For 1982, guess a 5.0 V8 was "large." 1982 Lincoln Continental Givenchy - cars & trucks - by owner -... (craigslist.org)
Really stunning car. Seems like a good deal. The Venturi carb is a little concerning, but it sure seems complete.
It would have been much cheaper and easier to convert to a standard 2bbl carb than spend an alleged $2k rebuilding the VV. Give the new owner the VV and let him deal with it if is has to be 100% original. I've always liked this body style for some reason. It is a fox body so possibilities are endless for suspension and brake upgrades.
I always thought they were a little odd looking. Clearly they were in direct competition with the 80-85 Cadillac Seville. Personal taste aside, it does look like a very clean car. Definitely a nice example.
Yeah, but there's specialists for these dashes. They intimidated me at first. Now, not so much once I seen how easy it is with the right people. Love the interior colors.
Yeah, I found a company in PA to fix my GMQ's digi dash. And from how they explained it, it wasn't a big deal for them. They said they get a lot of GM digi dashes from like the late 80's/90's like Grand Prix and Regals, etc.
To my understanding it's mostly the circuit board traces, the capacitors, and the occasional digital display driver circuit that goes bad on these. Not impossible to fix and if you know what you're doing they're actually quite simple (especially if you have the service manual for them). These smaller Lincolns (like the Versailles) were definitely for those who wanted a Lincoln but didn't want to go all the way into a Mark or a Town Car. Definitely the Cadillac Seville, etc competition. Younger folks wanted smaller cars and the European luxury cars were getting bigger and nicer, but were nowhere near as big as the standard Lincolns and Cadillacs so they put these guys out to try and grab that market. That they were quite lighter and could get better fuel economy I'm sure didn't hurt on the CAFE numbers either.
