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mark/marque : LINCOLN

model/modele : Continental Mark VI

year/année : 1980

    

 

LES PROPOSITIONS RECUES pour la Lincoln Coupe de Réalmont

- 1- GILLES B le 25/11/06 : 1980/81 Continental

- 2 - STEPHANE le 10/12/06 : moteur V8 de 5L

- 3 - DANSE (AVEC LES ROUES) le 18/12/06 : lincoln continental série Cartier de 1980

+ Via le propriétaire Jean-François T : 1980 Continental Mark VI Mark VI

Production: 1980-1983

Body style: 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan

Engine: 302 in? (4.9 L) V8

351 in? (5.8 L) V8

 

The 1980 design revision and change to the Panther platform significantly

reduced the size of the vehicle-the new model was 14 inches shorter and rode

on a wheelbase 6 inches shorter than before-and the new car was 500 pounds

lighter. Nevertheless, aside from being the only Mark series ever available

as a 4-door sedan, the Mark VI retained most of the styling cues of the 1977

Mark V. Even though the car was significantly smaller, it kept the hallmark

opera windows, Rolls-Royce style grille and the (empty) tire hump on the

deck lid.

 

As with other 1980 Lincolns, the Mark of that year was available with

significantly increased levels of, at the time, high-technology electronic

equipment. A digital instrument cluster using Vacuum Fluorescent Displays,

pushbutton keyless entry, Automatic Overdrive (AOD) 4-speed automatic

transmission, and fuel injection on the 302 in? (4.9 L) engine were all new

introductions for 1980. Reliability of these systems was problematic for the

first few years, which earned these cars a poor reliability record for 1980,

1981 and 1982. Revisions and modifications to the electronics improved the

cars' reliability record for 1983.

 

With the old boats, Continental and Mark V, retired after 1979, the new

Lincolns for 1980 were highly anticipated cars. When Ford introduced the

downsized Lincolns to the press, they were an immediate hit, being more

efficient and more spacious than the corresponding Cadillacs of the same

year, which had been downsized for 1977. The new Lincoln's used new assembly

techniques, and had aluminum pieces in the body and mechanicals to lighten

the cars, in addition to the eight-hundred pound weight loss (---Note:

Previous commentary states 500 lbs. saved. Advisable to further confirm this

information) they received from the redesign. The old 460cid V8 was history,

replaced by a fuel-injected version of Ford's 302cid (5.0 liter) V8, and a

carbureted version of the 351cid V8, though the latter lasted only for 1980.

 

The basic body was shared between Town Car and Mk VI, but the Mark bore more

resemblance to the Mark V, with hidden headamps, the spare tire bulge on the

trunk, the vinyl top and opera windows, etc. For the first and only time,

the Mark series was offered as a four door sedan, but both Marks were

dropped after '83 in favor of a new Mark VII, and a small Continental sedan

(meant to replace Lincoln's unsuccessful Versailles mid-size). A super-rare

car, of potential interest to collectors, is the '80-'81 Town Coupe, which

sold only about 3000 copies before being consigned to the pages of history.

The Town Car and Town Coupe bore more resemblance to the old standard

Continentals of the seventies, but were thoroughly modern. The success of

the Mk VI, however, effectively killed off interest in the Town Coupe. The

Town Car, however, continued to be Lincoln's best seller for the rest of the

1980s. All told, these Lincolns are quiet, reliable, roomy cars.

-4- MARC (Cnd) le 26/12/06 : 1980/82 Town Coupe

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