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Lincoln Continental 1961...

A unique achievement in reliability

Ford Motor Company Test Track in Dearborn, Michigan  1961 Lincoln Continental Convertible
Lincoln Continental rides and feels differently because it is built differently. For example, it has a unified body and frame. The Lincoln Continental body and frame are welded into one solid piece of rugged steel. It is stronger to begin with, and it stays that way.

There are hundreds of things different about this car. Like the more than 200 pounds of sound- and weather-proofing used - layers of felt, sound deadeners and fiber glass pads up to 2 1/2 inches thick, all contributing importantly to the Lincoln Continental concept of motoring luxury.

Ford Motor Company Wixom Assembly Plant - 1961 Lincoln Continental
New machines...new assembly methods bring precision aircraft tolerance to the fine car. The emphasis on accuracy, on complete reliability, is carried throughout. It shows up everywhere...in the special jigs and body gauges used to insure a perfect fit of doors and windows...in exhaustive wind tunnel tests...in checks that measure parts to millionths of an inch...in the hand selection and making of gears...even in the special insulation used in the electrical system. Designing a car to deliver perfect reliability is one thing, producing it in quantity is quite another.

Lincoln Continental's center-opening doors feature power-operated door locks- activated by an instrument panel switch.

The doors on the 1961 Lincoln Continental are counterbalanced so that they glide open at the slightest touch - the only doors of their kind on any American car.

1961 Lincoln Continentals