Ford Motor Company celebrated its 75th year in the automobile business in 1978. To commemorate this milepost in automotive history Ford produced the 1978 Continental Mark V Diamond Jubilee Edition. The Mark V version truly was limited with production of just 5,159 cars. To set it apart from the ordinary Marks, the Diamond Jubilee was available in just two colors: Diamond Blue and Jubilee Gold. Whichever color you chose, it would be repeated throughout the car. In addition to the special Clearcoat paint, the padded Landau vinyl roof featured color-keyed moldings and integral Coach Lamps. The vinyl-insert bodyside moldings, vertical bars on the grille, bumper guards and rub strips, four turbine-style cast aluminum wheels, grille ornament, and padded vinyl deck lid kickup with matching vinyl-insert lock cover were all coordinated. Inside, the interiors of the Diamond Jubilee Edition Mark V's were the most luxurious ever installed to date by Lincoln in a production car. Also matching the exterior color scheme, the interior featured front bucket seats with a padded center console. The console provided extra storage, and came equipped with an umbrella built into the underside of the padded armrest. The seats were upholstered in luxury cloth with a unique sew style, and had broadlace inserts as distinctive reminders that this was NOT your ordinary Mark V.
For sale by the first owner is this rare, all original 1978 Mark V Diamond Jubilee Edition. Not much to say about this one, it was just recently pulled out of long term storage and is now for sale. This is a one owner all original car that has not even been cleaned or detailed in years and has been stored indoors under a car cover. One of only 1,511 produced in Diamond Blue Moondust Metallic with the factory sunroof.
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