What more do you need or want. Has been garage kept and very Low Milage. Nothing wrong with the Mark VI that a wheelbase stretch cant fix . Perhaps if GM and Ford had aero-ed and de-broughamed their remaining RWD models c. 1985 they might have had broader appeal for somewhat longer, but by that time the rising generation wanted an E class and thought these were fuddy duddy. C:UsersSANDRADocumentsLincoln Window Sticker.jpg The Mark VI was continued in the standard series and Signature Series. And, I like unique. A great cruiser in todays market. Classifieds for Classic Lincoln Continental Mark VI. The 2dr Continental is the one whos proportions look off on the longer wheelbase and there just shouldnt be a 4dr Mark, just like there never should have been a 4dr T-bird. Runs good. . Try lincolnland in Clearwater fl. The lower body sectionwas all stainless. The rear end is particularly bad it is as if they ran out of ideas and just ended it with a flat panel and then later realized they needed some lights back there. It was not a very powerful engine, which made for not a very popular used car. The interior was all French vanilla with leather seats. 2WD. Door structure is definitely the same, as well as all the structure ahead of the B pillars. The wheels were color-keyed lacy spoke aluminum. We use cookies and browser activity to improve your experience, personalize content and ads, and analyze how our sites are used. A gent I know says he has a 1983 and 1/2 Mark VI and is title as such..He has found only two others and asked me to look into it. The overall length of the Mark VI four-door and Lincoln Continental was 219.2". The Alternater Will Not Work So Putc A New One In And It Still Won't? Is she still for sale ? The leather seating surfaces werein White with Midnight Blue accents or in all Midnight Blue. Wheels werewire-spoke aluminum. Or do you think it was just a license to use their respective names and logos and Lincoln just applied whatever they wanted as far as color schemes and features? But that does not in any way support Erics assertion that the Mark VII was ready to go before the Aero T-Bird. I'm always on the lookout for these blinged-out land yachts as I patrol for Junkyard Gems, and I've managed to find a handful over the years. Are you looking to buy your dream classic car? There were 21 body colors offered on the Mark VI and seven were new. To overcome the inherent problems with the 302 in Dougs 1983 Mark VI, he has decided to replace the original engine with a later model sequential fuel-injected roller cam engine. This feature started in 1973 and was offered on LTD-Galaxie, Marquis, Continental &T-Bird up to 1976. I could only afford the base model, but to this day, I am totally in love with the VIs. The Givenchy Designer Series was dropped and the Pucci was now available in a two door as well as a four-door. Oh I see. Cars dont become ready to go and then get put in the deep freeze. upright, formal, chiseled styling was what they felt would please the King. Edith drove this car to her Bridge games and around the gated community she lived in, that's it. Gateway Classic Cars of Dallas is proud to offer this sharp 1982 Lincoln Continental Mark VI Limousine. The overall length of the Mark VI four-door and Lincoln Continental was 219.2. Sometimes it will start right up and run fine, but most times it will not start till I put gas in throttle body, once it starts it runs fine, I checked for fuel pressure at the fuel pressure relief valve and the gas hits the fender when I push in steam, I ture over and pressure is right back up, I unhook fuel line at filter turn on key and pumps gas big time, so I think what I need to know is WHAT TELLS THE INJECTOR TO SPRAY THAT FIRST SHOT OF FUEL TO START THE CAR, no I am not just driveing a old cluncker, the car is like new last full size two door made by lincoln, I only use it mabie 1000 a year, so please try and help PLEASE, Thanks for your time eather way. 1980 Lincoln Mark VI 2-Door full range specs - Automobile-Catalog Also, however high your appraisal is, an insurer will likely have a lower one and you will end up somewhere between. We suppose we need an Appraisal, however, every Appraiser we talk to does not know what this Specialty tag means or a value for the car, as just a regular 83 M6 it is not. Id be curious to know. The Lincoln Continental Coupe became a pillared two door sedan in 1974, but the Mark remained a true hardtop through 1979. Somehow Lincoln believed that Mark owners would accept a smaller Mark that looked like a kit car of the original. If the four-door looks better proportioned, its because it shared the Continentals 117-inch wheelbase. Try website