1958 58 Lincoln Continental Mark III Original Low Mileage 35K Rust Free CO car

Description for Lincoln Continental 1958

I have been the caretaker of this well maintained, riginal 1958 Lincoln for the past 9 years. It has led a sheltered life in a great climate, eing purchased new in Pueblo Colorado and had been in the area until I bought it and brought it East. This car is LOADED with chrome, uch of which is on pot metal trim. It would easily cost $20K to get this redone and wouldn't look as good as the original. I am picky and have no issue saying the extensive trim on this car looks as if it was 1959 still. See some of the detail close up pictures.
The paint is mostly original. It shows well and still shines up nicely, ut after almost 60 years it has a number of issues up close. It's checked on the right front fender and door due to a respray (color is off a touch), here are various chips as well as having been buffed through by a prior owner on a number of the high body spots. I bought the car with the intention of repainting it a different color, ut as I drove it people seemed amazed the car was all original. I have a number of old cars, ut this one has to rank at or near the top for getting attention. I suspect it's the combination of its immense size/presence, ild styling with gleaming chrome, nd of course the oh so 1950's Jade/Turquoise paint. So I never did repaint it as everyone seemed to love the color and most of all--it's only original once.
I added about 2,200 miles to the total during my 9 years and if you see the car in person, here is no reason to doubt the mileage to be the real deal. It has all the original 5/8" dot GE headlamps, riginal keys, riginal floor mats, nd while hard to believe the front 2/3rd of the exhaust system could be original as a Ford logo is stamped into the resonators--at a minimum i'm saying the underside is THAT rust free. All the rubber/weatherstripping is still soft and in good shape. The 430 cubic inch engine runs strong, hough I can't say this 5,000 lb yacht is snappy off the line, ut it is a great highway cruiser and is geared well for this type of driving. When I acquired the car I went through the entire brake system, utting in all new wheel cylinders, oses and rebuilt the master cylinder/booster unit. The lines were in great shape, s there is no rust on the car, o they are original as are the drums I believe. Ialso went through the entire fuel system from pulling the tank and cleaning it to rebuilding the fuel pump and Holley 4bblcarburetor. I also changed the shocks, ufflers/tailpipes and changed the rear limited slip differential gear oil.
The car has a number of options on top of the standard list. Besides the roll down back window that gets lots of attention (and unique in Lincoln to the Continental model) it has:
Power windows, ncluding the vent windows (all working as well as all switches)Air conditioning (not working but I never tried to mess with it. Everything is there and compressor still hooked up to the engine)Six way power seat (works fine)Limited slip "Directed Power" differentialElectric trunk release (works)Town and Country radio with power antenna
This car stickered out north of $7,000 in 1958. You could buy 3 Ford Fairlanes and have money left over for that price!
As you can see in the pictures I had custom wheels made (the Lincoln has an odd bolt pattern) but I still have the original bias ply wide whites, ims and hubcaps if desired. I also installed a modern stereo system (with iPod hook up, D player and satellite capability) to replace the aftermarket 8 track set up that was in the car when I got it. Like the radio before, t's mounted neatly below the instrument panel. The original radio is still in the dash and operates the power antenna (working). Included with the car is every imaginable piece of literature for the car (see trunk picture) including the rare and very useful Dealer Bulletins that speak to the particular trouble spots on the car that were cropping up in 1958 after they started selling them.
This is a very fine automobile that merits more attention than I have been giving it lately. So I am thinning out my collection so that someone else can enjoy it and drive it more than a couple hundred miles a year!
Feel free to message me or call 917-847-1690 with questions.