Poll: Which '59? (11/18/2024)

Not my favorite year for either marque. There are an equal number of likes and dislikes, for me, on both vehicles - gonna go tie.

What Tony said, but I did give an edge to the Imperial.

I voted "No Interest".  If I'd have voted "Tie" it would have been a tie for both being equally ugly.  Both along with the '59 Cadillac all get the ugly award for that year.  I know the Cadillac has become an iconic symbol of fifties chrome and fin excess, but that shouldn't be tabulated as it being a nice looking car.  

Continental fir its unique breezeway rear window.

I couldn't vote for either and definitely not a tie, so no vote from me today.

Not the best year for either car.

I like the Continental! It is huge and emblematic of the fifties kitsch that dominated the era. It was incredibly plush inside and daring in its outer design (weren't all cars back then?). I loved the canted headlights and the Breezeway backlight.   

The angle from which these pictures were taken clearly shows how far apart the schools of styling were for 1959. These two couldn't be more different!

I like them both but I like the Imperial more!

I share the general view that it wasn't a great styling year for either brand. Really dislike the toothy grille on the Imperial - earlier and later years were much more appealing. Yes, the "breezeway" window was probably the best feature of the oversize, overweight, over-styled Lincoln.

I'd call it a "negative tie" - neither one deserves to win anything.

@graeme-ogg, nothing—not a single car—was oversized or overstyled in the fifties. It was impossible to do either. That many of them provided a safe landing for helicopters and hot air balloons, not to mention family cookouts and impromptu touch football games on their rear decks, does nothing to contradict the design ethos of the day.

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@graeme-ogg, nothing—not a single car—was oversized or overstyled in the fifties. It was impossible to do either. That many of them provided a safe landing for helicopters and hot air balloons, not to mention family cookouts and impromptu touch football games on their rear decks, does nothing to contradict the design ethos of the day.

Surely you're being facetious...😀

@100ford2003. LOL. Don't call me "Surely."

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@100ford2003. LOL. Don't call me "Surely."

I was waiting for that reply...lol !

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@graeme-ogg, nothing—not a single car—was oversized or overstyled in the fifties. It was impossible to do either. That many of them provided a safe landing for helicopters and hot air balloons, not to mention family cookouts and impromptu touch football games on their rear decks, does nothing to contradict the design ethos of the day.