1969 Lincoln Continental Mark III Coupe [89-65A]

1969 Lincoln Continental Mark III [89-65A] in Brubaker, Movie, 1980

Class: Cars, Coupé — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
DAF555 ◊ 2007-11-18 20:56
Buc84 ◊ 2007-11-19 03:28	Lincoln Continental Mark III.(1968-71)
Commander 57 ◊ 2009-09-26 16:40	There is no such thing as a 1968 Mark III. All the first models were VIN-coded as 1969 models.
timmm55 ◊ 2012-09-28 01:38	Like the 64 1/2 Mustang (they were registered as 65s) there are some differences bewteen them. In a 68 1/2 Mark III and a 69 the differnces were: steering wheel, knobs, some added colors and options, covered seat belt anchors, and the Cartier clock.
Commander 57 ◊ 2012-09-28 03:57	Then those were running changes during the long 1969 model year.
jguy1975 ◊ 2023-01-06 19:05	This car is/was a 69. It was purchased new by my uncle in 1969 and sold to my father in about 1970 or 71. I don’t know who he sold it to or how he tracked it to being the car from the movie but it surfaced again in the mid 1980’s in Lancaster Ohio. The car was a nice car but was nothing but trouble from the time it was new!
jguy1975 ◊ 2023-01-06 19:06	Dad called it the “pink Lincoln” while he owned it (and he still calls it that). Lol