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Originally Posted by sub006
I have had a 1964 Sting Ray convertible for 44 years, but I don't consider it a classic, just a good-looking, good driving old sports car. Now a friend of mine (a FORD guy) has a couple of real classics mixed in with the T-Birds, Galaxies, Falcons, etc. He has a 1940 Lincoln Continental coupe and a 1941 Continental convertible. Each is the rarer body style for its year (only 50 '40 coupes were manufactured) and both have the V-12 flathead engine. It makes you feel special, a bit like royalty, to ride in these beautiful cars!
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Nice cars!
I think those first Continentals were one of those rare cars which enthusiasts recognised as being a classic virtually as soon as they were replaced with a newer design.
Too bad so many had the V12 engine replaced with the flathead Mercury V8.
As I recall, that engine was 305 cubes, with (only) 110 hp, and had problems with wear and sludge directly related to poor crankcase ventilation.