My friends 61 Lincoln

Zymurgy

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He has had this car for years, he is the second owner literally bought it from a little old lady from Pasadena. It was beautiful to start with but he has slowly restored everything the last thing was a new paint job. It is absolutely gorgeous. Sorry for the bad pictures, he was busy and I snuck into his garage and snapped some pictures.

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I like it, especially the color. I think these are referred to as "razor" car because of the front grill looking like an electric razor.
 
I love these! My buddy had a ‘64, which I feel was the best year. It had the new greenhouse but the old front end. Pic is not of his car but I bet he wishes he’d kept it. He bought for $50 in about 1975.

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The Lincoln was an Elwood Engel design just as the Imperials from 1964 on.

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Here is a 1964 he owned for several years. It was absolutely amazing ultra low miles of only 1,019 when he bought it. He sold it because he likes to drive his cars. When he would put a few miles he got no enjoyment because first he was adding miles on the car and afraid something would happen to it. I wish I had better pictures of it and the lipstick red interior. Here is an article I found on-line when he still owned it.

This 1964 Lincoln is a completely original car with an astonishing, 1,019 original miles on the odometer.

This Continental has always resided in Ohio. Bought new in October, 1963 from a Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Middletown, Ohio by Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGill, the car was driven just a few miles before Mr. McGill passed away. It remained in storage in a basement garage until 1984, when it was sold to a car dealer who displayed the car in his dealership showrooms in Springfield and Wilmington, Ohio before placing it in storage in 1998.

In 2005, the third and current owner stumbled across this all-original beauty. After purchasing the car, the current owner carefully cleaned away the dust that had collected over the previous 41 years to discover pristine paint and 'Lipstick Red' leather interior. A few parts underwent minor maintenance, such as the gas tank which was full of varnish after sitting with fuel in the tank for so many years.



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These cars represented the certain end of the Forward Look years wherein Chrysler dominated the styling direction between 1955 and 1961 among the big three. Instead of being a bit over the top as the Forward Look cars were, these cars represented stark classy elegance that made everyone stand up and take note. Back in 1963 I was in High School, and our family doctor bought a new 63 Continental and often picked up myself and brother and a couple other friends who used to walk several miles to school when he was on his way to a nearby hospital. The car was astonishing to me, and inside it was like no other either. Just look at that instrument panel and how the a/c vents folded out of the center of the dash when in use shown below.

I preferred the hardtops because they had a more pure look faithful to the original styling intent that the convertible top muted when it was up. I believe it is one of the cleanest designs I have ever seen. Mechanically, they weren't great cars given some odd decisions the engineers made, like driving the power steering pump directly off the crankshaft and other issues. But they came across to the driver as well built, luxurious cars that looked great. I felt the 1961-3 models were the best, as the new greenhouse in the 64s and up lost some of the classly edge to my eyes.

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