Golden Sleeper: 1978 Lincoln Continental

The late 70s Continental was never a sporty car.  It was marked by Lincoln as a personal luxury coupe with an emphasis on the luxury. It wasn’t Lincoln’s fault that the fuel crisis and emissions laws made the Continental barely produce 200 horsepower from its massive 460 cubic inch V8…but this next car has been seriously upgraded with a fire breathing 532 cubic inch big block Ford V8. Find this 1978 Lincoln Continental offered for $10,000 in Harrisonville, KS via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!


From the seller:

1978 Lincoln Continental

condition: excellent

cylinders: 8 cylinders

drive: rwd

fuel: gas

size: full-size

title status: clean

transmission: automatic

type: coupe

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1978 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe. About 3,000 miles on build.


532 BBF

Eagle Crank

6.8″ H-rods

Race Tech Pistons

Crane cam CCH 288-2

Edelbrock Performer heads

Blue Thunder Intake

Dual 4 barrel Holley 4160 on progressive linkage

MSD ignition

Custom 1 7/8 headers into 2.5″ Dual exhaust



C6 Transmission built by Lees Summit Transmission

ATI Streetmaster Torque converter

3.70 Auburn Pro series Posi



Beautiful sleeper. Runs and drives good. Make an offer.

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