grandmarq. From the time Lee Iacocca decreed that a Thunderbird with a six-foot-long hood would serve as Lincolns flagship (Mark III CC here), the Continental Mark series went from strength to strength throughout the 1970s. Thanks for subscribing. Lincoln had to make due with the Panther, or even worse, it could have made a Mark out of the boxy 80 Fox T-Bird. That generation of Eldo was indeed a good looking car, and certainly looked like a Cadillac. Seen those on line around 12000. A neighbor of ours had a Town Car coupe I always thought was incredibly classy looking. Yes, this car is a not-so-distant cousin to the Crown Victoria P71 Police Interceptors that stayed in production through 2011. Someone should know these answers. The first time I saw a 4-door Mark (which wasnt until years after they were produced and I was an adult) I couldnt wrap my head around it. Looking at Mark IVs today, its over-sized and lack sophistication. Lincoln had pretty much owned this market through the 70s, but during the Mark VIs time on earth the Eldorado ruled the segment again. Just like it would in 1985 when those awful small Cadillacs came out. On the other hand since the styling proposal was done in 80 one would think they at least had a plan for a version with sealed beams in case they didnt win approval which they likely knew would be difficult. When this generation of Mark was finished, it didnt look like a Lincoln, it looked like a Lincoln knock off for someone who couldnt afford a Lincoln. When the four-door Mark VI that Gene ordered came in, he didnt like the color. The Continental Mark VI was produced alongside the Lincoln Continental and Town Car at the Ford Wixom Assembly Plant in Wixom, Michigan. Its bad enough that the pillar is there on what should be Lincolns best and most exclusive car, let alone accenting it. I have looked at a bazillion pictures of these cars, and it doesnt matter the color, angle or setting the miserable thing is just an awkward, ungainly, and badly proportioned car.. In any form, the first generation Panthers were not tastefully proportioned vehicles. Lincoln & Continental Owners Club Buyers had a choice of leather or cloth seats in a combination of Light and Dark Pewter. That sort of marketing strategy works for a while but they milked it for about 5 years too longCadillac did okay until the mid-80s and then when they went FWD Lincoln played out the strategy until the 1990s with success (actually forcing Cadillac to keep making the Brougham so as not to totally lose all of its target buyers). It has that great rich-looking blue plush leather twin seats with armrest in the front and a matching sofa like seat in the rear along with one of the most touted options the 1983 Continental offered, the instrument cluster with speedometer, odometer, fuel gauge, temperature gauge, and trip computer, and many pushbutton to operate the controls. All Ford products of the late 70s were square and followed the so called three box theory of design. I think this was the point where Lincoln began its transition from status symbol to retiree-mobile. When first introduced in September 1979, final cost could exceed $24,000 USD (equivalent to $89,600 in 2021). I see cars like mine 5000 to 7000. In total, 131,981 examples were produced. In 1980 and every year the Mark VI was produced, sales were a disaster. They also had an EEC2 (engine management system) that was only used in 1982 and 1983. Sign in now to prevent your Saved Listings from expiring. In 1996, Gene made the decision to keep his Mark VI, instead of trading it off, because it is the last of the classic Lincoln Marks and it is as comfortable as any new car on the road today. If you needed that little extra power to get out of someones way, it just wasnt there. I think algebra was easier to grasp than trying to decipher a Continental from a Town Car from A Mark VI and which existed when. I have a sizeable collection of Mark VI's. One of mine is a Canadian model with the odotemer reading kilometers rather than miles and has factory dual exaust. Mark VI 9 classic Mark VIs for sale. Less than 43,500 miles have been logged on this spectacular . AUTOMATIC. That both the Mark V coupe and sedan come off looking like Town Cars that were hit with the full 70s aftermarket customization crap. The Mark VI had the misfortune of being designed at a time outside influences were set to conspire against it, starting just before the time it was introduced. Fax: 763.420.7849 Snow white on white on white with navy inserts. Therefore we will limit this article primarily to the Mark VI Designer Series and the changes in this series for each of the four years. It was not garaged during this eleven