I’ve passed this ’80-83 Mark VI a zillion times walking the dog. It does move from time to time and it’s kept clean, so it’s a genuine CC. Not my style, but a year or so ago, one of those hand grenade decals showed up on its flank. What’s the deal with that decal anyway, does it mean anything other than ‘look out I’m explosive’? Usually seen on a kid’s pickup, never seen on a car with opera windows. Your reactions?
I think it means the drivers a badass!Is the bonnet (hood) open or is this a bad fit?.I thought the covers went down over the headlights when the engine was turned off but I’m sure someone will tell me if I’m wrong!
The hood is open.
The headlight covers are supposed to be closed, but they use vacuum to close them so if vacuum is lost due to a leak or sitting for long periods, they “fail” open for safety.
From the looks of the hood and the headlight doors, it appears that the grenade has already exploded. 🙂
I cant see whether the pin is still in, just be thankfull it wasnt a British Mills bomb, there’d not be a car left to shoot.
The sticker usually stands for Granade Gloves – makers of snowboarding gear, though there a few adaptations of it around now.
Ah, that explains it, thanks! Lots of snowboarders around here.
Still, this Mark VI would not be my first choice for a trip up to Mt. Hood.
I’m just going to say it: I like the Continental Mark VI.
…ducks behind the nearest opera-windowed parked vehicle…
I completely agree.
I’d love a VI and I regularly check Craigslist for them. I’d have to stick the body on an aero chassis though. Thankfully the 2dr used the CV/GM wheel base lowering the cost of a donor chassis. For some time there was a Marauder chassis complete with engine and trans on E-bay, the problem was that it was priced as if it was a complete car in good condition.
That was actually a major gripe with these cars, the coupes were accused of being too stubby compared to the four doors and the two door Continental.
Personally I think the proportions are better on the VI vs the town coupe of the same era thanks to that shorter wheel base.
In the latest example of the CC effect in action, today I saw:
1) A 1958-60 era Lincoln parked along Shrewsbury Street in Worcester, MA.
2) A 1978 Continental, with its foldaway headlights open, on a used car lot in Upton, MA.
There was a nice Mark VI coupe on Ebay a month or so ago that happened to be located in the town where I grew up, about 2 miles from where I live now. The car was listed at $ 6,000, I think. It was very nice, however, it was some special edition, being a 2 tone black and brown or gold. Not a good combination, in my opinion.
I forced myself to stay away. I might have bought it.
Love it