Vehicle Description
The Lincoln Continental was engineered to be among the finest
automobiles America has to offer, and the 1979 Lincoln Town Car
Collectors Series was at the very top of the company's lineup. The
1979 model year is the finale for the last full-size luxury sedan
built in America. To commemorate this historic event, the Flagship
Town Car was offered as a limited edition, The Collector's Series,
which epitomized the luxury and elegance of America's last
traditional luxury sedan.
The 1979 Continental Collector's Series came fully equipped. The
Continental sedan with this elite option ran around $16,500. The
cost of a fully equipped Collector's Series ran in excess of
$18,000. Comfort and convenience features and accessories optional
on the Lincoln Continental are standard for The Collector's Series.
This is a very special limited edition.
Signature exterior features include color-keyed Coach Roof,
gold-color grille and bumper inserts, right-hand remote-controlled
outside rear view mirror, color-keyed premium bodyside moldings,
color-keyed turbine-style cast aluminum wheels, Appearance
Protection Group (front and rear carpeted floor mats, door edge
guards and rear license plate frame), right and left-side
illuminated vanity mirrors and Interior Light Group. This car is
fitted with a set of American Classic white wall tires that enhance
its classic look. "Collector's Series" is affixed to each rear roof
sail panel attesting to the fact that this is the quintessential
luxury sedan.
The Continental Collector's Series includes as standard equipment:
power vent windows, interval wipers, Defroster Group (electric
window defroster and heated left-side outside rear view mirror),
and Headlamp Convenience Group (automatic headlamp dimmer, and
Autolamp on/off delay system). This is a sedan designed for comfort
and pampers its occupants with Automatic Temperature Control,
Illuminated Entry System and an Automatic Garage Door Opener. Front
and rear center folding armrests are traditional Continental
accoutrements as well as the convenience of standard Tilt Steering
Wheel, Twin Comfort Lounge seats with both sides 6-way power
adjustable & passenger recliner, Automatic Speed Control, Power
Lock Group (includes trunk release), power windows, Cartier
electric digital timepiece, illuminated outside thermometer, power
steering and power brakes. The radio has been upgraded to a Kenwood
unit with SiriusXM and AUX port.
Rare Collector's Series
400 cubic inch V8
Factory Gold colored grill
Factory Turbine-style cast aluminum wheels
Final production year of the full-size American luxury car
Loaded with power luxury amenities
American Classic white wall tires
Upgraded Kenwood stereo
This 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car Collector's Series is
powered by the Ford Cleveland 400 CID V8 engine and has one of the
widest stances of any car in the world and rides upon a long 127.2"
wheelbase. It has the luxury length of 233" and is 79.9" in width.
Its impressive size, extraordinarily comfortable ride and
impeccable road manners makes it a very distinctive luxury car. The
Continental Collector's Series sedan is the last of the real
American luxury automobiles. Ford was the only domestic automobile
manufacturer that made automobiles this large for the 1979 model
year. This is indeed, the end of an illustrious era in
motoring...
