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13/07/2015 4:05 pm
PICS My BoS Mark V arrived today
I'm really impressed. Great model, very reasonable price.
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13/07/2015 4:11 pm
Wonderful images ! This one sure looks excellent.
14/07/2015 3:26 am
#1! Very nice and a real sharp looking color combo too!
14/07/2015 3:30 am
wow...that is a beast! Great set of pics, too.
Family friends of ours moved to the US with us (from the UK)in the late '70's...first car they bought was a giant Lincoln just like this.
14/07/2015 4:36 am
Robert, super pics. I almost bought this one and now I definitely will!
14/07/2015 4:36 am
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14/07/2015 5:53 am
I hope they'll do other color combos.
I had one for years. It was black with Dove Gray opera top and interior. Striking model, but unusual color combo.
14/07/2015 7:19 am
Looks pretty good but what's up with the parking light lenses??
Why is half of it amber and the rest clear? LOL It's small errors like this that are NOT excusable in my book! Also the Trunk Lock cover is centered within the "hump" where it should be quite lower on the trunk lid. Headlight doors are too big, and this is a car modeled with the optional rocker panel moldings HOWEVER they have them painted instead of chrome looking. (real ones were anodized aluminum). Aside from these "errors" I noticed and the very ODD color combination, this looks like a very nice model. It is unmistakably a MARK V Continental, so for that alone its a must have. I'll probably buy one and repaint it to a more period correct and common color scheme. Perhaps a BB ??? 
14/07/2015 11:32 am
Phil I think this was a very popular 70's/ 80's color combo on many makes and models!
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
14/07/2015 11:42 am
However awful these real cars were, I've always liked their design aesthetic. Too bad these Mark series Lincolns and the Eldorados are not die-cast with features.
14/07/2015 12:14 pm
Yeah. those parking light lenses are weird looking...
is that supposed to simulate the inset bulb being lit?
I can't figure out where they got that tutone look from.
14/07/2015 2:06 pm
I own a 1979 1/1 and it is a magnifient 36,000 mile all original with every option available except a universal garage door opener. The car drives like it was designed and all systems work properly.
14/07/2015 8:20 pm
Ron in what way do you think they were aweful?
My parents had two of these cars and they ran great and seldom had any issues aside from routine maintenance ! Our DJE had about 185,000 and still purred like a kitten and was never rebuilt. Yes they rusted out but EVERY 70s car did Japanese more so then American makes, but ALL makes rusted within 5-10 years.
14/07/2015 8:26 pm
Externally YES, but not the interior!
I almost never have seen a silver car with a white interior! Typically silver cars of this vintage had gray, red or black interiors not white, or sometimes navy or a shade of blue. Now the impact strips on the body side molding is a real eye sore and dosnt work IMO
14/07/2015 8:33 pm
On second look the Continental trunk letters are too far outboard
They should be more inboard about 1. 1/2 inches in scale
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