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On The Turntable In 1965: 'I Can't Help Myself' - Four Tops
I can't help myself. If Sweetie wants a black convertible on a hot Nevada desert day, whatever Sweetie wants, Sweetie gets. But she did agree that we would drive The Strip in the evening. With the air conditioning running full blast. See, that proves that she really does love me!
Popular 1965 Christmas presents: Flea Circus, Super Ball (which could bounce at 92% of the prior bounce), Rock Em' Sock Em' Robots, James Bond Aston Martin by Corgi
Which of these did you get in 1965? Or ever?
This car is truly big, black and sexy. When Sweetie saw this car it was all over. A fabulous 1965 Lincoln Continental four door convertible. Although it had a 430 cubic inch V-8 it only developed 320 horsepower, lower than the 385 hp 1966 Olds Toronado also featured today, but style wins and Sweetie says I can drive this time!
We all know of the history of four door black Lincoln Continental convertibles but this is a 1965 model. It is a huge car at 216.3". The Lincoln brochure says it has the largest back seat room of any 1965 convertible and they are probably not exaggerating. Lots of things could be done back there! Every possible luxury option is standard and the brochure doesn't even try to tell us what the overall weight is, but I would guess around 5,500 pounds. That four door convertible body would require substantial chassis stiffening.
This is Sweetie's choice for our Las Vegas Boulevard cruise so off we go! Wave as we go by!
Full size Lincoln requires full size full view.
I can't help myself. If Sweetie wants a black convertible on a hot Nevada desert day, whatever Sweetie wants, Sweetie gets. But she did agree that we would drive The Strip in the evening. With the air conditioning running full blast. See, that proves that she really does love me!
Popular 1965 Christmas presents: Flea Circus, Super Ball (which could bounce at 92% of the prior bounce), Rock Em' Sock Em' Robots, James Bond Aston Martin by Corgi
Which of these did you get in 1965? Or ever?
This car is truly big, black and sexy. When Sweetie saw this car it was all over. A fabulous 1965 Lincoln Continental four door convertible. Although it had a 430 cubic inch V-8 it only developed 320 horsepower, lower than the 385 hp 1966 Olds Toronado also featured today, but style wins and Sweetie says I can drive this time!
We all know of the history of four door black Lincoln Continental convertibles but this is a 1965 model. It is a huge car at 216.3". The Lincoln brochure says it has the largest back seat room of any 1965 convertible and they are probably not exaggerating. Lots of things could be done back there! Every possible luxury option is standard and the brochure doesn't even try to tell us what the overall weight is, but I would guess around 5,500 pounds. That four door convertible body would require substantial chassis stiffening.
This is Sweetie's choice for our Las Vegas Boulevard cruise so off we go! Wave as we go by!
Full size Lincoln requires full size full view.
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My uncle had one of these, I think it was silver, but what amazed me most was that it was the first car I'd ever ridden in with suicide doors. In the early 70ies my uncle used to buy used cars on the East coast, drive them to Anchorage and sell them there for top dollar. Convertibles were particularly sought after, who'da thought?