Coupe utilities don’t get the respect they deserve in America, in our opinion. It doesn’t matter how nice one is, how well taken care of it is, most people view it as the ultimate redneck ride and dismiss it. Some of that might be due to the roots that American utes were derived from: Impala, Falcon, Chevelle…all working-class cars. Could a luxury ute have worked here? People who have scooped up funeral flower cars tend to agree, and in the case of this 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V, there’s an opportunity to find out…provided that you like the color green.
For the most part, this is like every other Mark V that is still out there: a low-power, smogger 460, automatic, and enough suspension float that you could comfortably cruise down the entire length of the Dalton Highway in Alaska at eighty miles an hour and not be bothered in the slightest. Once you get past the huge doors, however, you get into Ranchero territory: a good-sized bed awaits, along with a small tailgate that has the Continental’s trademark hump intact. Modified by Caribou Motor Company, the Lincoln is technically a “Coloma”, and is one of twelve ever built. How many are left? Your guess is as good as ours, but we’re willing to bet the number is in the low single-digit territory.
Currently, the popular new vehicle is the overloaded, luxury pickup truck. Here’s proof that forty years ago, someone was looking well ahead into the future.
eBay Link: 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V Coloma by Caribou
Estate sale huh… Huggy Bear died?
That’s a pretty good shade of green compared to what most green cars got stuck with in that decade.
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