1956 Continental Mark II

Description

In 1956, Ford Motor Company designers went out on a limb, and designed the Continental MK II to compete with Europes finest luxury cars of the day. It is really the last vestige of the hand-built luxury cars from the pre-war period, and with a price tag near $10000, it was twice as expensive as the highest priced Cadillac available. Plans called for around 2000 vehicle production per year for 5 years, and in 1956, they surpassed that total with 2.550 cars sold many to star athletes and Hollywood types, attracted to the Continentals low slung luxury. Alas, in 1957, sales tanked to only 440 units, and the Mk II as well as the entire separate Continental Division were scrapped. These highly optioned beauties now live on as a desireable and fairly rare collector car, although an expensive vehicle to find parts for and restore. This fine example sold for $35200 at RMs Amelia Island sale, a bit shy of the $40K plus pre-auction estimate.

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1956, Continental, Mark, II, Dave, Kinney, Hagerty's, Cars, that, matter, Hagerty, Air, Conditioning, Spotters, guide, lincoln

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