1956 Lincoln Premiere Coupe 368 CI Engine in Amethyst & Ride on My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

Hi, If you like this video, please click on SUPER THANKS ❤ with the $ in the middle which is the SUPER THANKS button under the video. Thank you! Lou

Awesome! Just awesome. Not many of these left. Perhaps this car belongs in a museum..simply beautiful! Have a blessed day!

Happy Independence Day! An American car for an American holiday. What a beautiful car in pink.

🙋‍♂️THANKS LOU AND DENNIS,FOR KEEPING US IN THE PINK 😁🤗💚💚💚

Truly lovely car. Enjoyed it lots. Thanks to you and the owner for sharing this gem with us.

Wow. That is a gorgeous car! The story was that the stylist Bill Schmidt had been scuba diving in the Bahamas and the reef sharks he saw gliding through the water inspired the lines of the car. There's a guy in Indy named Phil Shafer who has a convertible in Amethyst that had belonged to his grandma. Would love to see the two cars together! Thanks, Lou.

Both bazaar and beautiful car. He has kept it in beautiful condition. love the hood ornament and bazaar AC vent system. Same exhaust run as the Continental of the same year. Thanks Lou, you got the details.

What a scarce piece of Automobile Art...a Mid Century Moderne Masterpiece. Thanks Dennis and Lou.

Very nice Lincoln - definitely a unique colour! Very clean example with great lines. Thanks Lou and Dennis for letting us see it.

Gorgeous. One of the styling masterpieces that can't be improved, like the 61 Lincoln or 65 Riviera. And Y-blocks have such a great sound. This is a bucketlist car for me. You can tell how understandably happy Dennis is with his new acquisition...lots of bling in his garage with this Lincoln parked next to his Cadillac!

Incredible Lincoln guys, very rare, a show stopper 👍

It's just gorgeous inside and out! It certainly has left an impression upon me, and its completely understandable why it did on Mr. Price, too. What a treat! Thanks, Lou!

Hats off to his father. What a wonderful car.

Wow!! Haven't seen one of these in years. Thanks Lou for highlighting this beautiful car. 👍

Oh,Lou. You always feature such fantastic cars and owners . Thanks

Arguably, the ‘56 Lincolns were among the most beautifully designed ones to roll off the assembly line. And the pastels color palette with matching leather interiors topped all other manufacturers’ offerings. Beautiful car!

Holy pink guacamole this one is a most stoopendous example of operational object de arting. Jimmeny crickets couldn't have presented this magnificence any more spectacularly. Thanks Lou. This is the best show on Y-Tube.

What an amazing car and in such original condition. It's what luxury should be. Thanks for sharing Lou.

Suddenly it's 1956 again! 👍. Lou, you've done it again! Today July 4th. What a great celebration of the GREAT AMERICAN Luxury Sedan. For 56 Lincoln was the most striking of Luxury vehicles from the big three. As I recall, Lincoln For 56 was given an award for styling by some engineering organization. 🏆 Lincoln was the last to offer a full size RWD Luxury Sedan. Fortunately have a 2007 Town Car Signature Limited which will literally carry me to the grave! LINCOLN, what a Luxury car should be! 😎

Stunning car - the 1956 is THE most beautiful Lincoln ever built.

DENNIS,YOU HAVE A GREAT CAR 🤩🤩AND ALOT OF SURPRISES 😎 …ENJOY THE SUMMER AND THE CAR SHOWS🤗

What a beautiful color, that one close up of it when you were opening the door I seen the sparkle and richness, The matching steering wheel and interior were perfect match as well, sometimes interior colors don't match up that good, the attention to detail back then was so awesome . What an era of luxury automobile manufacturing. Awesome car Dennis and thank you Lou for showing it

Absolutely gorgeous! 😍😍😍😍😍 Thanks Lou!

Wonderful well optioned survivor in a great over the top color from the fifties.

Its's a beautiful car is right. Congrats to the owner and nice work, Lou!

