1946 Lincoln Continental

Continental Coupe

12 - Cyl.

Manual

H140578

Gasoline

IMPORTANT UPDATE: I am in MN now and can show the car if desired. I uploaded a video to youtube of the car running today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODdNc8Ivc_w Email me about any other information requests. The 1946 Lincoln Continental was the Indy 500 pace car. One of 265 built in 1946. This car's 305 cid V-12 is the original and runs well. This car is an unrestored original that was bought by my late father in law 9 years ago from a collection in England. Everything is there, including chrome pieces and the interior. The latter is in quite nice shape. It is not a show car - I would describe the car as a classic driver car rather than a trailer queen. The only serious obstacle to turning it into an authentic show car is that a previous owner connected the rear fenders to the body with fiberglass. Originally, the fenders were separate and bolted on. You can see this in the rear picture. This makes it very difficult to return the body to 100% factory look and construction. But then, cars like that cost $50,000, not the $7,500 starting price. As for it's current condition, it has been sitting for 5 years in a dry garage. The only functional deficiency that I know of is a broken drive axle. It is that problem, plus the original chrome and fiberglass on the body that keep this from being a $20,000 - $30,000 car. Of those issues, the fiberglass is by far the most important. If the body were 100% original, I'd price it at $17,000. Or I'd fix the axle, rechrome it and sell for $25,000. We live in Houston TX, but the car is in Albert Lea MN, under the care of a close family friend. Looking under the car, he noticed that there appears to have been some rust damage. This was why the fenders were fiberglassed. The fiberglass is showing some cracking. Underneath the car, there is some undercoating that may have been part of some rust repair. We have not torn it apart to see if the rust was minor or deep. There is no obvious signs of serious rusting. Also, one of the windows had been working, but is now hung up. The car was a driver when it was garaged several years ago, and the engine does start and run well. Lastly, we can't find the keys, but of all the fixes, this is the cheapest. . My wife and I are ready to let it go to a Lincoln lover who will care for it as her father did.