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Roy's 1964 Lincoln Continental Convertible. From The Roy Rogers - Dale Evans Museum

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Roy's 1964 Lincoln Continental Convertible. From The Roy Rogers - Dale Evans Museum
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Purchased (used) by Roy in 1965, this was his and Dale’s driving car – the one they’d take around town, or on the long road trip between Apple Valley and Los Angeles. The car was painted factory baby blue when Roy bought it (which can still be seen at the top of the trunk behind the rear seats), and remained so until he decided to have it painted a few years later. Roy asked their family friend Pete to take it for a paint job while Roy was out of town. He instructed Pete to have it painted a pale gold color, which, with its white top and interior, would have made it a perfect match with Trigger. What Roy didn’t know is that Pete was colorblind! And so the baby blue Lincoln, that was supposed to be pale gold, became – and remains – a gleaming canary yellow. Except for the paint job and mechanical maintenance, the car is close to original. The odometer reads just under 100,000 miles, and considering it has spent nearly 3 decades in the museum, those miles are a testament to just how much Roy loved to drive it. The car is in running order, however the brakes need to be replaced and some mechanical TLC would be required before it was street ready. Drive it, restore it, or collect it – in this condition, this Lincoln is a rare find even despite its famous owner! Included with the car is the registration and original owner’s manual. Selling as is – a true piece of American history. ABOUT THE 64 LINCOLN The 1964 Lincoln Continental is a luxury car from the Lincoln stable of the Ford Motor Company. From 1939, when the first Lincoln rolled off the assembly line, until 1964, the cars have shown consistent modifications in the intervening decades. The cars came in two categories, sedans and convertibles, both models having four doors, with front opening rear doors (aka “suicide doors”). This uncommon mode of opening the rear door was one of the better known features of the Lincoln Continentals throughout the 1960s. The 1964 Lincoln Continental saw the car being lengthened by 3 inches to provide even more rear seat legroom, after the front seat was modified for the same purpose in the previous year. The roof line was also made more square. The dashboard sported a new look, with the pod design being dropped. In order to increase the space in the interior of the car the side glass was flattened. The door leading to the gas tank, which was previously concealed in the rear of the car, was now moved to the driver's side rear panel. The front grill of the car had a slender center bar with a floating rectangle pattern. The ‘Continental’ script on the outside also saw a modification.

Provenance: The Roy Rogers - Dale Evans Museum