[{"id": 16058106, "authorName": "Lubomyr", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lubomyr/", "bidAmount": 1000, "content": "$1,000 bid placed by Lubomyr", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731012546, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16059538, "authorName": "dcpropulsion", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dcpropulsion/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful car..!! I see it has a Columbia 2 Speed rear axle. Any information as to functionality..?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1731019627, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16059556, "authorName": "Pennoak", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pennoak/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is there possibly a brake unit hidden under the rear fender?\nG.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731019878, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16061591, "authorName": "Bordeaux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bordeaux/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Discolored parts, wipers, paint cracks, door release, clock, second gear.\r\nThat sounds like a lot of work for real enthusiasts.\r\nBut visually it is a beautiful example of the pre-war era that must be preserved.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731070595, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16062839, "authorName": "mbheritage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbheritage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Welcome all to my 1940 Lincoln auction. This car is one of 15 or so early V8/V12 Fords and Lincolns coming out of a noted collection in the SF Bay Area. The owner was a passionate Ford and Lincoln man who was very hands on with his cars. \r\n\r\nHe installed a Columbia 2-speed unit for this car in August of 2014 and removed the engine for a full rebuild in early 2015. The engine work is noted in the 2 repair orders shown in the photo essay. \r\n\r\nThe new owner will receive a number of documents relating to the purchase, ownership and reconditioning of the car. Feel free to contact me with any questions and I'll do my best to answer them. \r\n\r\nThe car can be inspected/driven in Burlingame, CA - 5 minutes south of SFO.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731083930, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16062855, "authorName": "mbheritage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbheritage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@dcpropulsion Thanks for the note. Yes, the 2-speed axle functions. We engaged it during the highway drive shown in the video.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731084028, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16063645, "authorName": "berfinroy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/berfinroy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Largest \"blind spot\" in the history of American convertible engineering.\r\nI guess it didn't matter as much in 1940...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731089084, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16064739, "authorName": "WELLIS66", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wellis66/", "bidAmount": 6500, "content": "$6,500 bid placed by WELLIS66", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731092823, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16065222, "authorName": "Victor4Ent", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/victor4ent/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Grill is from a '39 Continental ('40 edge is enclosed). Door handle is from a '39 Continental ('40's have push buttons). Fenders lack turn signal lights on top as per a '40 Continental. I suspect this is a '39.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731094522, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16065411, "authorName": "Sunbeamdon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sunbeamdon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Victor4Ent - I'm inclined to think this is a '40 (first year Convert of production) but may have parts cannibalized from a '39. The door handles look correct for a '40. I bot a '41 Connie Convert lead sled no V8 - bot it in 1975 for $1,500.00 sold it two years later for $1,800.00 - I coulda' made a fortune torching the lead out of the rear fender/body lines.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731095469, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16066406, "authorName": "Victor4Ent", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/victor4ent/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sorry I'm a year off. I was thinking '41, not '40. Engine has Al heads which were .41 only.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1731099515, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16068076, "authorName": "ejbarton", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ejbarton/", "bidAmount": 7500, "content": "$7,500 bid placed by ejbarton", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731106145, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16079359, "authorName": "Pennoak", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pennoak/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "First of all the grill is exactly correct for a 1940. 1941 had the border but 1940 each vein was individual.\nAs far as aluminum heads, both 1940 and 1941 call for polished aluminum heads. Nothing else. Many of the original aluminum heads got messed up from neglect and people went with the later model ones which were cast-iron. One of my 1940s had cast-iron heads, but they were chrome plated and engraved to duplicate originals then using ultra fine media, they were blasted just enough to take off the high chrome finish to make it look like polished aluminum", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1731265775, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16079417, "authorName": "Pennoak", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pennoak/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Victor4Ent\nSorry, but you are totally wrong. This car has the correct door handles which are 1940. Push button was 1941 exterior. They did not make turn signals for a 1940 so therefore there are no turn signal lights on the back tail lights.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1731266247, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16080057, "authorName": "Pennoak", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pennoak/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This car has great \u201cbones\u201d. A full chassis detail in addition to every item on the automobile plus a little bit of paint work and a new top and you could have a show car.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1731271646, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16080921, "authorName": "Victor4Ent", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/victor4ent/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "See my correction from 11/8. I was a year off.