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Chad, I remember them driving like my 1967 Ford Thunderbird Coupe, which was the worst driving car I ever owned. Driving a brick supended on four squishy coil springs with dead steering. A car disinclined to go in any direction but straight. Despite the Continentals big displacement engines the car were sluggish. I blieve the Contis were buit on the same chassis design as the Thunderbirds, a situation that continued well into the 1970's. That being said the cars exuded a feel of quality and solidity .......... and also weight that far exceed either the Cadillac or the Imperial of the sixties. They felt very different than the floaty lincolns of the seventies, but not in a good way. Let's put it this way I was very happy to see the Thunderbird go when I got my 1971 XJ6!