1959 Lincoln Continental Convertible

Description

NO RESERVE on this auction and here is some info. I have spent the past 3 years completely restoring my 1959 Lincoln Continental. I originally purchased the vehicle from a private seller in Iowa. This car sat in his garage for 27 years and never saw the harsh winters of the mid-west. I had it shipped out to Nevada in an enclosed trailer to keep it protected from the elements during shipping. I have spent so much time learning about these cars and so much money into restoring it and now it's time to move on to a new project. I'll list below everything I have done to the car. If you have any questions please feel free to shoot me a message or call me directly 775-450-7570. I can only upload the amount of pictures you see here but I have so many more during the restoration of this car. I've also added a video to Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UVlpgKq3UU. I'm being as up front, honest and thorough as I can be with this car. It gets thumbs up and lots of questions where ever it roams. Not too many were made and even fewer are left so just owning one has been an absolute honor and pleasure. This car needs nothing and is missing nothing. Easily a $50k+ car with rebuilt engine/tranny. Car is located in Carson City, NV.

The Good:

- Original Bolero Red interior (only an option for convertibles)

- Completely stripped body down to metal, removing all chrome and trim and resprayed with 3 gallons of Shopline single stage correct Glacier White paint

- Completely disassembled suspension, ball joints, trailing arms, tie rods etc. All components under the car have been bead blasted and powder coated. All new ball joints, springs, shocks and bushings etc.

- Boiled out gas tank, powder coated and sealed

- Re-cored radiator

- Rebuilt differential

- New brakes, shoes, and brake lines throughout

- New fuel lines throughout

- Rebuilt and original Carter 4bbl carburetor

- New convertible top from Electron Top with Lincoln embossed logo in the quarters

- All new hydraulics, pumps, pistons and lines from Hydro-E-Lectric

- Completely rebuilt, re-pinned and powder coated scissor mechanisms

- Rebuilt headlight switch and new headlights

- New correct exhaust, mufflers and resonators from Ohio classic exhaust. I personally remade the correct exhaust hangers with the OEM metal and rivets to be factory stock and in their correct locations

- All new chrome and anything that was stainless was mirror polished

- All rebuilt electric top motors and adjusted limit switches

- Rebuilt treadlevac brake booster

- Rebuilt generator

- New ignition switch and voltage regulator

- Rebuilt power steering gearbox

- New exhaust manifolds

- All dash gauges, windows and bulbs work (even the dimmers). Fuel gauge is currently disconnected as the SIP (low fuel warning) relay is not installed and is being rebuilt.

- Constant voltage regulator disassembled and upgraded to solid state tech

The Bad:

- Trunk needs to be re-carpeted. The only reason I haven't is because I haven't decided if I wanted to keep the original cardboard stuff or just put actual carpet in the trunk. So I'll leave the "originality" decision to the buyer.

- Engine and transmission are completely stock, car runs really good but being original the car leaks a little bit of fluid as one could expect from a 57 year old iron block

- There is a small blemish on the back seat arm rest vinyl. Shown in attached pic. Was going to fix this Winter with new correct upholstery from SMS auto fabrics.

- Windows could use new weather stripping but I don't drive this in the rain so I'm not too concerned. All the weatherstripping is there and intact.

- No the car does not have A/C as most convertibles were not purchased with that option.

- The radio does not work. I was going to send it out and have it fixed but decided against it. It's a Town and Country style radio so it's probably not worth fixing as radio stations would not come in anyhow.

- Engine bay was not painted when the exterior of car was painted. I left it this way because if I decided to rebuild the motor then it would have to come out and I would rather scratch up old paint taking it out than new paint.