GTP Cool Wall: 1961-1969 Lincoln Continental (4th generation)

[GranTurismo916]

1961-1969 Lincoln Continental (4th generation) nominated by @Eunos_Cosmo

Engines: 430 ci (7.0L) V8 (Ford MEL), 460 ci (7.5L) V8 (Ford 385), 462 ci (7.6L) V8 (Ford MEL)
Power: 320-340 hp
Torque: 465-485 lb-ft.
Weight: 2300 kg
Transmission: 3-speed automatic
Drivetrain: Front engine, rear wheel drive
Body Styles: 4-door sedan, 2-door hardtop, 4-door convertible
Additional Info: "The Magnum Opus of designer Elwood Engel. Suicide Doors. The emphatically slab-sided 4th generation Lincoln Continental defined the land-yacht American luxury cars of the late 1950s through mid 1970s. Heavy, powerful, and with no pretense of sporting intentions, the Continental's purpose was to cruise in absolute comfort and style. From appearances in James Bond films to the Matrix, the Continental has a pretty strong foothold in popular culture. Of course the Conti will always be most famous for being the vehicle in which John F Kennedy was assassinated."​

Spoiler: Additional Pics

Curator's Comments: Read this before you ask me why the poll has a different title from the nomination and the thread.

 

[Liquid]

Absolutely awesome, absolutely not cool.

 

[JR98]

I so want to give it an SZ but it has a 7.0 V8 which only makes 350HP and Is heavy as hell. And has a 3 speed gearbox. Going to give it SU

 

[Danny]

Sub Zero because bloody look at it.

Spoiler

 

[Cano]

New "fastest sub-zero vote" winner.

 

[lxmmy]

Easily SZ. Looks like a car which should be in every movie which contains guns and violence.

 

[Liquid]

Is this the one Kennedy was shot in?

 

[Heldenzeit]

SZ. The quintessential 60s American land yacht.

 

[Sage Ages]

I so want to give it an SZ but it has a 7.0 V8 which only makes 350HP and Is heavy as hell. And has a 3 speed gearbox. Going to give it SU

1. It's a luxury vehicle that was introduced in the early 1960s. What do you expect?
2. This isn't a good/fast/like wall. If you think it's cool, than just put that.

 

[playnthru]

I so want to give it an SZ but it has a 7.0 V8 which only makes 350HP and Is heavy as hell. And has a 3 speed gearbox. Going to give it SU

this made me laugh, thanks.

Is this the one Kennedy was shot in?

yes.

 

[Wiegert]

Somehow, it still manages to be cool even after D. L. Hughley voiced one of the most irritating movie vehicles of all time.

 

[Liquid]

yes.

Interesting. I do like a car with history. This is the actual car Kennedy and Connelly were shot in.

 

[SVX]

I so want to give it an SZ but it has a 7.0 V8 which only makes 350HP and Is heavy as hell. And has a 3 speed gearbox. Going to give it SU

It was also made more than 50 years ago!

 

[Tornado]

That's not a Continental Mk IV...

 

[Dagger311]

This is one of the easiest SZ votes I've given.

 

[Adamgp]

Very easily SZ.

Awesome car.

 

[GTRacer22]

Suicide doors. SZ.

 

[Roger the Horse]

How to barge.

 

[Jahgee]

White wall tires, instant Seriously Uncool, I'm kidding, Sub Zero

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Well I nominated because I think it's actually the coolest car ever made. So obviously SZ.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Of course the Conti will always be most famous for being the vehicle in which John F Kennedy was assassinated.

Not exactly a good thing. That would be like saying the Carrera GT would be famous for being the car in which Paul Walker was killed.

Uncool.

 

[Tornado]

Not exactly a good thing. That would be like saying the Carrera GT would be famous for being the car in which Paul Walker was killed.

Uncool.

Didn't hurt the 550 Spyder too much. The car itself so perfectly represented the Kennedy administration, including his death, that it is one of the big reasons they are inseparable in the public consciousness.


Put another way, Nixon (by all standards Kennedy's polar opposite) personally owned one of these:

And he wasn't assassinated in it. Does that make it cooler?

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

That's not a Continental Mk IV...

When I nominated it, I should have wrote Lincoln Continental (4th generation) instead of Mk IV. For those not steeped in Ford history, the car actually named the Continental Mk IV was this:

I'm still always a bit confused by the designations of the Continental Mark vs Lincoln Continental.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

Seriously Uncool. Overweight landyacht for insecure people.

 

[Panoz]

No Lincolns since then has ever matched the presence that this Continental shows.

SZ.

 

[Dennisch]

High cool with the top down.

High cool with the top up.

High cool with a roof.

High cool it is.

 

[LivingWithGames]

Sub-Zero for being such a well desgined car. One minus point for the bad memories of a good president lost.

A high Cool is in check.

 

[Doog]

Seriously Uncool. Overweight landyacht for insecure people.

Explain.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

It's a status symbol. "Look how well off I am, I can afford this huge car!"

 

[Tornado]

If people simply wanted to show off they would have bought a contemporary Thunderbird.