![]() ![]() To date, Bob has located only one 1979 Diamond Jubilee blue Collector’s series Mark V, and it has been wrecked. Grant and Joan Milne, Lucerne, Colorado own a silver Collector’s Series Mark V. Maries, Idaho, has ‘79 Collector’s Edition MarkVs in blue, silver and white. The only place we know of that you can find any reference to the silver and the Diamond Jubilee blue Collector’s Series Mark V is in the 1979 Dealer’s Color and Upholstery Book as a March, 1979 “glue in” supplement. Diamond Jubilee blue is the same Diamond Jubilee blue that was used on the 1978 Mark V Diamond Jubilee model. It will come as a surprise to most of us, that in March, 1979 two additional limited edition Collector’s Series Mark Vs were offered, one in silver and the other in Diamond Jubilee blue (light blue). ![]() Pictures and descriptions of them are included in the factory brochures. The midnight blue and white Collector’s Series Mark V’s were introduced at the start of the 1979 model year. The ‘79 Collector Series Mark Vs were dressed much like the previous year’s Diamond Jubilee models, except that the Collector’s Series Mark Vs, “Collector’s Series” insignia replaced the opera windows. Oben, during the 1979 model year, collectors were buying every new Mark V the factory could produce.Ĭontemporary factory literature and brochures identify two 1979 Collector Series Mark Vs-one in white, the other in midnight blue. It does seem like an unusual marketing tactic, but even when the ‘79 Lincolns were new, the buying public was reminded not only of their high resale value, but also of the collectability of the soon to be discontinued models.Īccording to then Ford Motor Company Vice President and Lincoln General Manager, Walter J. The top of the line Collector’s Series Mark Vs, Town Cars, and Town Coupes were referred to in Lincoln-Mercury Division news releases as “special limited production models being built to mark the final year of these traditional full-sized luxury cars”. During the 1979 model year, Lincoln-Mercury Division heavily advertised the fact that the Town Car/Town Coupe and the Mark series body styles were going to be different next year. ![]()
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