Vehicle Description
1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car - Two Tone Blue with Black Vinyl
Top - 400 V8 - Power Everything - Factory AC - 66k Miles - Floats
Down the Road (Please note: If you happen to be viewing this 1979
Lincoln Continental Town Car on a website other than our Garage
Kept Motors site, it's possible that you've only seen some of our
many photographs of the car due to third-party website limitations.
To be sure you access all the more than 155 photographs, as well as
a short start-up and walk-around video, please go to our main
website: Garage Kept Motors.) ... 79 Lincoln Continental Town Car
and Town Coupé: Pre-Downsized Decadence �€" Hagerty Media,
September 2021 Today we celebrate the last of the mastodon luxury
cars. Uncompromised in sheer size. Sheer luxury. Rear-wheel drive.
V-8 power. Stretch-out room. No battery other than the typical unit
to power the starter and multiple power gadgets and luxurious
extras. Opera windows. Coach roofs.... in the mid to late 1970s, a
twenty-foot-long, 400-cubic-inch V-8-powered luxury cruiser really
meant something. Lexus, Infiniti, Acura and Tesla did not exist.
And in the late Seventies, the Lincolns reigned supreme in sheer
size and road-hugging weight once archrival Cadillac shrunk its
cars. (By 1979) The party was just about over for the truly
full-size Continental, and 1979 was the final year. There were only
minor cosmetic changes. The silver trim on the instrument panel was
changed to woodgrain and there were a few new colors. If you wanted
a truly large Continental, this was your last chance. It was now or
never! Offered here is a beautiful example of the last-year,
last-chance, full-size, 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car in
stunning aquamarine metallic under a black-vinyl coach top over a
matching aquamarine luxe interior. Showing 66,723 miles, fewer than
1,600 miles per-year on average since new, the car's overall
excellent condition owes to this very limited mileage and attentive
owner care through the years. This is a true rock-star Lincoln. The
exterior metallic aquamarine paint finish (with midnight-blue
lower-body paint) retains near-showroom shine and condition across
the expansive metal bodywork. The color is restrained yet very
distinctive. (To best assess the quality of the paint and trim
finishes, please be sure to view the close-up photographs of the
car in the accompanying gallery.) The body design is traditional
American luxury in every respect: Lincoln-logo-embossed oval opera
windows, side coach lights, dark-tinted cabin glass, four
wide-entry doors, formal front grille with hidden headlights,
full-width textured-metal rear-panel, and, of course, land-yacht
proportions. Chrome finishes on the grille, bumpers, body and glass
trim, door handles have been very well-maintained with minor patina
from age most evident on the door handles and mirrors. All factory
badging remains properly mounted, and all lighting lenses are clear
and unmarred. The black vinyl partial top shows well, and black
rubber body and bumper trim remains in excellent condition. Factory
15-inch wheels with Lincoln-logo full wheel covers are mounted with
Vogue® white-and-gold-stripe premium tires. Inside, the uber-luxe,
aquamarine-themed presentation continues. Padded vinyl aquamarine
door trim includes velvet and carpet inserts and looped door
handles in that color with square-design woodgrain trim for added
effect. Deeply padded, x-panel-design with embroidery,
crushed-velour in aquamarine covers the front split-bench (with
twin armrests) and the rear full-bench seat. Only very light
wear-indications are present. Generally well-maintained aquamarine
carpet covers the cabin floors; a noticeable stain is present in
the front- passenger footwell area. An aquamarine, Lincoln-branded
steering wheel frames the square-design, burled-woodgrain-trimmed
padded dashboard. Controls for the HVAC system, power antenna,
exterior lights as well as air-conditioning vents are arrayed
