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The Continental Mark III is a personal luxury car marketed by Lincoln from the 1969–1971 model years. The namesake successor of the 1956–1957 Continental Mark II, the Mark III likewise served as the flagship vehicle of Ford Motor Company.
The Continental Mark series (later Lincoln Mark series) is a series of personal luxury cars that was produced by Ford Motor Company.The nomenclature came into use with the Continental Mark II for 1956, which was a successor to the Lincoln Continental of 1939–1948.
A new engine, the 460 cu in (7.5 L) 385-series-based V8, took its place by 1969, shared with the Continental Mark III. All versions of the Continental were fitted with a 3-speed automatic transmission. New for 1966 was Ford's C6 automatic, designed for use in big block, high-horsepower V8 engines.
The Continental Mark V is a personal luxury coupe marketed in North America by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company for model years 1977–1979. It was the third generation of the Mark Series that first began with the 1969 Continental Mark III. At 230 inches (5.8 m) in length, it was the longest two-door coupe Ford has ever marketed.
Continental Mark II: 1957: 1957: 1: Marketed by the Continental division of Ford; technically, "not a Lincoln" Continental Mark III: 1969: 1971: 1: Personal luxury car Continental Mark IV: 1971: 1976: 1: Personal luxury car Continental Mark V: 1977: 1979: 1: Personal luxury car Versailles: 1977: 1980: 1: Mid-size car Continental Mark VI: 1980: ...
1975 Lincoln Continental Mark IV "Lipstick and White Edition", an all-white option package with Lipstick Red interior details and carpeting. All Mark IVs were equipped with the 460 cu in (7.5 L)-4V Ford 385 series V8 (with two valves per cylinder, "4V" is in reference to the four-venturi Autolite carburetor).
Many features of the exterior design of the Mark III was adopted by the Lincoln Continental for 1970, influencing Lincoln design through the end of the decade. Through the 1970s, Ford followed the Mark III with the 1972 Mark IV and the 1977 Mark V; the latter two generations are derived from the 1972 Ford Thunderbird chassis.
The first complete redesign of the Mark series since 1972, the Mark VI was the first to undergo downsizedgeneration, nolonger sharing its platform with the 1967–1976 Ford Thunderbird (its companion model since the inaugural 1969 Mark III) and now sharing its platform with the Lincoln Continental (renamed Lincoln Town Car for 1981). To ...