Covered for 20 Years: 1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV
I sometimes wonder if people just use eBay as a means of advertising a car with no real intention of selling it. This 1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV appears to be hidden away in a Michigan garage with little in the way of information about its mechanical status. The seller says he is selling it on behalf of a friend, and it’s listed here on eBay with a very ambitious $15,000 Buy-It-Now.
As I’ve stated on this site in the past, I am all about setting a somewhat high price to ensure negotiations don’t go straight to the bottom of the barrel. However, $15K is either unrealistic or indicative of a seller that doesn’t want to do any homework in their attempt to sell their friend’s car. From what I can see here, there’s a hood and the grill is still attached – couldn’t tell you anything else.
Now, all that being said, the detail shows of the interior show attractive wood veneer on the instrument binnacle and the seats appear tidy. The mileage is not terribly low, however, knocking up against 50,000. That’s sometimes the attraction to these old coupes, as many were often mothballed by collectors. Not this one – it was used and the shots of the body do show a big car with average cosmetics.
The seats do look decent, but still in need of a cleaning. The seller says it was covered for 20 years, so perhaps that helped keep sun fading to a minimum. Still, there’s lot of questions here, and if you’re really clamoring for a Mark IV in white, your best bet would be to call the seller directly.
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Another dreamer. I do like these cars, though.
Looks like a nice car……. I think.
I see that the price is now $12,500. Considering the seller (or the car’s owner/his friend) has not documented the mileage, perhaps the price is, say, $10K too high? I’m not sure what one of these is worth in today’s market.
I prefer this version which came out before the 5 mph battering rams were installed.
Rollback on odometer, uneven numbers if it’s 999 ending, I would believe it, too many liars, claiming mikes so low to rip off people.
These cars are fun to cruise in, lots of power reasonable breaks handling is soft but precise. Hate to burst bubbles but…for the asking price you get one that is in near new condition. This example is worth less than $2000
Who will make the first “Jimmy Hoffa in the trunk” joke? Anyone? Anyone?
My white 72 Lincoln Mark IV in front of the Machus Red Fox where Jimmy disappeared from
I love these old land yachts; they ride/drive smooth as silk. That said, there just isn’t $12,500 here [the lack of bids supports this] Get her out of the garage, cleaned & polished [REALLY cleaned, & polished], take better photos,and prove that odo reading is true [the misalignment of digits is cause for concern] Then you might be able to pry $8k – $9k from someone’s wallet. These are massive vehicles; incredibly thirsty, ponderous to drive, near impossible to park. Limited appeal for these old dinosaurs, especially the coupes :-(
It is a common thing nowadays, ask an unreasonable amount, (after watching the TV shows on now) and maybe, just maybe you will hook that one person who will pay ….
I had one of these 35 years ago – dreadful thing to drive!
More like AIMING these cars than actually driving one.
This is absurd. Pass on this one.
I just sold my ’70 last year in about 3 days for $3200 with hidden (but disclosed) rust and obvious hail damage. The guy asked me why I was selling it so cheap. I told him that insurance had given me $6800 for the hail damage, and that I didn’t need to hold out for the last dollar on it. Yep, this guy is dreaming at the current price tag, especially a ’72, but these cars are sleepers for value.
Had a 73 T-Bird that looked similar. 460 motor that begged to be put through its paces. Was my first car and paid $800 for it in 1980
Most of the time a misalignment on the odometer numbers means rollback.
In this case could be the 4 last numbers so to alignment again needs to drive the car at least 1000 miles so when the 49K turns to 50K all the numbers will be fine. Heard it from a friend’s cousin that use to do that on the 80’s LOL
Could very well be original….put a hundred miles on it, those numbers will even out and line up…..many Ford/Lincoln models odometers from the 70’s and 80’s did this……looks like a decent car…….worth no more than $3 grand though.