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OK you're crazy too.

But in a good way. Congratulations on finding the car you want - it can be difficult sometimes.

My convertible has not been picked up by the transport company yet, so it'll be a while before it arrives. I hate the waiting.
 
Patience is a virtue, or so I'm told.

Waiting can be hell, but it'll all be worth it when it finally gets there.

And no matter what the ad says, I just can't feature a car like this being 'sporty.' I have no problem with 'Classic' or 'Rare,' however.

-kevin
 
Speaking of the ad, I received it yesterday. It states that these are factory authorized convertibles. The Lincoln archives and the Henry Ford Museum have no record of these. I think that dealers had to have permission to market an altered Ford product, so some vice president at Ford sent the dealership a memo stating that they could sell these conversions. Or, the dealer made it up as an advertising ploy.

Here is the ad:

http://home.gt.rr.com/limited58/lincad.jpg
 
~And no matter what the ad says, I just can't feature a car like this being 'sporty.'

Sporty is stretching it. But, the interior is more sporty than my '78 coupe which has the "pillow top" upholstery - very opulent but not sporty.
 
Yeah, sporty is a bit of a misnomer here! Sometimes it is nice to see a car that is just a luxury car, or just a sports car, or just whatever it should be. The fewer compromises to the main purpose of the car, the better it often is.

I think the key to the "factory authorized" question in this case is the warranty. If Ford agreed upfront to not contest warranty claims on parts of the car not affected by the conversion then it is a sort of minimal approval. By law I don't think they could deny coverage on these parts of the car, but they could certainly give a lot of trouble and waste a lot of time in verifying every claim if they chose to.

Manufacturers usually look the other way with high-quality modifications to their products, but on rare occasions they have been known to take action against shoddy or potentially dangerous modifications. Their biggest weapon is threatening a dealer with legal action if he sells a modified car and implies any kind of factory approval.
 
Speaking of Lincolns, here's a link to the LCOC (Lincoln and Continental Owner's Club) Eastern National Meet in Cherry Hill, NJ which took place last weekend June 13-17. About 100 cars were present, and great fun was had by all! Lots of 1956 and 1957 Continental Mark II's, 60's slabside Lincolns with center opening doors (the term "suicide doors" is a misnomer), and Lincolns from the 50's, 70's and 80's!

http://www.michiganlcoc.org/gallery/CherryHill2007
 
Nice pics, looks like the Cherry Hill meet was good.

I got a call today, the shipping company picked up my new convertible last night at 10:45pm. The driver is shooting for delivery Friday evening. Upstate NY to SE Texas in 3 days, not bad.
 
The seller called and told me - its on the top rack, behind a Deusy (if I understood the seller correctly, he might have meant a deuce coupe but he said a Deusy). The Deusenberg should still be on the truck when he delivers my car (I hope it's really Deusy!). My camera is acting up, but if it works I'm gettin' a picture of that car.

Odd - the Deusy does not have windows, just a top (Touring car?) but acoording to the driver the new owner will not pay to have it shipped in an enclosed truck - I hope it doesn't rain! The damage would cost more than the cost of shipping in an enclosed truck.
 
Great cars everyone

Love them all, from old Lincolns to newer Lincolns, all full size Fords,growing up in the 70's my dad worked for GM dealers and was a GM man, But I just loved Ford products,VW'S,Volvos and Mercedes,as a teen there was a '76 T-Bird at the ford dealer,the last year for that body style,it was around '80 or so at the time with the gas crunch,but I really wanted that car,I would go and just sit in it,but my parents wouldn't let me buy it.I got my '77 Lincoln a little later in '84,that 460 is a great engine. Mark
 

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