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There are classic cars you recognize by the badge, and then there are cars you recognize by the silhouette. The 1964 Lincoln Continental Convertible belongs firmly in the second category. For September’s Complete Fleet Unique Car of the Month, we’re going back to an era when American luxury was measured in presence, proportion and craftsmanship. The Continental took a remarkably restrained approach for its time. Long body lines, a low profile, signature center-opening coach doors and the rarity of a true four-door convertible gave it an identity entirely its own. Lincoln’s design represented a deliberate departure from the fins and excessive ornamentation that had defined so much of American automotive styling just a few years earlier. And beneath all that sheet metal sat a 430-cubic-inch V8, providing the kind of effortless power appropriate for a car built around comfort rather than outright speed. More than 60 years later, it still works. What should Barry and the Complete F...

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