Vehicle Description
1957 Lincoln Premiere 4-Door Hardtop #4664
The Lincoln Premiere was a luxury car model sold by Lincoln in the
1956 to 1960 model years. Positioned below the company's
Continental Mark II during 1956-1957 and above the Capri it was
based on from 1956-1959, it was produced in 2 and 4 door versions
which could both accommodate up to six people. The Premiere sedan
was the mid-level sedan under the Continental Mark III-V sedans,
until it was replaced with the 1961 Continental sedan.
Hailing from our friendly neighborto the North and for consignment,
a 2 owner beautiful example of the 1957 Lincoln Premier in four
door hardtop format and two tone color exterior. Fully frame off
restored 5 years ago and dripping with mid 1950's styling, this car
makes use of Saturn Yellow (pale yellow), and Sand, (ivory white),
just like the bathroom in your grandmother's rancher back in the
early 1960s. Shades of the Batmobile on the front headlights taken
from the 1955 year's styling of the Ford concept car called the
Futura from the previous year. This car is near perfect in
condition and has left no stones unturned in the restoration and
options.
Exterior
With its borrowed headlight shape from the Lincoln Futura, it is
looking much like the St. Louis arch with the bezels and descending
waterfall vents on either side. Just below a horizontal ribbed
grille, with a large bumper topper running through the middle
housing the ovoid styled turn signals resting just under the
stacked headlights and then the massive lower bumper for the
bottom. Topping the hood is a beautiful large hood ornament in the
form of a ribbed round housing with a starburst gunsight in the
center of the clear plastic, and he sits within a small spear which
streaks rearward towards the large windshield. Add in some L I N C
O L N blocked type across the front of the hood, and now we are
dripping with chrome,$30K Canadian worth of chrome work to be
exact. All this dripping is going on top of a gorgeous coat of
Saturn Yellow paint, which is polished to a spit shine and is miles
deep. Throughout the rest of the straight steel, we see more Saturn
Yellow, script badging in your grandmother's handwriting, rocker
trimming running the length between the wheel wells and a lower
beltline spear that does a creative V dip at the rear tomeet up
with the wrap around rear trimmings. On the back, large inverted V
tail lightsoccupy the rear of the outward canted fins. A Lincoln
with fins...how perfectly jet age! Between these lights is the
expansive trunk that rivals a 2 bedroom NYC apartment and just
below is a long chrome and black horizontally ribbed trim bar. A
big rear bumper just below, which has the reverse lights inserted
and tailpipes just below. Wide whites and starburst badged wheel
covers are all around and all in excellent condition. A shout out
to the Sand roof, and all the chrome surrounding the windows,
pillars and door sills...worth the price of admission just with
this.
Interior
Some additional jet age styling inside on the door panels with
sleek door pulls, a rounded chevron beige insert and some brown
embossed broadcloth above. The window crank is in a big round dish
bezel with perfectly preserved chrome. A ivory vinyl strip runs
below and is followed underneath with mirrorpolished stainless, oh
and I can't forget the starburst appearance again. A nifty
molded-in courtesy light is just above the crank, and we note the
rocker switches for the power vent windows and power locks.
Lowering my RayBan Wayfarers on my nose, I can peer better into the
passenger compartment. Here I see a large bench with embossed mocha
brown tuck and roll inserts in broadcloth, with beige leather
surrounding bolsters. In back is a long rear bench with a beige
leather armrest in the center. Talk about mid century styling, take
a gander at the dash. It is loaded with innovative design, from the
spaceship toggled air controls, to the cone shaped knobs with
Bakelite and chrome, to the additional raised dash gauge cluster
which pops out of the dash top in front of the driver, near center
of the dash. The dash utilizes a crushed oval (chevron) style shape
with the top being dark brown padding and the bottom being pale
yellow steel. Controls for power windows, power seats, a power
antenna, power brakes, and numerous controls are positioned within
reach of the driver, all in 50's style. Dark brown carpet is below,
and a white vinyl headliner is above both pristine condition. Lest
we forget the black and white bakelite steering wheel with its
half-round bowtie-esque horn ring in chrome and factory AM radio as
well as a hidden AM/FM/CD player in the glovebox.
Drivetrain
The original 368ci V8 is under the hood and sits within a nicely
restoredand very well cared for engine bay. This original mill has
a single 4-barrel carburetor atop, and a 3-speed automatic
Turbo-drive on back. A 3.07 rear axle is also noted for the
drivetrain. This mill is bathed in 50's aqua blue for the block
with black add ons, a gold air cleaner cover and valve covers with
turquoise Lincoln script on top of both covers.
Undercarriage
The car's undercarriage is rust free, with a solid frame and floor
pansand a coating of black rustproofing that was installed during
the restoration. The dual exhaust is all buttoned up with no holes
or leaks, and all mechanicals are solid as a rock. Power drum
brakes are on all 4 corners, and power steering can be noted.
Independent coil springs for the front suspension and giving the
cushy Lincoln ride and this car is equipped with the not oft seen
automatic suspension greaser.
Drive-Ability
A quick starter, and off to the test track where I could play with
all the buttons and knobs to my heart's content. And they all
worked! Fine smooth acceleration, a smooth idle, good braking, and
fantastic cornering for a large car, this is a real 1950's treat.
Being a sucker for mid century modern design doesn't hurt either. A
highlight is the type font on the speedo, check it out. Those 50's
automotive stylists were so kewl.
Very few examples of this car will exist, and very few are being
restored to this condition due to the exorbitantcost, you really
are in hen's teeth territory. All beautiful, this is Lincoln at its
finest, and this is not even the high end! Bang for your buck would
be the buzz word for these beautiful pieces of Detroit sculpted
iron, all with the customer in mind to show off their excesses to
their suburban neighbors. Put this beauty in your driveway and
imagine the response you'll get. Neighbors will be full of
envy...da, da, da, da da, da, da, da da da...Batman!
57WA17890L
57-1957
WA-Wayne, IN Assy Plant
17890-Sequential Unit Number
L-Lincoln
WARRANTY TAG
BAJ57B-Premiere 4 Door Hardtop
51-Saturn Gold & Sand
724-Beige & Mocha Cloth
M15-15th December Build
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 650 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914.
Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the
vehicle in person.