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731275086, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16084029, "authorName": "c_ster", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/c_ster/", "bidAmount": 7600, "content": "$7,600 bid placed by c_ster", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731337739, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16084192, "authorName": "Pennoak", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pennoak/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ Victor4\n1941 and 1940 both no turn signals", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731339228, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16089147, "authorName": "Kfcd-type", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kfcd-type/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Fine car certainly, regrettable that body-color piping hadn't been used; or, black would have been much less noticeable.\r\nDifference in upholstery color between shots 75 and earlier, and 76 and on---medium brown v light tan. What is the actual color?\r\nAge of tires and bias v radial?\r\nMany tks", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731362461, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16095601, "authorName": "Buicknut2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/buicknut2/", "bidAmount": 11000, "content": "$11,000 bid placed by Buicknut2", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731437060, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16099372, "authorName": "olpitcher", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/olpitcher/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@billyblyth. Thought, if you haven't already bypassed it, you might enjoy this first-year Continental convertible -- and the by-play about how original it may be. Not without its flaws, nor without its charms. You're usually quite good at \"contextualizing\" these perhaps imperfect old kings of the road. (@Hoppy18, here's one that may have escaped notice, as it is not wine-colored)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731450852, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16099509, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@olpitcher\r\n@Hoppy18\r\n\r\nI did stop by for a quick look a few days ago. Oddly. the decks here at the Good Ship BaT have been awash in these of late, so I thought I'd said all I could about them. That said, I wouldn't rule out popping off on this one before it's over. Self control is not my friend... Cheers, Bill", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731452148, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16100134, "authorName": "Hoppy18", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hoppy18/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@olpitcher: \"@Hoppy18, here\u2019s one that may have escaped notice, as it is not wine-colored)\n\nNothing to \"whine\" about here...what a gem. Her new owner will instantly become the \"class\" veleditorian.\n\n@billyblyth: Looking forward to learning what you \"cook up\" for the first Texan picnic you drive her to. \n\nWeez a rootin for ya Bill :)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731458689, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16101123, "authorName": "olpitcher", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/olpitcher/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@billyblyth. I thought your comment that \"the decks have been awash in these\" pre-war Lincoln Continentals \"of late\" might bear a looking into. So I went back 3 years (to Nov. 1, 2021) through BaT records of past auctions and found 13 auctions of what can be called \"pre-war\" Continentals, though only 1 was a 1942 model, and the present car is the sole representative claimed to be a 1940 (Ist year) car. So please, moderate any impulse to \"self control,\" lift your shop light high, and give us the goods on this currently selling car!\r\nBy comparison (why not?), there had been 18 auctions of \"immediate post-war\" Lincolns, 2 from the 1946 model year (though one had a later engine) and the rest from either 1947 or '48. \r\nWhat really jumped out were the 31 auctions of Continental Mark II s, from model years 1956-'57, when \"Continental\" had been uncoupled from the brand \"Lincoln.\" We have agreed that these were aspirational cars, built to a high standard. But there have been about 10 such cars on BaT in just the past three months or so; I don't know that we can call them \"scarce,\" right now.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731469611, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16101498, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@olpitcher\r\n\r\nOkay, so much for my tease...\r\n\r\nI am unqualified and uncomfortable speaking to the differences between the '40 and '41 Continental cars. However, I stumbled (no alcohol involved) upon a very concise list for the folks here to look over. It was penned by a gentleman named Phil Knapp, a respected member of the Lincoln-Zephyr Owner Club. BTW, The LZOC is quite an organization and worth checking out. Note that Mr. Knapp was 77 at the time of this 2010 posting. I don't know if he is still with us, and I looked. However, i did run across a post of him installing a newly restored transmission in one his Continentals in 2011 at 78. Gotta love a plugger! \r\n\r\nSo, without further comment from the likes of me, I'll turn it over to our new friend Phil. Just click on the link below. GLWTA!\r\n\r\nThe differences between 1940 and 1941 Lincolns\r\n \r\nBy Phil Knapp\r\nAugust 31, 2010 in Lincoln & Zephyr\r\n\r\nhttps://forums.aaca.org/topic/154796-the-differences-between-1940-and-1941-lincolns/", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1731482728, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16103311, "authorName": "olpitcher", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/olpitcher/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@billyblyth. Gracias for your helpful link! The best references often seem to be those we stumble into, and your instinct for supplying info is an additive to be stashed next to the Pappy Van Winkle!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731516069, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16103411, "authorName": "billyblyth", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/billyblyth/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@olpitcher\r\n\r\nI live but to serve, Sir!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731516851, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16108909, "authorName": "Kfcd-type", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kfcd-type/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "May I pls have a reply to my questions at 5:01 on the 11th? Many tks", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731536203, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16109547, "authorName": "mbheritage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbheritage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Kfcd-type Thanks for the note. I would consider images 76 through 79 as representative of the leather color. Also, the color is nicely represented in full sunlight in the driving video. The 'Bedford' tires are bias ply and have definitely aged out.