1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car With Suicide (Coach) Doors  

Gorgeous! Lincoln should have made them like this.

You can just know how much love he's put into the car. You can just hear the emotion in his voice, killer lincoln. The car looks amazing

GORGEOUS! 1979 is my favorite of all Town Cars. It’s what I learned to drive on, taking it in and out of the garage. My parents purchased a brand new 1979 Lincoln Town Car, Dark Red, Red Interior and Dark Red Coach roof new on Halloween 1978. The salesman tried to get my parents to buy this god awful Wedgewood blue, and I vividly remember my Dad spotting the dark red on on the back row at Rivergate Lincoln-Mercury. Had the Turbine wheels that he wanted, illuminated entry and all the other features. We put so many miles on that car and it really became part of the family. We were blessed with her for almost 22 years. Dad was driving to work one night, and she started acting funny. He pulled over and somehow the old girl was on fire. She burned up with 322,000 miles on the odometer. We had only done a valve job on her at roughly 200,000. Ever see a family cry over a car loss? Lincolns are the standard. After that, Town Cars became our standard and we were blessed with a 1985, a 1989, a 1995 Signature and a 1998 Signature. I splurged in 1996 and purchased a 1989 Mark VII LSC, triple black. One of my best cars ever. I had it 17 years, sold it with 247,000 miles on it and never had to do any major work to it. They are solid, reliable cars and Lincoln really messed up in my opinion, dropping the TC from their lineup. Sorry for the ramble- I get excited when someone loves a Lincoln. Loved watching this video. Beautiful car! (You cannot turn a car with one finger anymore!). Lol

I agree with you. Lincoln should have kept the suicide doors. Your car looks great. I'm a Lincoln fan too. I had a 1963 Lincoln, burgundy with mauve two tone leather interior. It was so quiet. MPG was horrible but it was a head turner. The turning radius on the 63 was smaller than the 64/65 models, so it was easier to turn corners with.

First time you mentioned her name, I immediately thought of the movie. Probably one of the few places I've heard the name Claudine.

Thank you for sharing your story. Too cool.

I just Love what you have done to your LINCOLN ,This car should have come with Coach doors from the FACTORY. Enjoy your life with your Gorgeous Lincoln

Epic build.

This my favorite so far brother! ❤

Love the car. I had a 2001 town car. Black on grey. Livery edition. Bought it in 2011 with 60,000 miles, it was privately owned. Drove it to 260,000 until one foggy night a family of deer decide to hang out on Rt 95. They must of been "coachasidal", they never moved. Drove over one and another almost came through the windshield. I was doing 40 in a 65 which probably helped me walk away. Good luck with your car. Peace to you and your family.

You are a great story teller. Thank you for sharing this.

Looking at this...it is an original twice...the vision put into it is yours , beautiful car no question well done sticking with the dream...

Fantastic story! Beautiful Lincoln!! They aren't built like this anymore! All hail Claudine!!

Great attention to detail! I thoroughly enjoyed all of the details in the backstory for Claudine. What a Lady! My takeaway is I don't have to grow up. 😂🤣

My dad owned a 1963 Lincoln Continental with the suicide doors..I was about12 yrs old and we lived at that time in lower east side NYC. and boy, that car got a lot of attention. He sold it when we move back to P R. but I love that car it was actually tte first time I actually got into cars.

You seem like a really good dude, nice ride. You are giving me good tips for my 89 Town Car it was literally my dad's last car and I am putting I back together AGAIN.

Man, I love this video, never seen much of anyone else really big on Lincolns before. I wasn't big on them either up until a certain point in time, but deep down inside I know it's always been there in me

Wow man you have gone above and beyond I love it and your and its story my be one day mine will look like that :)

I love this land yacht

I really Love what you did with this Lincoln. You have great taste. I would like to do a 66 Cadillac Fleetwood with the suicide doors. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your ride!

Wow looks amazing!!!!!

Nice ride man. One thing that you should do, because you have it on the road so much, is install overdrive. That'll get you an extra gear and save you a ton of fuel on the highway.

Beautiful, I didn’t catch the doors, that’s an upgrade for real that Lincoln should have done and kept.

WOW! This is a real work of art. Hold your head high my friend.

Beautiful Lincoln you have, great job done on it. i had '67 Lincoln with those gangster doors back in the day. i wonder the time and difficulty on your '79 in making those back doors like that, looks way better that way. Would also look nice with 4" wide gangster whitewalls too.

I love what you did to a forgotten classic really tasteful.

Dude, you said it. “You’re rollin’l!

What a great story and story teller you are.! Nice video!

The style 75 to 79 lincoln is the only car that gets my heart beat going. When I drive my black 76 people are amazed cars were so big. Yeh baby, 19 and a half feet long. Thanks for the vid.

Awesome bro

Beautiful car brother! Great idea going with black paint,removing vinyl top and suicide doors. Very sweet!!!

Nice my brother...nice!!! I have a 77 but mostly still somewhat original. May chop it up in the future. You just may have inspired me.

I want suicide doors so bad on or ‘76! you kicked ass on this build! kudos. love the wheels, got the same detriot steelies on mine. cheers!

Love the car

Love the doors and the Detroit steel wheels:-) I was searching for a 4D Lincoln myself but then it turned out that my european garage wasn´s long enough. Now I will look for a Mark V and cut a hole in the wall for the bumpers to fit in :-)

Thanks

My dad had a ice blue metallic 79 Town car, i took it too my jr sr prom in 1980, best driving car ever made hands down

My father too my father had midnight blue with leather blue interior wired wheels I miss my father damm .

I have a 1988 thinking of doing it

I knew I recognized this car. It was in Big Krit energy video

Where did you get your doors done?

Great video! I plan on getting a 77 Town Car. I love the 460 V8 and the different dash iin the 77. I have drawn many 77 to 79 Town Cars with suicide doors, but your car is the first I have seen with actual suicide doors. What was the name of the shop that did your conversion and how much did it cost?

Are the skirts 77? I thought the 78 and 79 had smaller skirts. I like the ones on your Lincoln.

👀 Napolean had his Continental Principles... They did not include those wheels... No. And still no Trunk Monkey... 😭

Can you give me a ballpark number on how much the suicide door conversion was?

What world is this when Lincolns weren't cool? I've never lived in it.

How much to do my rear panel with led

Can I get the guys info you did you're door would like this done to mine

Let me know

Pops car

Why am I seeing alot of Obama in this guy? I cant un see it.