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1956 Lincoln Premiere Coupe

Debut year for Premiere models in 1956
Pillarless design earned Industrial Designers Institute Award of Excellence in Automotive Design
One of 19,619 coupes sold in 1956
Welldone, older cosmetic restoration
New Huntsman Red exterior with new twotone black and red leather interior
368 CID Yblock V8 engine with TurboDrive threespeed automatic transmission and 3.07 gearing
Power steering, power brakes, power windows and fourway, power front seat
Twelvevolt electrical system was new for 1956
Original owners manual and original Town & Country AM radio

In 1956, if you wanted a toptrim Lincoln without going as far as the $10,000 Continental Mark II, your target vehicle was the Lincoln Premiere. MotoeXotica Classic Cars is pleased to present this 1956 Lincoln Premiere Coupe. The coupes pillarless designed earned it and Lincoln the Industrial Designers Institute Award of Excellence in Automotive Design.

Assembled on May 24, 1956; this car has recently been professionally refinished the exterior in Huntsman Red. The lack of traditional Bpillars between the front and rear side windows serves to highlight the long lines that were found on all 1956 Lincolns. The rear fender skirts and understated brightwork add the cars handsomeness, as do the gold accents and lower drip rails that expand to cover the entire rear Bpillar.

The cars paint is in overall excellent condition and in red, it is quite eyecatching, however there is some minor scraped trim behind the passenger side door. The glass panels are in overall very good order and the cars lights are in excellent condition.

This Lincoln rolls on Remington wide whitewalls, sized L7815, mounted on red rims with full factory wheel covers. The tires and wheels are in overall very good condition. All of the cars body panels are straight; the bumpers are in overall very good order, except for blemishes in back. The engine bay is extremely tidy.

Under that red hood is Lincolns 368 CID Yblock V8 engine in a highly detailed engine bay. The engine block and intake manifold are painted light green while the rocker covers and air cleaner are black. The rockers bear the words, Lincoln VEight. The engine breathes through a dual exhaust and is buttoned to a TurboDrive threespeed automatic transmission and a 3.07:1 rear end. Driver convenience features include power steering, power brakes, power windows and fourway power front seat. Lincoln switched to a 12volt electrical system in 1956.

Inside, the new red and black leather upholstery on the bench seats is in excellent condition. The black carpet, black headliner and black instrument panel are all in very good order; even the door courtesy lights still work. However, the horn, windshield wipers, speedometer, odometer, and antenna are all inoperative. Design themes of that era put the gauges, warning lights and clock above the padded dashboard while putting the switches below the padding. On either side of the fourspoke, deepdish steering wheel are levers for the HVAC controls that look like they were lifted from a jet airplane.

The Premiere was introduced in 1956 as an upscale version of theLincoln Capri. It featured a 368 CID Lincoln YBlockV8and it was approximately 223 inches long in 1956. The topend Lincoln, it was substantially different from the much more expensiveContinental Mark IIsold by Ford's Continental Motorcars division.

The Premiere's appearance reflected the Capri's derivation from the radically different concept cars, theMercury XM800and theLincoln Futura. It was known for a stylish exterior, highgrade interior and some unique features. Fourway power seats were standard.Front suspension was independent with a stabilizer bar.

Car comes with its original owners manual. Competition to this Lincoln in 1956 included Buicks Series 60 Century Coupe, Cadillacs Coupe de Ville, Chryslers New Yorker Newport twodoor hardtop, Mercurys Custom Coupe and Packards Caribbean Coupe.

This car is currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 19,266 miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title. GET OUT AND DRIVE

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VIN: 56WA39943L

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