1998 Lincoln Mark Series

Mark VIII Coupe

8 Cylinder 4.6 Liter

Automatic

1LNFM92V9WY729681

Clear

Gasoline

Power Windows

1998 Lincoln Mark VIII Collectors Edition # 461 of 1386 built. This particular car was built on Thursday June 18th 1998. The exterior color is white pearlescent and the interior color is light and medium graphite. This color combo was a $365.00 option. Other additional options include: heated seats, 10 disc cd changer, and sunroof. All collectors edition mark viii's came standard with, woodgrain steering wheel, woodgrain shifter, "collectors edition" labeled door panels, chrome wheels, 2 tone leather interior, power seats, driver and passenger airbag, power tilt\telescoping steering wheel, HID headlamps, neon center tail light lens, air ride suspension, etc etc etc. I have owned the car about a year and it that in that time it has had alot of work done to it. here is a list of what I have either done, or had done: New HID Headlamps New Heater core lowered air suspension alignment switched fluids to synthetics auto lite plugs installed SCT Tune restored steering wheel (could use to be re lacquered) Drilled and slotted brake rotors and new brake pads rebuilt the front end with all new bushings Changed out the blend door motor to the new reinforced version (will never break) Added Magnaflow Exhaust System The car runs and drives excellent. Goes down the road perfectly straight. Transmission shifts smooth, and with the tune actually shifts when it should. I recently took this on a 1200mi road trip and it got a consistent 28mpg on the highway. Everything operates as it should. The sunroof works, both heated seats work, tilt\telescoping steering wheel works, keyless entry works, neon tail light works, puddle lamps works, HID headlamps work, cup holder\ash try are completely in tact and work perfectly. The AC blows ICE COLD. The car is 12 years old and is not perfect. It does show normal signs of wear consistent with a 98k mi car. Drivers seat shows normal wear (not excessive), as well as the carpet. It does have a few chips and dings from normal driving also. The only bad things with the car is that it has started to rust very slightly on the right side quarter panel.. see second to last picture. 3 of the 4 chrome wheels have also started to peel, but im sure you aware thats a pretty common problem with these wheels. Pictured is the worst of the 3. The one that is not peeling is absolutely perfect. My guess is that at one time it has been replaced, but I dont know for sure. The drivers side seat trim is broken also. I highly encourage ALL interested parties to come look at and test drive the car personally before bidding or making an offer. I am trying to be as honest as possible and dont want anyone to be disappointed. The $500 deposit on the car after winning the auction is NON-REFUNDABLE. I have been taken advantage of in the past and this is the only way to make sure that it doesn't happen again. Please ask all questions before bidding. Thanks for looking!!!! Please do not make an offer if you do not intend to buy. The Collector's Edition was a $900 option on top of the base price of the LSC edition of the Mark VIII on which they were all based. Only two colors were offered: the Cordovan Metallic color, which was exclusive to the Collector's Edition in 1998, and a $365 extra cost White Pearlescent Tri-coat Metallic. Two special interiors were offered a two tone Graphite interior and a two tone Prairie tan interior. Interesting, though all other LSC's featured Euro-perforated interior, the Collectors editions hides were solid with no micro holes in the seating area. Possibly, the seating materials were made up early in the decision making process when the Collector's Edition was planned to be a base model. In addition to the above, the Collector's Edition buyer got the following: Unique Badging. Collector's Edition was spelled out in gold on an inset in the unique body side molding and in delicate gold leaf on the wood door insets. The grill emblem was gold plated as was all the lettering on the taillight lens. Black plastic continental stars were inset onto the standard chrome LSC wheel center caps.Wood Trim. The Collector's Edition got a special leather steering wheel with genuine walnut inserts. This steering wheel is reportedly, the same one used in the new Jaguar. Instead of a leather covered shift lever, the shift lever is polished wood. All the wood inserts in the Collector's Edition is of a higher gloss finish than on the standard LSC models.Collector's Gift. After delivery, Collector's Edition owners were sent a black leather case containing an eight silver ingot set commemorating the Mark line from the original Mark I, the 1939 Lincoln Continental, to the present last Mark VIII series. Each set was personalized with the VIN number of the owner's car. Each set was accompanied by a note from Lincoln-Mercury vice-president/general manager Mark W. Hutchinson.Interestingly, there is no acknowledgment of the Mark III, IV and V made in 1958, 1959 and 1960 respectively. Ford has consistently ignored these three years of Marks in all its announcements and literature about the Mark VIII. Apparently when the 1968 Mark III was planned, Ford wanted to wipe clean the history of the Mark after the memorable Mark II of 1956-57.Unique Floor Mats. The floor mats were color keyed to the interior and have "Collector's Edition" script stitched into them, instead of the usual "LSC" or "Mark VIII." Floor mats were only available for the front.Black Door Latches. This was never mentioned in any announcements or literature. Instead of chrome door latches as on all the other Mark VIII's the door latches were painted black. Possibly this was a cost cutting measure by Ford, as was the deletion of the plastic generator cover in 1998 that was standard in 1997.Orders for the Collector's Edition were taken starting in April of 1998. All the cars were built in the weeks from June 8 to June 27, 1998. Each car received a metallic gold sticker with a serial number on the driver's door jamb. These serial numbers are not consecutive with production, as they were randomly applied to the cars, after they were all assembled. Serial numbers are known to go up to 1280, with this last car going to the Dearborn museum. Ford's records indicate that 1386 Collector's Editons were built. The additional cars may have been made for Canada and other countries. On Aug-03-10 at 05:06:02 PDT, seller added the following information: Vehicle Transportation Tools powered by Shipping Price Estimator Delivery Zipcode: uShip is the first and largest auction- style marketplace for shipping and transportation services. Learn more Guides & Articles Auto Transport Service Options... Car Transport Trailer and Truc... 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