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  • Miss New York 1959 Drives a 1959 Lincoln Continental

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    LOVEfords
    Published on 18th January 2010 08:40 AM
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    Here's Arlene Nesbitt, Miss New York 1959 and the new Lincoln Continental Mark IV Convertible put at her disposal during her reign. Miss Nesbitt was to become the 4th Runner-Up in the Miss U.S.A. competition that year.

    This picture was taken in front of Central Lincoln-Mercury Corp., which was formerly located at 2001 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. As you can see from the signs, Central L-M also sold Edsels.

    Note the Lincoln bears regular New York passenger license plates 7237-CK issued by the Brooklyn (Kings County) motor vehicle office. Behind it is a 1959 Mercury Monterey sedan. Only 2,195 of the 1959 Lincoln Continental Convertibles were built, and they had a suggested retail price of $7,058 (at a time when basic Ford 4-door sedan sold for $2,273).

    LOVEfords acknowledges and thanks Fred Ewers of Oceanside, New York for sharing this picture.
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    Comments 4 Comments
    1. Ford Builder's Avatar
      Thats a great looking Lincoln. They just dont make signs like that any more very cool. the price for the cars back then were alot of money. Thanks for sharing that photo
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    1. theedselguy's Avatar
      I wish I could set my time machine to go back to the day that photo was taken!
      Reply
    1. LOVEfords's Avatar
      What gets me are those wheel covers! Talk about a thing of beauty... so artfully designed, so fitting for this massive car. There was nothing ordinary about these Lincolns, especially the Continentals, except maybe the gasoline that went into the tank.

      John
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    1. Barry Wolk's Avatar
      Those wheel covers are inexpensive (relatively speaking) stamped copies of the Mark II hubcap which has 40 individual stainless vanes bolted in place. Interestingly, the original Mark II hubcap design was done by a Detroit supplier that served the Big 3. The design was rejected by Cadillac as too expensive.

      A lot of Mark II owners would love to have those hubcaps as drivers as Mark II hubcaps can go as high as $500 ea. Unfortunately, as big as the Mark III, IV, and V were, they rode on 14" wheels.
      Reply