"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
06/13/2020 at 22:30 • Filed to: NPOCP
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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
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Rest assured, this is purely an intellectual exercise. There’s some alternate universe where I have $60k lying around to blow on a 60-year-old Lincoln, but it ain’t this one.
But I do love convertibles. And teal (or turquoise, whatev) . And 60-year-old cars.
The important question: is it an auto, or three on the tree? A car ad with no indication of the transmission, weird.
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WilliamsSW
> Just Jeepin'
06/13/2020 at 23:05 |
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Probably not a terrible price, sadly. Looks gorgeous- and it does say automatic (which I think was standard on that car).
fintail
> WilliamsSW
06/13/2020 at 23:16 |
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Beat me to it, I suspect there was no possibility of a manual in this car.
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
06/13/2020 at 23:26 |
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There weren't many auto - only cars in 1959, but this was one of them.
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
06/13/2020 at 23:28 |
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I assume this, Cadillac, maybe the senior models Olds and Buick.
Jim Spanfeller
> Just Jeepin'
06/13/2020 at 23:38 |
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IIRC, that’s the largest American coupe ever made. Biiiiig car.
ranwhenparked
> Just Jeepin'
06/13/2020 at 23:58 |
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All Lincolns from 1952-1999 and 2003-present have been exclusively automatics.
camaroboy68ss
> Just Jeepin'
06/14/2020 at 01:25 |
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I would say thats a fair market price. The downfall of those cars is there is very limited parts available to be able to maintain those cars. They had a lot of unique stuff mechanically that was not shared by Ford, Mercury or Edsel and on top of that even unique as far as year only. I recall a show that was working on a 58 or 59 Continental and the power steering was one year only. So hopefully at this price the car is all good mechanically.
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
06/14/2020 at 07:24 |
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Plus the equivalent from Mercury, Chrysler, Im perial, and DeSoto.
There's probably a few limited run cars beyond that, but that's about it.
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
06/14/2020 at 14:02 |
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Those all somehow slipped my mind. I forgot how distinct Mercury was for a short time. Probably the same on an Edsel Citation as well.
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
06/14/2020 at 14:17 |
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I’m sure you’re right - that slotted in above Mercury, right?
Mercury was distinct for just a few years, really, which mostly coincided with the Edsel launch. A recipe for disaster- and that era of Mercury seemed a little wild even by late 50s standards, imho.
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
06/14/2020 at 14:27 |
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A Citation was above a senior Mercury I think, yes.
It seems Mercury started going off on its own in 55-56, and then 57-60 was pretty unique, and some of it was a bit wild. Then from 61 onward, fancy Fords again. I suspect the late 50s mild recession nixed that idea - copying GM with many divisions fighting for one customer can be a dangerous game.