Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Junkyard Find: 1983 Lincoln Continental

18 - 1983 Lincoln Continental in California junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin

In 1982, the 7th-generation Lincoln Continental went to the Fox Platform, elbowing the Fox-based Lincoln Versailles aside. These cars didn't hold their value so well, which meant that you won't see many these days.

Here's a reasonably solid example I saw at a San Francisco Bay Area self-service yard two months ago.
02 - 1983 Lincoln Continental in California junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin

I thought about pulling this digital dash for my hoard collection, but managed to resist.

09 - 1983 Lincoln Continental in California junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin

It's the good old Windsor 302 V8, which made 130 horsepower in the '83 Continental. Not too bad for the final year of the Malaise Era.

17 - 1983 Lincoln Continental in California junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin

Look, no carburetor!

06 - 1983 Lincoln Continental in California junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin

The early 1980s may have been the low point for faux-classy "gold" plated plastic emblems on Detroit cars.

04 - 1983 Lincoln Continental in California junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin

Auto-reverse was a futuristic option on 1983 cassette decks.

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