Lincoln Registry

The technical marketing name of this car is a Lincoln Continental Mark IV 4-door Landau; it is a true hardtop without a center post. This body style was the most popular of all 1959 Lincoln models with a production of 6,146 units. The "curb weight" was advertised at 5,050 pounds without optional air conditioning and the suggested retail price was $6,845.

H9YC411147 - 75A - 01 - DSO - 26A
H = 430 cubic inch 2V V-8 engine
9 = 1959
Y = Wixom, Michigan assembly plant
C = Lincoln Continental Mark IV series
411147 = the 11,147th Lincoln scheduled for production for the 1959 model year. The first was 400001
75A = Lincoln Continental Mark IV 4-door hardtop body style
01 = Presidential Black
DSO = special interior trim "domestic special order"
26A = scheduled for production on January 26, 1959

This stunning 1959 Lincoln Continental has an all-red leather interior. The all-leather interior was an extra-cost option on the Mark IV sedan and hardtop models, however for general marketing the all-red interior was offered only on the Convertible. This car was specially ordered by a gentleman in Kentucky who specified the red interior. As was the case with not a small number of Lincolns, Ford was happy to provide the customer with a Lincoln tailor-made to their specifications.

Like all 1958-1960 Continental models, this car has a power-operated retracting rear window which is controlled from a switch on the driver's door armrest, located with the power vent and side window switches.

Here is a view of the front seat, instrument panel, and two-tone steering wheel.

If this Lincoln appears to be in very good condition, your eyes do not deceive you. As of January, 2010 this 1959 Lincoln has less than 11,000 miles on the odometer. Furthermore, this Lincoln has another situation about it which puts it into a likely very special category - it has no radio. In 1959 the AM radio was standard equipment on the Continental Mark IV models, along with it came a rear fender-mounted power antenna. When this car was purchased new, the customer specified that the radio and power antenna be removed. The customer was to be chauffeur-driven, and he did not want the chauffeur to be listening to the radio even when he was not actually driving the owner around. There is a "blackout" plate over the spot where the radio was installed (lower right of the steering wheel). This is not a "radio delete" car, but rather we should call it a "dealer modified" Lincoln - - the radio did come installed as usual when it arrived at the dealership.

The Lincoln Registry personally inspected this car in January 2010. It is in every respect a "new car". The upholstery, the body, the chrome, the glass are all as new. Under the hood and body it is clean and correct, totally unmodified. This car is likely the finest example of any 1958 Mark III, 1959 Mark IV, or 1960 Mark V Lincoln Continental in existence.