"JR1" (type35bugatti)
05/05/2016 at 09:40 • Filed to: Lincoln, Continental
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"JR1" (type35bugatti)
05/05/2016 at 09:40 • Filed to: Lincoln, Continental | 2
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Continental Mark II
Here is one of America’s greatest luxury cars. Can you think of a better one?
PartyPooper2012
> JR1
05/05/2016 at 09:44 |
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yes...
Nothing says opulence! I has it like a Russian oligarch kissing a baby giraffe
oh... and a Duesenberg
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> JR1
05/05/2016 at 09:47 |
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Cue Rolland.
MLGCarGuy
> JR1
05/05/2016 at 09:48 |
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I don’t know about you, but when I hear American luxury I think of a 1963 Continental.
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JR1
> PartyPooper2012
05/05/2016 at 09:49 |
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I'm not going to disagree with a Duesenberg
MultiplaOrgasms
> JR1
05/05/2016 at 09:50 |
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Dunno. How does one define what makes a luxury car more pet than others?
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JR1
> MLGCarGuy
05/05/2016 at 09:50 |
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The 63 Continental is great but it is no hand built wonder like the MKII. The MKII was 10k and shipped individually in a dust proof train. Needless to say they are rare cars.
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JR1
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/05/2016 at 09:50 |
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I am waiting...
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JR1
> MultiplaOrgasms
05/05/2016 at 09:52 |
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Obviously you have to see how many German Shepards fit in the trunk!
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MultiplaOrgasms
> PartyPooper2012
05/05/2016 at 09:53 |
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Nothing screams american luxury like a car built by german race car engineers.
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PartyPooper2012
> MultiplaOrgasms
05/05/2016 at 09:56 |
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nothing screams american fire power like a German engineered nukelar weapon. We got lots from the Germans... whats your point?
Logansteno: Bought a VW?
> JR1
05/05/2016 at 10:01 |
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Needs more fins.
Party-vi
> JR1
05/05/2016 at 10:06 |
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A tarted-up Ford Thunderbird is not one of America’s greatest luxury vehicles. It’s like you forgot about the 1930s. Nothing says luxury like purchasing the chassis and then having your coachbuilder finish the rest of the car.
Flyboy is FAA certified insane
> JR1
05/05/2016 at 10:11 |
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In-car record player has to be my all time favorite option.
Your boy, BJR
> JR1
05/05/2016 at 10:13 |
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Yes. Easily.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Your boy, BJR
05/05/2016 at 10:19 |
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Entirely valid to point out that the Mark does not have a stainless roof. Giant heat draw and wildly impractical in hot, sunny weather? WHO CARES
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JR1
> Logansteno: Bought a VW?
05/05/2016 at 10:20 |
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Those fins are delicious
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JR1
> Party-vi
05/05/2016 at 10:22 |
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I never said it was the best! I’d personally take a Lincoln Model K over the Continental II any day. And yes all those were better.
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JR1
> Flyboy is FAA certified insane
05/05/2016 at 10:22 |
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That must have taken up so much space
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JR1
> Your boy, BJR
05/05/2016 at 10:23 |
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It's about time you showed up!
jariten1781
> Party-vi
05/05/2016 at 10:24 |
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Mark II was not a tarted up Tbird...that didn't start till the Mark IIIs. Mark IIs were all bespoke except the drivetrain which was standard Lincoln/Mercury.
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Party-vi
> jariten1781
05/05/2016 at 10:46 |
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True, but even then the Mark III was also based off the Continental. Still, I don’t think the Mark II could hold a candle to something like a Packard or Duesy.
just-a-scratch
> JR1
05/05/2016 at 11:37 |
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My bias is showing here. When comparing cars of similar era, the 1920s & 1930s luxury cars have a much larger margin of opulence over the plebian cars of their time. Therefore I nominate:
Duesenberg J models
Cadillac V-16
Pierce Arrow/Great Arrow
some of the bigger Packards, & other stuff
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JR1
> just-a-scratch
05/05/2016 at 11:41 |
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Okay now compare it to post war cars. What cars have a similar level of opulence or appeal?
RallyWrench
> JR1
05/05/2016 at 12:47 |
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Post-War, the only one that competes is the ‘58 Eldorado Brougham, and I prefer the Lincoln’s look.
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just-a-scratch
> JR1
05/05/2016 at 12:56 |
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That’s a much tougher proposition. That 20s/30s super luxury level has disappeared from the US market and much of the world in the post WWII years. To get anything that's a convincingly greater luxury car, I have to go to concept cars. Even then, concept cars are often only better in concept. They're not usually ready for any real use. In short, I don't have a convincingly better same era luxury car.