1961 Lincoln Continental - Detailed Look 

These are some of the most beautiful cars that were ever built.

My favorite vintage car. Most beautiful luxury ride of all time! Exquisite.

Thanks for the detailed video. I owned a 1964 convert. White over white with red leather. It was always an attention getter. Loved the car. I owned it for about 10 years in the 90’s. Went to 500SL FOR 20 YEARS. Miss the beautiful Lincoln. Your videos let me remember how much I loved the 60’s Lincolns.

Oh, not taking us for a ride. I had a 61 sedan in black. Yep I too am a Connie fan of this period. In NZ at the time (1985) no matter where you went there was always a gathering group of admirers. Many people would say, oh wow nice caddy. During the whole time I owned the Connie, only one elderly guy came up and said "that's a nice 61, but the 430 should have been a 4 barrel". Well I was quietly thrilled, someone, not only knew it to be a 61 Lincoln Continental, but what! He even knew the engine. Many, many happy and memorable times with my black lacquered Connie. Oh then the kids, oh yeah have to put a roof over their heads and school then Uni.. Over 40 years on, I still miss that black beauty. The kids and all the rest of life. . . I wouldn't change a thing! Just loved this video, thanks so much. Kind regards

Real sweet. Growing up Dad had the 63 Lincoln ragtop. Loved that car. Wish ai had it never knew what happened to it. His was one of the few with the bucket seats.

The drop-down AC vent assembly can be pulled down further to reveal another horizontal vent with a wheel for direction adjustment.

Awesome! Love the originality.

Beautiful car. Like new interior.

62's had a similar rear grille design as the front grille. I had a similar 62 but with the darker red interior but always loved the 61. Picked up the presidential black 61 and can't wait for my engine rebuild to be done...

The car is in stunning condition. My Grandfather had 2 61's. A small detail: Many do not know that on the A/C cars with the center drop down vents, that there is also a top centerline vent in that drop down. Most people just drop and expose the two bottom vents. But if you pull down against an indent stop from the "first dropped position," you will expose the tope center vent. You then have unrestricted air flow. The top vent has a horizontal grid that can be adjusted up/down, not side to side. It helps move A/C air to the rear seat.

Thank you for this detailed tour. I remember well my 1961 Lincoln which was black and had the same color trim on the seats but the fabric was also black as is the dashboard and the carpeting. A fine driving car very fast and also corner just remarkably well.

I had a 61! It came from the factory with a bronze plack on the dashboard with your name on it! What most people didn't realize was that it had vacuum hose that controlled the windows and other accessories! A BIG SOURCE OF TROUBLE! Lots of trouble with leaks! Most of the parts were modified Ford parts with the same problems. Only 10 miles to the gallon of gas! Required a complete overhaul at 70 thousand miles. Wheel size contributed to "easy hydroplaning" on ice or water! However it was a wonderful driving car when everything was working! Wish I still had it!

My very early 62 has the square lock covers, but I'm not near the car to check the build date and can't remember off the top of my head. Also, I have a very late build 61 convertible with a rectangular outside rear-view mirror, manually adjustable. The base looks similar to the remote-adjustable 62 mirror. I like seeing the running changes made for each year.

Learned alot of the small difference in 61, one thing to add that this 61 didn't have was the horn ring wrapped behind the lower spoke in the steering wheel. Awesome video.

My favorite year and colors.

Very nice car, the trunk lids on these cars had issues with moisture build up , resulting in pin holes in trunk lid or worse. Too bad you didn’t go over the engine bay, would like to see under the bonnet! 👍

My family owned a 63. It may have had a big engine but it could hardly get out of it's own way.

My favorite year!

Ive bought and sold a lot of different cars. But i owned an 84 town car. Not enough Os in smooooth for that car. Absolutely had to use the cruise control on the highway or id be driving over 100. No road noise. MPG not so great but an awesome car. 6:58 7:41

Gorgeous car! I'll bet it's a unique experience you wouldn't get in a Cadillac or Imperial of the day.

I really like these cars, especially the 61, though as long as it it was there should be more rear leg room. The dash and front and front grill are best on the 61.

I have an exec grey metallic ‘61.

If I had been at that design review, I'd have said move the windshield 2 inches forward and give most of that to the rear door... I'd probably have been overruled..

I didn’t know I could have keyless locks. That would be a neat feature to add. How many quarts of oil do you use? Do you know if Lincoln Land can rebuild the original Carter Fuel Pumps? I have on and it needs repair. What type of fuel do you use? I hear highest octane with least amount of ethanol is best. Can you do a video on vacuum lines off the intake and carburetor. I could use a reference. What is the length of the oil dip stick? What is the length of the oils dipstick tube? Where can I find a vacuum line diagram for the 1963 Lincoln Continental?

I actually wonder what ever happened to the original '61 front end grille of the JFK SS100X. Never liked the 64/65 wheel covers on the 61-63 which are my favorite years, followed by '64 but given a choice 62-63 are my go-to years. The '61 is beautiful but as the 62-63 had certain improvements done to them, I prefer those. My '62 is a late production model 29E (29th May '62) which ironically is also JFK's birthday and has the standard round keyhole. The trim code 14 is supposed to be medium blue leather. There was no woodgrain panel on the instrument cluster of the dash in '63 (on cars optioned with the woodgrain trim), probably due to the difficulty in getting to it if it required polishing so it was painted brown instead. On the '61 without a/c, the center cluster below the radio was the radio speaker and on the 62-63 it was replaced by a center ashtray and the speaker moved to the top of the dash panel just above the radio and as a result, the front passenger side door had no ashtray. The horn ring was also different on early 61's but its design was prone to breakage and was changed later on in the production year, this car has the revised horn ring. The vanity mirror was only on the passenger side sun visor.

8:32 Trunk capacity looks to be about 4 mobsters. Not Vinny tho. Need a skip loader fer that guy. 13:12 Never seen a car that looked good lowered. 14:58 Never realized the wood on the dash was optional. Looks real classy, like mid-century Danish furniture.

Same two Designers were about the 'bird and the Linc ... they swapped the bird design over.

take a shot everytime you hear "Chris ad mentioned to me"

I do have an early 62... Can confirm the square keyhole cover. My VIN is in the 900s for that run. Great rundown and now I have to go look at my Continental script on her butt! Never noticed.

Take the whirlybird LEAF out of the rear passenger door!