The Lincoln Continental was engineered to be among the finest automobiles America has to offer, and the 1979 Lincoln Town Car Collectors Series was at the very top of the company's lineup. The 1979 model year is the finale for the last full-size luxury sedan built in America. To commemorate this historic event, the Flagship Town Car was offered as a limited edition, The Collector's Series, which epitomized the luxury and elegance of America's last traditional luxury sedan.
The 1979 Continental Collector's Series came fully equipped. The Continental sedan with this elite option ran around $16,500. The cost of a fully equipped Collector's Series ran in excess of $18,000. Comfort and convenience features and accessories optional on the Lincoln Continental are standard for The Collector's Series. This is a very special limited edition.
Signature exterior features include color-keyed Coach Roof, gold-color grille and bumper inserts, right-hand remote-controlled outside rear view mirror, color-keyed premium bodyside moldings, color-keyed turbine-style cast aluminum wheels, Appearance Protection Group (front and rear carpeted floor mats, door edge guards and rear license plate frame), right and left-side illuminated vanity mirrors and Interior Light Group. This car is fitted with a set of American Classic white wall tires that enhance its classic look. "Collector's Series" is affixed to each rear roof sail panel attesting to the fact that this is the quintessential luxury sedan.
The Continental Collector's Series includes as standard equipment: power vent windows, interval wipers, Defroster Group (electric window defroster and heated left-side outside rear view mirror), and Headlamp Convenience Group (automatic headlamp dimmer, and Autolamp on/off delay system). This is a sedan designed for comfort and pampers its occupants with Automatic Temperature Control, Illuminated Entry System and an Automatic Garage Door Opener. Front and rear center folding armrests are traditional Continental accoutrements as well as the convenience of standard Tilt Steering Wheel, Twin Comfort Lounge seats with both sides 6-way power adjustable & passenger recliner, Automatic Speed Control, Power Lock Group (includes trunk release), power windows, Cartier electric digital timepiece, illuminated outside thermometer, power steering and power brakes. The radio has been upgraded to a Kenwood unit with SiriusXM and AUX port.
Rare Collector's Series
400 cubic inch V8
Factory Gold colored grill
Factory Turbine-style cast aluminum wheels
Final production year of the full-size American luxury car
Loaded with power luxury amenities
American Classic white wall tires
Upgraded Kenwood stereo
This 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car Collector's Series is powered by the Ford Cleveland 400 CID V8 engine and has one of the widest stances of any car in the world and rides upon a long 127.2" wheelbase. It has the luxury length of 233" and is 79.9" in width. Its impressive size, extraordinarily comfortable ride and impeccable road manners makes it a very distinctive luxury car. The Continental Collector's Series sedan is the last of the real American luxury automobiles. Ford was the only domestic automobile manufacturer that made automobiles this large for the 1979 model year. This is indeed, the end of an illustrious era in motoring...
