LINCOLN LOVE: A TRUE STORY EXPERIENCED AND WRITTEN BY REGINALD A. CRAIG
LINCOLN LOVE: A TRUE STORY EXPERIENCED AND WRITTEN BY REGINALD A. CRAIG In the mid-70’s I was born and raised in the city of Detroit where cars and music were king. The first automobile I ever rode in as an infant was my dad’s 1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV. My father always owned a Continental and it was a normal thing for me to see growing up. The earliest memories I relate to the Mark IV is a family outing to Safari Land - Canada, where the giraffes stoop their necks low to be hand feed leaves while visitors drive their cars slowly through the terrain. When we weren't cruising around my father often drove his Continental to work. On his return home he’d CB radio to the house his handle; “Handyman 1 to Handyman 2, do you read me over…”. That was our cue that he was coming in for a landing and to open the backyard gates. However the least flattering memory was how frequently my dad needed to add oil. Seeing this routine familiari...