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731540785, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16110155, "authorName": "Victor4Ent", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/victor4ent/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "To Pennoak\r\nMy '41 has factory turn signals", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731546790, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16110944, "authorName": "c_ster", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/c_ster/", "bidAmount": 11250, "content": "$11,250 bid placed by c_ster", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731555953, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16111115, "authorName": "Mtaylorx", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mtaylorx/", "bidAmount": 12000, "content": "$12,000 bid placed by Mtaylorx", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731559316, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16111254, "authorName": "Buicknut2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/buicknut2/", "bidAmount": 14000, "content": "$14,000 bid placed by Buicknut2", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731563769, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16111314, "authorName": "Alfetta70s", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alfetta70s/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Can seller speak to how it drives? For example, is it tight steering and suspension (for 1940), does it brake straight, electrics and controls all work, heater, etc.? In other words, can I drive it from peninsula to Santa Cruz?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731566485, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16111321, "authorName": "Alfetta70s", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alfetta70s/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is that dust on the blue paint e.g. photos 35-43, or just older paint?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731566610, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16111362, "authorName": "mgudge", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mgudge/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Unable to bid at all, no place to place a bid. Something haywire here with Bat.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731569402, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16111665, "authorName": "Dmrib", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dmrib/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does the power top function properly? Should be vacuum powered I believe and replacement parts are quite hard to find. Also do all of the gauges work?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731588234, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16111939, "authorName": "AviRavid", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aviravid/", "bidAmount": 14500, "content": "$14,500 bid placed by AviRavid", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731592458, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16111956, "authorName": "Buicknut2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/buicknut2/", "bidAmount": 16000, "content": "$16,000 bid placed by Buicknut2", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731592567, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16112000, "authorName": "AviRavid", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aviravid/", "bidAmount": 17000, "content": "$17,000 bid placed by AviRavid", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731592979, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16112348, "authorName": "Delmarvint", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/delmarvint/", "bidAmount": 17400, "content": "$17,400 bid placed by Delmarvint", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731596076, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16112582, "authorName": "PassR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/passr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Where is the power top motor in the engine bay? Also, does it have working overdrive?\r\nThanks --- Nice car!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731598008, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16112660, "authorName": "AviRavid", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aviravid/", "bidAmount": 18000, "content": "$18,000 bid placed by AviRavid", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731598600, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16112712, "authorName": "Delmarvint", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/delmarvint/", "bidAmount": 18400, "content": "$18,400 bid placed by Delmarvint", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731599130, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16112809, "authorName": "mbheritage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbheritage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@FINISHLINE55 Thanks for the note. Your arms are the power to raise and lower the soft top. It's quite easy to raise and lower by hand. Lincoln's first power convertible top didn't arrive until the sublime 1961 Continental Convertible was introduced. Overdrive does function; we activated it during our highway drive shown in the video.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731599951, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16112973, "authorName": "mbheritage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbheritage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Last day to acquire this stylish Lincoln. This is a no reserve auction so every bid counts with the highest bidder owning the car at the end of the auction. \r\n\r\nThe car will be sold as-is with no warranty implied or otherwise. A California buyer will pay appropriate sales tax and license fees. The car is stored in Burlingame, CA just 5 minutes south of the San Francisco Airport.\r\n\r\nBaT can assist with finding the new owner a shipping contact if necessary. Bidders should refresh their browser regularly to see the latest bids. For those bidders new to this type of auction format, it's important to know that any bid placed within 2 minutes of the end of the auction resets the auction clock to 2 minutes. Good luck to all.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731601272, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16113140, "authorName": "AviRavid", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aviravid/", "bidAmount": 19000, "content": "$19,000 bid placed by AviRavid", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731602249, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16113141, "authorName": "mbheritage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbheritage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Alfetta70s @Dmrib Yes, the car can be driven to Santa Cruz. It tracks down the road properly as you can see in the driving video. \r\n\r\nOil pressure - battery charge - temperature - fuel level gauges all function. Headlamps high/low beam, tail lights, horn, and choke all function. Radio functions. Clock is inop. WS wipers inop. Driver's door inside release handle does not function. Hope this helps.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731602253, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16113163, "authorName": "Schuelke", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/schuelke/", "bidAmount": 19250, "content": "$19,250 bid placed by Schuelke", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731602450, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16113164, "authorName": "mbheritage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbheritage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "In addition to the documents shown in the photo essay the new owner will receive a comprehensive 1940-1948 Lincoln authenticity binder. It contains an enormous amount of information on these cars.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731602453, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16113175, "authorName": "AviRavid", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aviravid/", "bidAmount": 20000, "content": "$20,000 bid placed by AviRavid", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731602561, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16113353, "authorName": "Dmrib", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dmrib/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "How about the power top? Does that function properly?