year period. It offers great economy, very garageable, very comfortable for two people and a great ride. 5 is ironic in one way. As an option, a 351 cubic-inch (5.8L) V8 was offered; it used an electronically-controlled 2-barrel carburetor. I wonder if Ford pondered sticking the 200CID (3.3L) straight six under the hoods of these (for economy bragging rights and a cheap way to meet/exceed the CAFE for that time, much like Cadillac did in offering a bored out Buick V-6 (4.1L with four-pot carb) for 1981-83. Phone: 480-285-1600 Email: [email protected] Address: 7400 E Monte Cristo Ave Scottsdale, AZ 85260 . By the end of the 1980 model year, Mark VI sales had plunged by more than 50%. Was never a fan of these cars during this time era and the same extends to the 1980-83 Cordoba. Wish she were still stock some days but these do make great lowriders. Perhaps that is the greatest sin? you still float but feel the muted kicks from the roadway more. Wheelbase stretch plus V12 fender vents. The Mark VI was the quietest Mark built to date. The downsizing was forced upon them. Holding the down button opens the vent first, then the window if you continue to hold the button. The interior also came with an onboard computer. Everything works on it, and it can be used as a daily driver. Well, I consider myself an enternal alum on the other domain. It delivered 17 mpg in the city and 24 mpg on the highway. While the Mark V certainly had its weaknesses, it was nonetheless a very good-looking car, and the Mark VI completely lacked its style and proportion. When you ride in a mark vi its something special and I consider it one of the finest car ever made. Aside from that I bought a book called "How to tune and modify ford fuel injection" the first edition covers the eec III and eec IV fuel injection systems thoroughly. C:UsersSANDRADocumentsLincoln Window Sticker.jpg The availability and use of the mid-sized Mercury Montego chassis dictated that the car they originally designed as the Mark VI be up sized. I say that Blass earned his fees, if for no other reason, than by eliminating the opera window in the cars that came out under his label. Halderman and John Aiken, as the primary designers of the Mark VI, designed it to appeal to a specific groupwell off, middle age or older men who wanted a sporty looking four passenger car, and thats what the Mark VI is. Body sides and body side moldings were Dark Blue with dual gold accentstripes. Perhaps because a four-door Mark had been so overwhelmingly popular in 1958-60? down sizing going on, yet provide really excellent gas mileage in the middle of the Keeps Losing Power. Ive also read so many bad things about the early AOD transmission. NO ONE ever believes here that these functions were available in 1980. There were now three Blass color combinations. Unfortunately, I got married and needed to find a place to live so I sold it. Fuel economy far better. Real issue is, look at Car Sticker, at bottom Ford Motor Co Show Car, we were told this was a 1 of a kind car, see window and roof detail, not your average Signature Series, no Oval window. In addition there were nine optional colors as opposed to eight on the Lincoln Continental, the ninth color being Silver Metallic offered on the Mark VI Signature Series only. Does that Mark VI really look like it cost twice as much as a Cordoba? This is a rare find and a well-kept original car. You got about 3/4ths of a car and an I happen to be sympathetic with the older peoples point of view on this (since Im sure if I had been alive then, Id have liked the really big 70s models and not wanted them to be downsized or have to compromise), so I can understand why theyd have been attracted to theseFord and GM were basically saying look, the government is forcing us to make smaller cars, and your kids tastes are changing, but well still keep making something that has a vinyl top and a hood ornament and kind of looks like what we used to make, because we see a profit in selling you a product that allows your generation to not feel uncomfortable in this new world increasingly populated by peppy little German and Honda cars that confer status in ways you dont really grasp. The body colour sheet metal and unfinished appearance in the detailing around the headlights looks so bad! Plastics intended to lighten the car seemed cheap (and often was). If you wait for the cam gear to break then you lose timing and it bends the valves and you go through even more damage than if you replace the timing gear and chain in time. I dont think so either.. Lower body sides were stainless. The fenders look sporty with three shark gills. . When I found this one, it was the first I had seen in