.staticflickr.com/731/32916956520_766a080542_o.jpg
Image URL (Size XL)https://live.staticflickr.com/731/32916956520_a1646cb056_k.jpg
Image URL (Size L)https://live.staticflickr.com/731/32916956520_a50588008a_b.jpg
Image URL (Size M)https://live.staticflickr.com/731/32916956520_a50588008a_z.jpg
Image URL (Size S)https://live.staticflickr.com/731/32916956520_a50588008a_n.jpg
Image URL (Size XS)https://live.staticflickr.com/731/32916956520_a50588008a_t.jpg
Image Providerflickr
External ID32916956520
More Cars ID10010887
Entry CreatedJul 8, 2018, 4:16 PM
Last UpdatedNov 21, 2020, 6:29 PM

Nodes1

This image is connected to the following nodes.