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RealRides of WNY - 1973 Mark IV

Yes, while “…the Cartier timepiece, signed by the famous Fifth Avenue jeweler, is standard equipment”in this 1973 Continental Mark IV, it’s no match for the modern-day dash clock on the new Bentley Bentayga SUV, theMulliner Tourbillon by Breiting. It’s an analog device which — okay, so it’s optional — is “…crafted from 18-carat white, y

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RealRides of WNY - Lincoln Continental Mark V, c1977

We came across this Lincoln Continental Mark V(c1977) earlier this summer in Irving. It’s wearing a tag from Hartley Ford, a now-defunct dealership in Fredonia. The Mark V was pretty big for a two-door car which held only five people. But it held those five people in the lap of luxury, as buyers had the option to choose an option package bearing the name of world-famous designers Givenchy, B

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RealRides of WNY - c1978 Continental Mark V

If you found yourself looking for something a little different 39 or 40 years ago, a handful of world-famous design houses (Bill Blass, Cartier, Pucci, and Givenchy) lent their names (and, one would hope, their design skills) to a series of luxury cars which were based on one similar to this c1978 Lincoln Continental Mark V (top). As the V would indicate, this was the fifth-generation of the Mark

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