years. The fifth generation of Lincoln's Mark Series, the Mark VI was the first ground-up revision of the model line since 1972, and the first generation to undergo . His opponent, Lloyd Bentsen, famously replied something to the effect of, I knew Jack Kennedy. A new addition to the Mark lineup was a four-door sedan on a 117.4" wheelbase, same wheelbase and essentially the same body as the Lincoln Continental which was downsized from a 233" wheelbase in 1979. Kevlar hood, Aluminum every where. The interior was dark blue with light fawn bolsters. This car is worth way more. If you dont plan on spending more than a few thousand bucks on a classic Lincoln Continental, you could opt for a cheaper one. Peterson, looking for new design directions, enthusiastically backed the Aero Luxury Car for development and supported it for production. Yep that part of the car looks just plain unfinished, as tho someone took stuff off and never put it back. Your email address will not be published. Even as a kid, I used to always notice this unflattering area in 70s and 80s Lincolns. I have to wonder whether the priority in designing this Mark was to make it look smaller. Also, how many people remember the 84 and 85 only Mark VII Gianni Versace Edition? Copyright 2011 - 2023 Curbside Classics. If I put fuel in the throttle body it will start and I drive it all around the yard till it is hot, turn it off and it will not start unless I add fuel by hand. 1983 Lincoln Mark VI Classic Cars for Sale - Autotrader Classics JPC while the box Cordoba is more attractive than the Mark VI I think only a Mopar fan would consider it a great design. There were a couple of boxes of these that a local (I was in Tidewater, Virginia at the time) Firestone dealer would remove . Today, we've got a tattered-but-still-glorious Bill Blass Mark VI from the waning days of the Late Disco Period. On all models accent stripes were white and red, and wheels were either aluminum or full wire, not just wire wheel covers. XR7: Thanks. same mileage. Doug Mattix believes that right now the Mark Vis are at their low point in value, and now is the time to buy one, if you arelucky enough to find one with low miles or in otherwise premium condition. Regular auto insurance is not really a good fit with specialty cars, as the adjusters typically have little experience with them and spend their lives with everyone claiming that his old clunker is a classic worth a bazillion bucks. I must say the most trouble free and enjoyable where the 79 and 81 or the Mark V and VI. The Message center told you miles-per-gallon, distance to empty, had a Trip log, and monitored 11 vehicle functions. The excerpt does indicate that the VII was designed and green lighted before they considered making the T-bird aero. As with 1980, all examples were produced with red interiors, in leather or velour. engine guaranteed to go 70,000 miles at best in the Cadillac. Just absolutely loved it. 1983 Lincoln Continental MK VI Pucci Edition. A 1980 Signature is still on my bucket list. Or Eddie Bauer for that matter. This Mark VI is powered by Ford's 5.0L V8, originally rated to produce a modest 130 horsepower and 230 pound-feet of torque, which flows to the rear wheels via a four-speed automatic transmission. Far superior to the t bird like mark vii and viii and the bloated mark Ive..it kept the gorgeous mark v styling and had a better handling smoother ride. But the 1983 and 1989 experiences you had were probably much better than the 1981-81 cars which were not without their powertrain issues. But of them all, the Mark VI coupe was unquestionably the worst-looking, in your author's opinion. The car turns over but will not start. It seemed that everyone who saw these little ugly Marks just kept their mouths shut and hoped that future buyers would do the same. The two door Mark VI, however, would make use of the 114-inch wheelbase of the Ford LTD and Mercury Marquis and not the117-inch wheelbase of the Continental. It drivers better than the older models and is OK on gas. The reason for this could be the problems that Doug Mattix has pointed out with the earlier 302 engine. Rare Rides: The Double-Breasted 1983 Lincoln Continental Mark VI Bill I have looked at a bazillion pictures of these cars, and it doesnt matter the color, angle or setting the miserable thing is just an awkward, ungainly, and badly proportioned car. I am still surprised today, that Ford didnt make a greater effort to improve the aesthetics of the headlight area, when they were in their on/open state. Especially noticeable with light coloured paint. This Bill Blass Mark VI got red body pinstripes and red decorative belting on the leather-upholstered seats.