1973
Busiest manufacture year
About 6 still registered.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
Ford Lincoln Continental
80
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
21 manufacture years from 1928 to 1988. Year of manufacture as recorded on the registry — not model year or compliance plate.
Still registered on Aussie roads · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
1973
Busiest manufacture year
About 6 still registered.
21
Build years still on the road
From 1928 to 1988, as at 31 Jan 2025.
QLD
Most registered in
About 30 registered there. State figures come from a separate BITRE table, so they can differ slightly from the national count.
Each row is a year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Open a year for history, state split, and rarity.
| Year | Still registered | Share of model | Rarity for its year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | About 3 | 3.8% | Not ranked |
| 1953 | About 3 | 3.8% | Not ranked |
| 1954 | About 3 | 3.8% | Not ranked |
| 1961 | About 3 | 3.8% | Not ranked |
| 1962 | About 3 | 3.8% | Not ranked |
| 1963 | About 3 | 3.8% | Not ranked |
| 1965 | About 3 | 3.8% | Not ranked |
| 1966 | About 4 | 5.0% | Not ranked |
| 1967 | About 3 | 3.8% | Not ranked |
| 1969 | About 4 | 5.0% | Not ranked |
| 1971 | About 5 | 6.3% | Not ranked |
| 1972 | About 4 | 5.0% | Not ranked |
| 1973 | About 6 | 7.5% | Not ranked |
| 1974 | About 5 | 6.3% | Not ranked |
| 1975 | About 4 | 5.0% | Not ranked |
| 1976 | About 5 | 6.3% | Not ranked |
| 1977 | About 6 | 7.5% | Not ranked |
| 1978 | About 4 | 5.0% | Not ranked |
| 1983 | About 3 | 3.8% | Not ranked |
| 1987 | About 3 | 3.8% | Not ranked |
| 1988 | About 3 | 3.8% | Not ranked |
Years that aren’t listed have fewer than 3 still registered, so BITRE doesn’t publish a count.
About 175,000 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a Ford Lincoln Continental.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many Ford Lincoln Continental vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
Tap a point for its count.
BITRE snapshots. Later releases can revise earlier years. Pre-2021 figures are not on this chart.
| Date | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2021 | About 64 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 64 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 68 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 63 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 80 |
By year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Very small counts are rounded or withheld.
Where these still-registered vehicles are recorded by state/territory
Tap a bar for its count.
| State | Still registered |
|---|---|
| NSW | Not published |
| VIC | About 15 |
| QLD | About 30 |
| WA | Not published |
| SA | About 18 |
| TAS | Not published |
| ACT | Not published |
| NT | About 3 |
Based on BITRE Road Vehicles Australia, January 2021–2025 (CC BY 3.0 AU; the January 2024 release is CC BY 2.5 AU). Colour: Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, Whole Fleet Vehicle Registration Snapshot by Model, Q4 2024 (CC BY 4.0). Oz rare cars is not affiliated with or endorsed by BITRE, the Australian Government or the Victorian Government. Registration counts are not sales, not a valuation, and not advice. Method