The Lincoln Continental brake light uses unique bulb sizes 3157, 2458, 1157, and 1034 for the lighting components. Provided data covers the range of 1958 through 2002 for the specified vehicle lighting equipment.
The year-by-year compatibility chart below provides a quick reference to verify the correct bulb size for your vehicle.
The Lincoln Continental brake light specifications cover model years 1958 through 2002, with three distinct bulb types used across the standard brake light position and a fourth appearing in the center high mount stop light.
The 3157 is a dual-filament T25 wedge bulb rated at 12V with a 27W high-filament and 7W low-filament draw. It serves as the brake bulb for the Lincoln Continental across the 1988-2002 model years.
The 1157 is a dual-filament bulb with a BAY15d bayonet base, rated at 12V with filaments drawing 21W and 5W respectively. It is specified for the Continental across the 1963-1987 model years.
The 1034 shares the BAY15d bayonet base with the 1157 and carries the same 12V, 21W/5W rating, making it a variant of that type. It is specified for the 1958-1962 model years.
Because the 3157 uses a T25 wedge base and the 1157 uses a BAY15d bayonet base, these two bulb types are not physically interchangeable despite both being dual-filament 12V units.
The center high mount stop light position was introduced on the Continental starting with the 1986 model year, with no such specification listed for earlier years.
The 912 and 921 are both T15 wedge bulbs and are variants of each other, but they carry different wattage ratings. The 921 is rated at 16W while the 912 is rated at 12W, meaning they are not electrically identical despite sharing the same base type.
The center high mount stop light on the 1989-1995 Continental used the higher-wattage 921 bulb in several of those years, while the 912 was specified for 1986-1988, 1990, and 1996-2002, with the two types alternating across certain model years in that range.
All four bulb types in these specifications conform to ANSI standards applicable in both the United States and Canada.
The shift from the 1034 to the 1157 between the 1962 and 1963 Continental represents a change between two variants sharing the same BAY15d base, while the shift from the 1157 to the 3157 between 1987 and 1988 represents a change in both base type and wattage output.