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| 1940 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet (1681) SOLD!!!Convertible. V-12/120 H.P., 3-speed manual transmission. Edsel Ford presented the stylists sketches for an automobile unlike anything then produced in the United States. Experts in the field of Automotive Design, the stylists found little to criticize. Edsel Ford's choice; the Continental rear tire mount has become a market of high style that is found on a number of later day cars. It was this feature, along with the long hood, relatively short passenger compartment and rear deck treatment that distinguised this car from others built in America and led to use of the name "Continental" suggestive of certain European styling characteristics. In 1940 only 350 Continental Cabriolets were built, each car continued to be virtually hand-made. This Continental was a sheet steel body with a distinctive chassis and no top. From the side it was the picture of simplicity with less chrome and glitter than most cars of the period, it has fine taste in automotive design. Perhaps the Lincoln-Continental achieved popularity because it was different without being radical, "clean" without being stripped of important features that were both functional and decorative, and luxurious without breaking with the "family car" tradition. AN AWESOME INVESTMENT THAT WILL ONLY INCREASE IN VALUE!!! |
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