super cool!!!! might need 6" spacers on the back wheels though.

 

well sure i want that! but i'm not selling the E55 to do so haha

the continentals from this era are beautiful though, 1969 is when mmarshall was doing retro write ups about the original cadillac fleetwood

 

I like and appreciate vintage cars.
But dam sure don't want to own them.

My car is too old already.

 

Those are Opera doors. Suicide doors would require all four doors to open from the front.

 

Years ago when I was selling Chevrolet, a guest and I came back from the test ride in a full size Express 2500 Cargo Van. As usual I directed them to park next to their trade in. The trade was a Lincoln Mark III 2 door Luxury car with the 460 cubic inch V8. Remember the drug dealer's car in The French Connection? When we got out of the van and walked around it was startling to see that the old car was longer, bumper to bumper, that the full size work van!

 

It might be too long for my garage. It’s a cool car but it’s almost as old as my parents. I have enough struggles dealing with my SC300.

 

I got a chance to drive a 1969 Continental when I was 17, in high school. (I did a CL thread on that some time ago). My late father, after he retired from the Army, worked for the old Philco-Ford company...the corporation's electronic arm. He would routinely bring home company-owned big Mercury Park Lanes and Marquis from the office at night....and, because I was trustworthy behind the wheel for a kid that age (I never liked really aggressive driving), he'd toss me the keys, and I'd take them out for brief spin and enjoy the plush comfy ride, and maybe put a couple of gallons of then-leaded premium gas in them. One night, he came home with the company VP's brand new Continental...tossed me the keys and said "For Pete's sake, Mike, be careful". Boy did I enjoy that ride. Those Continentals of that vintage were like a battleship riding on a cloud. If you wanted a magic-carpet ride, there was simply nothing else like it, even the Cadillac Fleetwoods. The (Chrysler) Imperials were a little stiffer and noisier due to the unibody and front torsion-bar/rear-leaf suspension, but handled a little better...which still wasn't saying much for handling. I will say, though, that, as steady and whisper-quiet as that Continental was, I thought the 2014 Lexus LS460 I sampled was even quieter...probably the quietest gas-powered vehicle I've ever driven, although nothing was smoother than that old Continental's ride.

I just wish cars that size COULD still be owned and driven in my area, but it is simply too crowded, there is too much traffic, parking spaces are too small, you have to make tight manuvers, and cars like that simply could not cut it in the driving conditions in the D.C. area today.

 

never knew this, good info! i always called it suicide doors for years...