Automobile
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 4dr/sedan/convertible/gas
- DATE
- 1962
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0116.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ford Motor Co.
- MODEL
- Lincoln/Continental
- LOCATION
- Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2Y86H425201
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 494.0 cm
- Width
- 166.0 cm
- Height
- 161.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 1815.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive vehicles
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ford
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Detroit
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Car sold in Canada, typical of a luxury car bought by the upper classes in Canada. Lincoln cars were built in small numbers in Canada in 1936 only and production came back to Canada around 2007 with the MKX crossover. - Function
-
Owner driven passenger car for general transportation. - Technical
-
Lincoln firm was founded by Henry M. Leland in 1921. Previous to this he was with Cadillac. His firm was bought by Ford in 1922. This Lincoln is a luxury convertible sedan. This type of car was built by luxury car builders until 1941 and was discontinued during WW2. Ford reintroduced this type in 1962 and limited production continued until 1966. It is the ultimate in luxury and is well-equipped with options like power brakes, automatic turbodrive transmission, power steering, power windows, a radio with rear speaker, electric clock power door locks. The convertible retracts in the trunk. 3212 continental were produced in 1962. This one was produced in the Wixom plant in Michigan. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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