Gorgeous car. I always loved the Ford concept cars of the early '50's like the XM-800 and Mystere, and this car was the closest actual production car to their styling cues. Very elegant tasteful lines. One of my all time favorites for sure.

Wow, Lou! What an incredible Lincoln! The '56 Lincolns were probably the best styled of the Fifties, next to the MK.II....

In 1956, when I was 11, my mom's cousin from TEXAS came to visit. THIS is the exact car she and her husband showed up in. It was Pink. It had those airflow tubes in the rear window. It was warm 80° plus the day she arrived in California. She made sure she was wearing her MINK STOLE ! THEY were in "OIL" !

Now that's style! And the exhast notes are an added bonus.

One of the most beautiful cars that Lincoln ever offered. Great colors, and air conditioned too!

Awesome! When I was a child circa 1960 I remember being picked up at school in one of these that was white with black/white interior. Never forgot.

Now, THAT is an auto one would see in 1956 Miami Beach! Let’s hop in and go to Trader Vic’s for a cocktail. True automotive art one will never see again.

Lou , you continue to knock it outta the park, especially with very rare bird as always Thank You and please keep'em coming for us.

This might be your #1 ranked car, Lou! There are lots of interesting details, including a 130 MPH speedometer.

Wow!!!! Such a beauty!…, and it sounds even better….

20 years agoI was very near to buy a exactly like car in same colorcombo, but it was a unrestored convertible in awesome condition. - I didn`t bought it., I was a IDIOT and one of the most stupid things in my whole life. - When I see this beauty, I got tears in my eyes! - Thank you Lou and thanks to the owner for showing this car on your channel Lou!

That Lincoln Premier is a true gem . It's like a giant piece of jewelry that you can drive . Love the style of the cars from the 50's . Thanks for sharing Lou .

The "car of the future" ... (just before the promised "hover car")... what a stylish beauty ! Love the AC tubes from the back window to the roof and all the attention to detail, lines and badging. It's a rolling commercial !

Hey Dennis, beautiful car enjoy your dream and have fun. Thanks Lou for Another Great Video!!!

Love that Amethyst color!

There's a man who loves his Lincoln. He got hold of a beauty

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!! What a rare find. You can tell Dennis has a taste for things such as this. It's a PERFECT fit for both Dennis and the Lincoln! Congratulations to them both!

¡Qué llamativo se veía este Lincon Premiere Coupé 1956 con esa combinación de rosa y techo blanco! Este auto tiene tantos detalles que sería demasiado largo nombrarlos. Pero lo que más me llamó la atención, fueron esos conductos situados en la parte posterior para conducir el aire a través de tubos transparentes hacia cuatro ventilas situadas en el techo. Además, de las ventanas traseras que se abren y cierran eléctricamente... Y, como de costumbre, esos llamativos manuales y catálogos, con fotos e ilustraciones imperdibles de la época. ¡Felicidades al señor Price, por adquirir el auto de sus sueños! ¡Y a ti, Lou, por mostrarnos está gema automotriz!

Nice ride, just think back to the late 50s, what a dude you were in that car.

Absolutely beautiful automobile

I saw one exactly like this one when I worked for a grocery store in 1963

My parents bought one used in "59. Mom and Dad decided to get it painted at Earl Scheib in a black over yellow color. I don't recall the original color but odds are it started out something pale. The car turns up in some of our earliest home movies. I remember riding in it with its white interior.

wow! Ive never heard of this model and wow is it gorgeous, amazing design cues and the color suits it perfect, wow Im blown away, Lou you have a good eye for cars that attract us gear heads.

Beautiful car. Thanks for showing it guys.

Absolutely spectacular!

Beautiful 2-door hardtop! Designed by John Tjaarda, who also designed the 1955 Lincoln Futura, which it resembles.

Gorgeous Lincoln! Pink! ❤❤

WOW!! He scored big time getting that car!! It's beautiful. I had a 57 Lincoln, but Ford put those Batmobile fins on it and it just wasn't as clean as the 56. That AC is super rare. I read that AC was an $8,500 option in todays dollars. Can you imagine? Most homes in 1956 didn't have AC.

