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I read some time back that 58-60 Lincolns have greatest interior room (dimensions?) of any/all American passenger cars.
Excluded limos and station wagons.
Know anything about that ?
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1958-1960 Continental Conv. was the biggest conv. ever made in
USA. Bigger than any 59 Cad. conv.

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Finsrin,

Can't imagine a standard car with more cubic room inside than the '58-'60, given the tremendous space in the front passenger compartment.

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Nonetheless, it could be possible. A for-instance referring to different years: The '70s full-sizers were obviously larger than any of the Suicides, yet the '66-9 cars have more trunk space than any of the '70s. I would even submit for debate that the Suicides of that set of years had more trunk space than even the behemoths of the late '50s (even though that claim would primarily be because of the well in the trunk the other unibodies didn't have). Also, I believe the BUFFs* of the late '50s had a higher drive shaft hump than the '60s versions; every automotive article from the day stated that. But there is no question at all that John Najjar and Elwood Engel succeeded in fulfilling Ford's edict to make a car that was "110% of Cadillac" for 1958.

*BUFF = Big Ugly Fat Fella, a term of endearment once used for B-52 bombers.

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Here is the specification page from the 1959 Lincoln Brochure. Hope this helps.
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I believe that I read somewhere once that the way interior volume is measured these days is a little bit different than the way it was measured years ago; the actual measurements in the cars of yesteryear could be different from the factory specs if they were to measure the interior space of these cars using today's methods. Hard numbers don't lie, but in many cases, how accommodating a car is or seems depends on people's perceptions.
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For comparison, here is interior dimensions from the 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Salesman Databook
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I remember having seen a filmstrip produced by Ford Motor Company in which '58 Lincolns and Continentals were parked side-by-side with various '58 Cadillac models. People armed with telescoping metal rods and long metal measuring sticks would first measure a dimension in a Lincoln or Continental, and then take the metal rod or measuring stick over to a nearby Cadillac, and apply the extended rod or measuring stick to the comparable dimension in the Cadillac. The filmstrip presentation was designed to show how roomy the '58 Lincolns and Continentals were, compared to Cadillacs, which appeared to fall woefully short.

I also seem to remember that some of the rear seat room dimensions differed between the Lincolns and the Continentals, owing to a revised positioning of the rear seat to accommodate the retracting Breezeway window in the Continentals.

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I also seem to remember that some of the rear seat room dimensions differed between the Lincolns and the Continentals, owing to a revised positioning of the rear seat to accommodate the retracting Breezeway window in the Continentals.
You are correct, there was a difference between the Lincoln and the Lincoln Continental as evidenced by dimensions that appear in the brochure page posted.
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