1972 Lincoln Continental [53A]

1972 Lincoln Continental [53A] in Zero to Sixty, Movie, 1978

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

00:35:07 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
Q-Ball ◊ 2011-07-24 15:33	Looks like a Continental Town Car
Benfolio ◊ 2011-07-24 16:23
CarGuy1 ◊ 2011-07-24 16:37	1970-73 lincoln continental town car.
Commander 57 ◊ 2011-07-24 17:03	1972, particularly.
mechatech ◊ 2011-11-02 05:21	1973, front bumper juts ahead of the fenders and the heavy bumper guards. Only 73 had that.
cudak888 ◊ 2012-04-04 21:01	Mechatech is correct. 1973. -Kurt
Commander 57 ◊ 2012-04-04 22:00	I noticed in the main pix that the Lincoln had no Continental letters across the front panel over the grille, a feature of the '72's. The '73 had these letters. They DO appear to show in the thumbnail. (I assume this is the same car.)
cudak888 ◊ 2012-04-09 22:18	Strange. Assuming these may be different vehicles, it can't be denied that both cars have the '73 bumper - regardless of what year they are. -Kurt
mechatech ◊ 2012-08-06 05:11	The car may have had a quick repaint for the movie and the letters either weren't masked off or were removed. That bumper was unique to 73 and never used in 72. Comparison - 72: http://automotivemileposts.com/lincoln/lincoln1972selections.shtml 73: http://automotivemileposts.com/lincoln/lincoln1973selections.shtml It may be they had two cars, a 72 and a 73 and that a 73 bumper was attached to the 72 car for the sake of continuity. -- Last edit: 2012-08-06 22:31:13
cudak888 ◊ 2012-11-17 16:10	Stunt car is a '72 with a '73 bumper then? -Kurt -- Last edit: 2013-04-29 19:27:02