A Lehmann-Peterson Lincoln limousine is on the block at Bring a Trailer today, and at $10,000 with no reserve it is priced like a used livery car rather than a coachbuilt piece of Detroit history. The listing, Lot #271,103, closes Thursday, Oct. 29, at 1:26 p.m. ET. The figure is a bid, not a sale price, and because there is no reserve, whoever holds the high bid at the close takes the car.
The question worth asking is not whether a stretched Continental is cheap. It is whether this particular one carries enough of what collectors pay for in these cars: documentation, an original look, and a chassis that matches its description. On the evidence in the listing, it carries less of that than the headline suggests.
What is being offered
The seller, PatsRareRides, a dealer in Marine City, Michigan, lists the car as a 1967 Lincoln Continental Executive Limousine by Lehmann-Peterson, with a Michigan title. Bring a Trailer says the body was lengthened by about 34 inches and that the car left the factory in Satin Black before a repaint in blue, with replacement black leather in a refresh around 2011. Power is the 462-cubic-inch V8, rated at 340 horsepower and 485 lb-ft, with a three-speed automatic, power steering, front disc brakes, and front and rear air conditioning. The rear compartment has a power glass partition, bench seating and a Pioneer CD player feeding Kicker speakers. The dealer acquired the car in 2025 and has since serviced the air conditioning and fitted new tires.
As of Thursday morning the bid stood at $10,000 after 10 bids, with more than 1,000 watchers. The odometer shows 39k miles on a five-digit dial. BaT does not say the mileage is verified, and a five-digit odometer cannot by itself rule out a rollover.
Why Lehmann-Peterson matters
Lincoln had no limousine in its lineup in the early 1960s. According to the Coachbuilt history of the firm, Chicago heir George “Skip” Lehmann and customizer Robert “Pete” Peterson built a prototype, and Ford agreed to a deal in February 1964. Lincoln dealers took the orders, Wixom built the cars with a heavy-duty limousine kit, and Lehmann-Peterson finished the conversion in Chicago under Ford’s warranty. A reference table at Automotive Mileposts puts the 1963 list price at $13,400 and the run at 567 cars through 1970.
That is the real appeal. This was a catalog limousine with factory involvement, sold to executives, diplomats and celebrities, not a backyard stretch. Our earlier coverage of a Ghia-finished Imperial presidential limousine and a Monteverdi 375/4 limousine in Zürich shows how differently the market treats limousines that come with a story.
The chassis says 1966, and the production count is not settled
BaT’s own door-tag decode says the serial number is consistent with a 1966 Lincoln Continental built at Wixom, with an Oct. 26 production date. That points to a car built in the autumn of 1965, even though the listing and title describe it as a 1967. Published records make this a live issue: Hagerty’s write-up of the Elvis Presley car calls it a 1966 in the text and a 1967 in the headline. The listing does not explain the gap, and a late-model-year build, a title convention or a conversion date could account for it. This is an inference from the listing, not a finding, and a buyer should ask the seller for the build paperwork.
Production figures also disagree. Automotive Mileposts lists 159 Lehmann-Peterson limousines for 1966 and 110 for 1967, while a Hagerty Marketplace listing for a 1967 car says 76 were built that year. Coachbuilt cites a range of roughly 500 to 600 cars over the company’s life. Treat any single figure as unverified until factory records settle it.
Condition and originality
The factory black paint is gone, the interior is a replacement, and the audio is aftermarket. BaT notes corrosion on the underside and mufflers, a non-working voltmeter, and blemishes shown in the gallery. In the comments the seller says the power locks work only on some switches, and that the rear air conditioning is ducted under the seats with no vents. Commenters questioned that arrangement because the heating and air-conditioning switches in the rear are described as the original Lehmann-Peterson pieces. None of this makes the car a bad one, but it does move it away from the originality that usually carries a premium.
Comparable sales
Recent results sit well above the current bid, but they are thin and uneven. A 1967 Lehmann-Peterson limousine with 78,391 miles, refreshed in 2011 and also finished in black, sold for $24,878 on Hagerty Marketplace on Aug. 28, 2025, against a $23,250 high bid; the listing does not explain the difference. Classic.com records a second 1967 car, with 96,096 miles, at $13,001 the same day. A 21,199-mile 1969 Lehmann-Peterson sold at no reserve for $30,763 on March 17, 2025, with a $28,750 high bid.
The outlier is the Presley car, sold by Mecum at Monterey in 2019 for $165,000. Hagerty’s valuation editor attributed nearly all of that price to the Presley connection rather than to the limousine itself. This car has no such history, so that result says little about it. Related market context appears in our coverage of a custom 1966 Continental convertible that brought roughly $1 million at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale and a 1961 Continental convertible, though those cars sit in a different segment.
Concerns
Buyers should confirm three things: how the 1966-versus-1967 question resolves on the title and build record, whether the rear air-conditioning layout is as delivered or modified, and what the odometer reading is based on. The car is a dealer consignment at no reserve, so there is no seller floor to protect a low result. Shipping a limousine of this length is also a cost that does not show up in the bid, and the seller has told commenters the car can be held for up to 45 days after the sale.
What will set the price
With no famous owner and no original paint, the final price depends on how bidders treat the paperwork. If the build record confirms a Lehmann-Peterson conversion with the chassis year explained, it sits closer to the $24,878 and $30,763 results. If the year stays unresolved and the paper is thin, it competes with the $13,001 car. The thing to watch is not the final number but how many bidders are willing to pay for documentation they have not yet seen.
Verified from the listing and cited sources: lot details, bid, specifications and comparable sales. Market interpretation: the pricing outlook and the chassis-year reading. Bids can change before the close; check the listing for the final result.
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