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ID# 000115
1958 Lincoln Continental MarkIII - 1958 Continental Mark III Classic For Sale
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1958 Lincoln Continental MarkIII
Tarrytown, NY 10591 United States 914-414-5802 (Main Phone) | Condition: | Used | | Mileage: | 64,000 | | Transmission: | Automatic | | Engine Type: | 490 Cubic inch V8 | | Exterior Color: | White | | Interior Color: | White | | Category: | Antique Vehicles > Antique Cars |
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Aftermarket Radio
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CD Player
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Power Seats
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Rubber Floor Mats
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Air Conditioning
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Cupholders
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Power Steering
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Sun Shades
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AM/FM Radio
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Leather Seats
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Power Trunk Release
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Trunk Release
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Cassette Player
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Power Locks
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Power Windows
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This car has been a project of mine for about 2 years now it is time to move on. This car is unique in many ways. First off the car is in amazing condition for its age with all matching parts and minimal rust. There is some pitting in the chrome but it i re chrome-able. this car was way ahead of its age that is why it had a a short production run. This car has no a or b pillar just a c pillar with power windows and a fifth window behind the couch like back seat. this is a real collectors car but needs a real thourough restoration. The car runson the first shot and needs minimal motor work. There are not to many around in this condition.
There was nothing ironic that 1958's Lincolns and Continentals -- including the 1958 Continental Mark III -- were the largest, heaviest postwar Detroiters yet. They were simply out of phase with the times, conceived in boom-market 1955 amid predictions that people would always want the biggest cars they could get. Bigger was usually better in the Eisenhower era, but that started to change in 1958, when a deep recession caused lots of car buyers to "think small."
Riding grand 131-inch wheelbases, these Lincolns were boxy but clean and imposingly massive, though slanted quad headlamps were dubious. Continental was renamed Mark III, but though still a separate make, it was now a more luxurious Lincoln, unlike the unique, timelessly styled 1956-57 Mark II hardtop coupe. At least the Mark III offered more models priced up to $4000 lower. These included two hardtops and a sedan, plus the first open Continental in 10 years.
The 1958 Continental Mark III featured a 430 V-8 engine with 375 horsepower.
Despite the recession and a stiff $6283 price, the convertible sold respectably at 3048 copies; only the hardtop sedan did better. Like standard '58 Lincolns, Mark IIIs featured a big new 430 V-8 with 375 horsepower, plus unit construction -- the biggest "unibody" cars yet -- and surprisingly decent handling. A distinctive reverse-slant rear window with drop-down glass distinguished all Marks -- even the convertible. It made for a very complex top mechanism, but then this was the '50s.
The 1958 Continental Mark III boasted a distinctive reverse-slant rear window.
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