$110,000 Lincoln Continentals sell out in 48 hours

[KQ]

There are two 1960-ish Lincoln Continentals, one white, one black sitting in a field down the road from me. They are mostly over grown with bindweed but there is no mistaking that outline and you can just see the back door handles in the coach (suicide) position. Every time I drive by them I think "what a shame."





Kinda cool that they brought back the coach doors.

$110,000 Lincoln Continentals sell out in 48 hours



Michael Oakley is one of only 80 people in America who scored a $110,000 Lincoln Continental within 48 hours of its debut.

He was among hundreds — mostly from New York, Los Angeles and Miami — who swamped Lincoln dealerships with requests as soon as news broke on Dec. 17 of a handcrafted 80th Anniversary 2019 Continental Coach Door Edition.

[Game Over]

Damn that’s sad. You should see if they are willing to sell em. I bet Bobby Stainless could find you a buyer who’d restore than,

[Mofro261]

I said son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin'
if you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln

[Conundrum]

My grandpa had a cream colored '68 w/suicides he bought new in a warehouse with about 30k orginal that he sold a couple years ago. I always asked him to sell it to me and he conveniently forgot the request when his buddy wanted it. He sold it far too cheap.

[ill-advised strategy]

[MontuckyFried]

My grandpa had a cream colored '68 w/suicides he bought new in a warehouse with about 30k orginal that he sold a couple years ago. I always asked him to sell it to me and he conveniently forgot the request when his buddy wanted it. He sold it far too cheap.

Sounds like SOMEBODY's just begging to be tossed into the ol' nursing home when they get to that point. "Oh, you think we'll forget about you, grandpa? Well how about that time you forgot about selling me your Continental but practically gave it away to your friend. How about HE takes care of you since he's obviously more important to you." Haha. Not cool, gramps. Not cool.

[SumJongGuy]

Mom drove Town Cars. I learned to parallel park in a 4 door 78 land yacht.

[JimmyCarter]

suicide doors? sweet - i thought those were illegal?

[hutash]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the original suicide doors didn't have a B pillar. The new ones are just posers.

[Dantheman]

Suicide doors with a B pillar is some seriously stupid shit.

[KQ]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the original suicide doors didn't have a B pillar. The new ones are just posers.

maybe you're thinking of the convertibles?



vs.






Evidently Saturn made a car with no B post:





And Fiat made one where all four doors were hinged to the B post:




My Chevy Silverado has a back suicide door with no B post.

suicide doors? sweet - i thought those were illegal?

dangerous but not illegal:

History


Suicide doors were common on cars manufactured in the first half of the 20th century.[1] The nickname is mainly due to the design's propensity to seriously injure anyone exiting or entering the offside of the car if the door is hit by a passing vehicle. Also, in the era before seat belts, the accidental opening of such doors meant that there was a greater risk of falling out of the vehicle compared to front-hinged doors, where airflow pushed the doors closed rather than opening them further. Suicide doors were especially popular with mobsters in the gangster era of the 1930s, supposedly owing to the ease of pushing passengers out of moving vehicles, according to Dave Brownell, the former editor of Hemmings Motor News.[3]

After World War II, the use of suicide doors was mostly limited to rear doors of four-door sedans. The best-known use of suicide doors on post-World War II American automobiles was the Lincoln Continental 4 door convertibles and sedans (1961–1969) and Ford Thunderbird 1967–1971 four-door sedans.[3] The British Rover P4 cars also used rear suicide doors until their demise in 1964. German Goggomobil saloons and coupes had two door bodies with suicide doors, until these were changed to front-hinged in 1964.[7]

[SB]

Luv those LCs

Almost as kewl as this.

[Bobby Stainless]

At Rolls training we were told to say "Carriage doors".

[Self Jupiter]

Is there another car that looks more like an actual boat?

[SB]

Is there another car that looks more like an actual boat?

[Self Jupiter]