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731603819, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16113357, "authorName": "mbheritage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbheritage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Alfetta70s Images 61, 62 and 49 give you a better idea of paint quality. The lighting in some of my images was not ideal. It's definitely older paint.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731603850, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16114714, "authorName": "mbheritage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbheritage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Dmrib In fact there is no power top. The classic 1961 Lincoln Continental debuted the power top.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731610304, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16114914, "authorName": "33Pontiac", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/33pontiac/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "the most obvious difference between a 40 and 41 is the water-fall grill. The 41 has a border and the 40s do not. Easy to spot from a distance.\r\n(I like the 40 style better)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731611128, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16115072, "authorName": "Dmrib", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dmrib/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mbheritage that is not true, so I guess it does not work. '40 Lincolns had power tops. https://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/lincoln/40lin/bilder/6.jpg", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1731611663, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16116062, "authorName": "Schuelke", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/schuelke/", "bidAmount": 20250, "content": "$20,250 bid placed by Schuelke", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731614675, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16116141, "authorName": "PassR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/passr/", "bidAmount": 21500, "content": "$21,500 bid placed by PassR", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731614925, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16116146, "authorName": "mbheritage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbheritage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Dmrib I stand corrected. It does have the power top. A colleague had a quick look and sees the hydraulic rams and switch. I can't get to the car to run it but the system is there. I apologize for the confusion.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731614940, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16116147, "authorName": "oliverwolcottdr", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oliverwolcottdr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "40 had a vacuum top", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1731614942, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16116172, "authorName": "Kfcd-type", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kfcd-type/", "bidAmount": 24000, "content": "$24,000 bid placed by Kfcd-type", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731615033, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16116185, "authorName": "Schuelke", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/schuelke/", "bidAmount": 24500, "content": "$24,500 bid placed by Schuelke", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731615058, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16116190, "authorName": "Kfcd-type", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kfcd-type/", "bidAmount": 27500, "content": "$27,500 bid placed by Kfcd-type", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731615077, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16116200, "authorName": "Schuelke", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/schuelke/", "bidAmount": 28000, "content": "$28,000 bid placed by Schuelke", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731615104, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16116208, "authorName": "Kfcd-type", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kfcd-type/", "bidAmount": 30000, "content": "$30,000 bid placed by Kfcd-type", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731615121, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16116214, "authorName": "Schuelke", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/schuelke/", "bidAmount": 32000, "content": "$32,000 bid placed by Schuelke", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731615136, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16116222, "authorName": "Kfcd-type", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kfcd-type/", "bidAmount": 35000, "content": "$35,000 bid placed by Kfcd-type", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731615153, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16116225, "authorName": "Schuelke", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/schuelke/", "bidAmount": 35250, "content": "$35,250 bid placed by Schuelke", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731615171, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16116228, "authorName": "Kfcd-type", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kfcd-type/", "bidAmount": 37000, "content": "$37,000 bid placed by Kfcd-type", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731615190, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 16116272, "authorName": "Kfcd-type", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kfcd-type/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 11/14/24 for $37,000 to Kfcd-type", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731615311, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 16116353, "authorName": "upinthetrees", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/upinthetrees/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful Continental. Great buy. Enjoy", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1731615562, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16116363, "authorName": "mbheritage (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbheritage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks to all for the comments and bidding. And the education. Thank you @Kfcd-type for buying the car.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731615592, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16118350, "authorName": "ikegold", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ikegold/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just beautiful; congrats to the buyer.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731621191, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 16126244, "authorName": "hr47cars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hr47cars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just a beauty to be enjoyed as is. Convertible top issues can be sorted out. Likely not to be driven in the rain (if that occurs) in CA. Can't imagine a more handsome car on the BaT auction site! It's nicer to have a car that can be driven as the video shows. Good luck to new owner.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1731702785, "type": "comment"}]