What a fantastic, beautiful car! I've never seen one like it before. I imagine the air vented in the ceiling was quite innovative at the time

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT 1956 WAS ONE OF THE BEST YEARS FOR STYLING, LINCOLNS, FORD CROWN VICS, NOMAD, BELAIRS WITH THEIR 2 TONES, ON AND ON, GREAT YEAR.

Its got a great rear end looks mean Lou keep em coming. Cheers,Chuck.

Awesome, thanks for sharing. Really enjoy your videos.👍🏻

One of my favorites!! I'm very jealous Dennis! Best of luck to him! Absolutely stunning! I'd drive it every day! Bit of a "hot rod Lincoln" rumble to it🤙👌

One of your best Lou! Love the Y Block

What a beautiful classic! That's a car one don't see everyday! There aren't hardly any 1956 Lincoln Premiere on the road. I find the air conditioning system quite unique! That has to be a first for me. It has a healthy sounding engine, and that Amethyst and white paint scheme looks real sharp! On another note, I saw your Dodge Viper in the background! What a beautiful car Lou! Happy July 4th!

Great car Lou!! One of the classics of the 1950s. The Amethyst Pink looks amazing - but the Wisteria (Purple) looks even better!!

Another beautiful vintage car, Lou! I've been watching your channel since 2020. I absolutely love the color combination and the unique A/C system. I was curious if the A/C still worked. I love how the rear passenger windows go down in a unique way! Truly a beautiful car. Good luck to it's new owner...I know he will cherish it.

Great car; thanks to you both.

Hi Lou, a other great car from the US, great show. 👍👍.

Back in the late 60’s my sun aunt and uncle had a 1956 Premier 4 door hardtop. It had been their main vehicle until 1967. They kept it as a secondary vehicle. Another uncle bought a 1957 Premier from a collector who had died back in the early 70’s. I remember it had a white leather interior.

My heart skippes a beat everytime i see this year lincoln❤❤❤❤❤❤

It's interesting Dennis says a friend had this same color car in the early sixties. One of our neighbors had this same color scheme on a '56 Lincoln circa 1964. So it brought back some childhood memories. That engine sounds ferocious! And it looked like it has a padded dash, unusual in '56.

Lou, my neighbor had a '57 just like this one except for huge tail fins. One very strange option was an automatic starter system. It would start for you and be nice and warm in the winter or it would kill the battery trying to fire up. Strange, very strange option. His was Aqua with a white top. He was an older man but very sharp about this car.

Spectacular!

Hello Lou! I was just sitting here messing with my phone, and i typed 1956 Lincoln Premiere in the RU-vid search engine just to see what I would find. And I found this - another one of your fabulous videos on another fabulous mid-1950s car. The LINCOLN PREMIERE FOR 1956! Now here we are in 2024, and a car like this is not what we see every day now. Lincoln was going up against Cadillac (as usual) and, over at Chrysler, Imperial was in its second year as a separate brand. Packard, meanwhile, was in its final year before the arrival of those "Packardbakers" that eventually drove it to its grave a short two years later. Many choices for luxury car buyers in 1956. Those were the days! Thanks again, Lou, for another video. You always bring out one great and interesting video after another!

Our neighbors across the alley had a cream-white 1957 Premiere with cream and turquoise upholstery, factory AC (I loved the tubes) and a Continental Kit. The car was so long that their garage door couldn't close. They owned the only fountain pen sales and repair shop in Downtown Los Angeles and made a good living. They replaced it in 1965 with a Ford Country Squire Galaxie station wagon.

