Junkyard Gem: 1977 Jaguar XJ6L
A 1977 Jaguar XJ6 long-wheelbase saloon, found in a Colorado self-service wrecking yard.
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A 1977 Jaguar XJ6 long-wheelbase saloon, found in a Colorado self-service wrecking yard.
Most of us are already familiar with Lincoln’s massive flagship Continental Mark V, which, in some configurations, measured just shy of 20 feet long. What you might not have known about this luxo-barge, however, is that Lincoln once offered a Givenchy Designer Edition of it. One of a series of Designer Editions that also included Bill Blass, Cartier, and Emilio Pucci, the Givenchy Edition was actually quite rare. Of the roughly 228,000 Continental Mark Vs produced from 1977 to 1979, a small number of Givenchy Designer Editions were made: 917 for 1978 and 2,262 for 1979. There appears to hav...