Lincoln Sales Training for 1958

Lincoln Sales Training for 1958. With permission from the Ford Motor Company Historical Archives.

[traderdan]

I love driving mine it is truly effortless and a fantastic car handles great and is very fast… The quality of the materials is excellent even after all these years

[luxurreview]

I love watching these old videos, especially when they talk about the “look of stability” and “fine automobile”. It shows how the 50s were.

[solemandd]

The '58 Continental MK III, especially the 4 door hardtop and convertible, are elegant. Thanks for posting.

[Johnnycdrums]

The new heater/air conditioning contol was an engineering masterpiece.

[adapefrank]

Such a great year to buy 1 of these was in the 1950s

[MrMenefrego]

They weren't the most beautiful of the Lincoln and Continental family, but they were truly the finest.

[marlins]

The 430 was a fearsome racer in the lighter Thunderbird, it surprised me with its reputation for such a heavy engine.
I had the Edsel 410 cid version, and it would shock you with its power. 4-barrel helped of course.

[Johnnycdrums]

The MEL is highly underrated.
The only upgrade you could get was the tri-power on all 430's unless you were a Thunderbird man, and in that case you might need to go to a Lincoln/Mercury parts counter.
My favorite is the 383 MEL which was crazy oversquare, and as such, inherently racy, although in a very heavy block with .600 wall thickness between cylinders.

[Johnnycdrums]

104 Two-Tone combinations, holy cow!
I think they were trying harder than us, back in those days.

[jimalinc]

Thanks for uploading this filmstrip! I have a collection of filmstrips as well. I've uploaded a few to You Tube, though not all have the original soundtrack. Working on getting more transferred in the future.

[OldDood]

Notice the cigarette smoke every few seconds from the bottom of the frame?

[Johnnycdrums]

I used to hate the design, but it's grown on me over the years, except for the 14' wheels.
Crazy how they did that just to make it sit .500 in. lower on an already low car.

[VictorySpeedway]

It was, and may still be, the largest unibody car ever built.

[quagmiredavis]

One question how much are docking fees ? And tug fees for tight areas? What does anchor weigh, ,, lmao 🤣

[googleusergp]

The “exclusive” new assembly plant mentioned is the Wixom, MI assembly plant which opened in 1957.

[errorsofmodernism]

Like piloting an aircraft carrier down the street

[Johnnycdrums]

The crazy, , goota' love them' engineers, they had to be digging deep to come with a short stroke 430 c.i. with 4.30" bore and actually name it the 430 MEL.
The 383 MEL had a bore of 4.30" and a stroke of 3.30", which is crazy for that time period.

[patrickracer]

I want to know why that retractable rear window hasn't survived

[T-]

Ford shuffled the product line a lot for 1958. The Continental Mark II for ‘56 and ‘57 was what would be called later - a personal luxury car. It didn’t sell well. The new for ‘58 4 passenger T’bird became a personal luxury car- at a much lower price and sold much better. The Continental name became the fanciest new full size model— in some respects more like the Eldorado hardtop . It still didn’t sell all that well, but it didn’t lose money for Ford like the earlier one did. I liked the 58-60 battleship style Lincoln/Continental, but I was in a small minority.

[alanthorne]

The first time I saw one of these behemoths was how hideous they looked even by late 50s standards.But I have grown to love them just like 61 Plymouths and Dodges.What were they smoking back then?