This really brings me back!...While stationed in the Navy in San Diego, 1970--I somehow found a jewel of a 1957 Lincoln Premiere. Turquoise color, 4-door, with that 368 engine (for 57, the hp was boosted to an even 300) The car at that time had only 33,000 miles on it...and I bought it for $800 bucks!...Being a young idiot about cars, I decided to sell it less than a year later. Over these last 50+ years now, I have not seen more than a half-dozen of these excellent cruisers, here in the Seattle area. I have read, that the 1957 model was not popular with Lincoln fans...and in 1958, Lincoln changed the styling dramatically, and stuck with that new look, for over a decade. The 1957 model year sported large fins--not appreciated by the wealthier car buyers, I guess!...that model year was the lowest-selling year of the 1950s, for Lincoln.

Hi, Lou! Nothing like having a big ol' pink Lincoln breathe fire in your face to celebrate the 4th! LOL! By the way, if you think this back window is slick, you ought to watch the back window of any 1956 Chrysler Corporation four-door hardtop. You'll definitely want to demonstrate that if you ever get the chance. Many thanks to you and Dennis for this video Premiere of his new pride and joy! Enjoy the fireworks, and Happy Birthday!

Cool car, Lou! Great video!😁🛠️👍

Happy Independence Day, Lou. Beautiful car.

Nice 67 year old leather interior, smart repaint - kept original exterior color; excellent show. . . :>/

my '56 premiere, 2 dr. hardtop body has a chassis and floor and trunk pan from a 1969 t-bird. the '69 429 engine w/ c-6 auto trans, all 4 wheel coil spring suspension, front power disc brakes and duel master cylinder. the rear wheel openings moved forward 4" to fit the frame, and the rear fenders/fins and trunk lid are shortened 20" to fit the trunk floor of the "69 t-bird.

Very nice!!! 👍👍

I have the same exact car! I'm about to get the AC dialed in!

I've always thought the 1956 was the prettiest Lincoln made. Add in 'factory air' and you have the rarest.

Thanks!

Скільки різних чудових дрібничок..!Таке цікаве авто! Дякую!

I’ve always have wanted a 56 premier convertible , a friend of our had a white one with a chrome Continental kit. In triple white. These vehicles have the most beautiful tail end

Yellow. Good Morning. Happy 4th of July.

Beautiful automobile.

Amazing car!

I've always seen the 1956 Lincoln as THE prettiest of all Lincolns. The 4-V was progressive linkage and under full acceleration, the rear barrels opened which was like dropping into a lower gear.

I retired from working over 30 years from second shift a year ago. Told myself I want to be going to a lot of vintage car shows Monday thru Friday. Yesterday on Monday I was at the car show in Skokie IL and saw this pink beauty. Met Dennis wife chilling in the car while Dennis was getting some steps in. I was wondering what those scoops were and thanks for explaining this in this video. Wasn't able to see the trunk or the engine. I lived in Oak Brook for five years and I know exactly the frontage road along Roosevelt you were cruising on

Stunning and rare. Maybe not beautiful, but it is a time capsule of how life was. And it is still not as ugly as a modern Honduh or Toyoduh!

Imagine using the same materials in a car today. This car looks as though it's a work of art as well. In my opinion keep all of the computer crap and give me this old school technology any day of the week.

The styling and color choices in the 50s made the best era of Automotive industry that Lincoln is cherry condition

You need to show us his '59 Cadillac too.

HI AGAIN LOU LIKED THE LINCOLN THE

Beautiful car ! Should be called Jackie Kennedy Pink !

THAT MY BIG BROTHER!!❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Beautiful car! I like the "tuck and roll" seat upholstery. In 1957 they would offer the popular "button and biscuit" upholstery that would be seen on Lincolns and T-Birds into the early 1960's. The air conditioning system required a whopping 6.5 pounds of Freon (the R-12 good stuff) compared to around 3 pounds in today's cars. I will email an interesting article to you an the A/C.

Back when America was great, and American manufacturing was unsurpassed. Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸

now that is one HUGE PINK BOAT! could dwarf a pink Cadillac no problem😅

That is a sweet car. Let me know if you ever come to western mass.lou. here in the Berkshire it's hard to find classic cars. Sometimes at cars shows I guess. Would love ❤to meet you out here someday Lou. I watch a lot of your videos. I live em

Nice, interesting ac, too 🥰