Re: Clippers at the Motor Muster.

Posted by Mahoning63 On 2015/6/23 15:56:28

That wide sill on the Continental might have been the result of platform sharing with T-Bird. If Wiki is to be believed the T-Bird was 75.9 inches wide while Conti was 78.6 or 2.7 inches wider. If they both used the same front floorpan the Lincoln woudd have increased its width to luxury car standards by widening the sill. And/or the engineers wanted a wider sill for rigidity, including in the half B-pillar.

There's a pic of T-Bird sill in Hemmings, clearly shows a narrower sill than Conti.http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/ford/thunderbird/1727014.html