Featured on AutoHunter, the net public sale platform pushed by ClassicCars.com, is that this 1965 Lincoln Continental.

Some luxurious vehicles from the Nineteen Sixties aligned with the “larger is healthier” mindset. Cruising consolation was all about beneficiant inside facilities, cavernous trunk area, a clean trip, and distinctive styling. The Continental match the invoice with ease, and distinctive examples from that period are wanted. This Arctic White over two-tone black and white Continental is being provided by a vendor in Brentwood, New Hampshire. The public sale ends this coming Tuesday.

One of many key options of the Continental’s physique is its signature “suicide” doorways. There was a number of engineering required as a way to make this design work: As a result of the automotive had a frameless door window design, the roof construction wanted to be supported by a skinny B-pillar. A “door ajar” warning gentle (as seen on many trendy automobiles) was added to alert the motive force if any door was not firmly closed. Lastly, as a result of there was overlap within the climate stripping between the entrance and rear doorways, a relay was added that may decrease the rear window barely when the door deal with button was pressed. Intelligent improvements. 

The Continental has a wealthy historical past in American automotive tradition, with manufacturing spanning 55 years and ten distinct generations. This restored instance comes from the fourth technology which was produced from 1961 via 1969. Inside that span, there have been three iterations of the automotive that might be recognized with sure traits. Notably, the start in 1961, the Continental was initially solely accessible as a 4 door (whether or not sedan or convertible). Chassis underpinnings used the identical unibody platform because the 1961 Thunderbird, though it was stretched in wheelbase.

The one accessible powerplant initially throughout this technology was a 7.0-liter “MEL” (Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln) V8 coupled with a three-speed automated transmission. Displaying 44,980 miles on the odometer, true mileage is unknown. The promoting vendor says that the automotive runs nicely and obtained an oil change, a gasoline system flush, and a brand new battery in latest months. This lengthy Lincoln is able to roll, and it stops nicely too, due to energy brakes.

For creature comforts and a clean trip, you gained’t do significantly better than a Continental from the mid-Nineteen Sixties. Click on on over and examine this one out right this moment.

The public sale for this 1965 Lincoln Continental ends Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at 12:45 p.m. (PDT)

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