C.C.I. Eldorado Classic While I don’t have the exact year of introduction on this car, it’s a fact that most of these over the top conversions hit a plateau in the very early 80s. The option list does include a mobile phone, so that makes the production run overlap atleast ’82-’83. More about the options […]
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Chevrolet Concours Chevy saw a threat in the Ford Granada and Mercury Monarch which were considered near-luxury compacts with Euro style. When GM’s divisions were truly independent of each other, maybe Chevy’s leadership recalled that the Cadillac Seville was using a stretched Nova platform— Maybe they got an idea. Originally, the call was answered with […]
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Chrysler Executive Sedan 1983 was the inaugural year for Chrysler’s Executive Sedan. This model was on the K-car platform. To get where management wanted the car, it was stretched to fullsize proportions. It had 124″ of wheelbase. That’s 70s Cadillac/Lincoln territory! Powering it was a 2.6L Mitsubishi 2bbl I4 backed with a 3-speed automatic transaxle. […]
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Continental The name ‘Continental’ was used in one form or another on all Lincolns for some time. But when we use the name here, we’re using it to describe the basic non-Town Car and non-Mark versions. The Town Car was the top end trim level of this car until 1980, and the Mark series was […]
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Versailles The Lincoln Versailles was a luxury spin-off of the Ford Granada. The Versailles and the early Cadillac Seville are the original smaller size luxury cars. The car was sold from 1977 to 1980. Most noticeable differences from the Ford and Mercury counterparts, were the signature Lincoln hump on the trunk lid, and quad headlamp […]
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