<![CDATA[Jalopnik: 1972 lincoln continental]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: 1972 lincoln continental]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/1972lincolncontinental http://jalopnik.com/tag/1972lincolncontinental <![CDATA[Proving The 1972 Lincoln Mark IV Is The Coolest Land Yacht Ever, Two Show Up At LeMons Texas]]> One side benefit of going to a 24 Hours Of LeMons race is getting to check out the interesting machinery that drivers and spectators use as personal transportation. We've seen the Caddy Wagon, the Audi Fox wagon, and so on. Houston had an Avanti and an orange Shelby Cobra, but what really had jaws dropping was this pair of '72 Lincolns. One is owned by an MSR track employee and boasts a 500+ horsepower 460, and the other is a recent purchase by Sajeev Mehta Doctor V8, who was in town to race the Mad Cow Motorsports 240Z. Make the jump to check out the whole gallery.




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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5067300&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV]]> We've only seen a couple of Lincolns in this series (a '69 and a '77), and with ten Cadillacs so far, it's time to look at another of Ford's big luxo-machines. I found this '72 parked on the same block as the '70 Volvo 164 and the '87 BMW L6.


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I shot this car and the '70 Ford LTD on the same rainy day. Rain might be bad for the camera, but it makes old cars look more serious.

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This one is missing the front bumper, but otherwise looks pretty solid. The weird thing is the presence of what appears to be a real convertible top; as far as I know, you couldn't get a '72 Lincoln convertible from the factory. Must be a custom job.

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The Mark IV came standard with a big grunt-happy 460 engine, and at 4,800 pounds it needed all that torque.


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