Elvis Presley had one of these. I saw a video of his mother driving it in the snow. Also, Jerry Lee Lewis said the first time he ever met Elvis he drove up in a 57 Continental Mark II. These cars costed around 10 grand new. That was alot of bread back in 56! A T-Bird only costed around $3,000. I wonder what a Rolls costed back then, whatever it was there is no way they could compete with the Mark II.
You're correct. it was a part of the Ford motor company's Continental division. The Continental's star ornament was later integrated into the Lincoln marque.
I can't believe I just saw this. What a treat, what a pleasure!! Thank you so much. May I be a bit picky and point out that the Continental Mark II wasn't officially a Lincoln. It was the only product of the very short lived Continental Division, shot down with the whole project by HFII which caused bad blood between him and brother his Bill Ford Sr. HFII needed resources for the rolling disaster that the E car (a.k.a the Edsel) would turn out to be. Great job and thanks again!!
Imagine, they did all this without the aid of computer modelling too. Notice the masculine pronouns used throughout. Car making sure was a boys club back then. A very enjoyable video clip!
wow. this was a nice video. i owns a 56 continental who is been build up from a wreack. alot of work, but its fun to see it lokks like a car again:) so i hope it will look like this one soon. my car is a late 55 mod and black with white and blue inside:)
@315tomr Thanks for the comment. In answer to your question archive.org is where I found this gem. Check it out, they have all kinds of fantastic old films.
I liked this car ever since I saw it in a movie re-run from about 1957. The Mark III was also nice and both looked good in the high-gloss black finish.
I'd love to have seen what this car looked like in it's "blackout disguise" when it traveled coast-to-coast early in '55 (10:38). When they talked about the leather interiors (12:32), they didn't mention that the leather came from a particular breed of cattle, grown only in Scotland, because it was the finest leather in the world. Jayne Mansfield had the only pink Mark II ever made, but it was destroyed in a fire before she ever got to enjoy it. I've dreamed on owning one since 1955.
I wouldn't blame Henry The Deuce for stopping production on this car. Most of the blame should go to Robert McNamara who was a "one marque" guy and a notorious bean-counter. Big Mac tried to kill off the Mercury and Lincoln lines completely but the Ford bros. stopped him. He did however kill the two-seat T-Bird even though it was outselling Corvette by a huge margin. He didn't like sporty cars. If Mac had his way Ford would have sold only Falcons because they were cheap and easy to make.
While a very clean design, the Mark II, even today, has only a limited appeal. It is not a car which has people lusting after it. During the early parts of the film I was thinking of the 1953 Studebaker coupes and how elegant that design was.
I'd love to have seen what this car looked like in it's "blackout disguise" when it traveled coast-to-coast early in '55 (10:38). When they talked about the leather interiors (12:32), they didn't mention that the leather came from a particular breed of cattle, grown only in Scotland, because it was the finest leather in the world. Jayne Mansfield had the only pink Mark II ever made, but it was destroyed in a fire before she ever got to enjoy it. I've dreamed on owning one since 1955.
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Simply the most beautiful car ever created, as far as I'm concerned.
Lincoln needs to start putting this kind of thought in their new cars.
Elvis Presley had one of these. I saw a video of his mother driving it in the snow. Also, Jerry Lee Lewis said the first time he ever met Elvis he drove up in a 57 Continental Mark II. These cars costed around 10 grand new. That was alot of bread back in 56! A T-Bird only costed around $3,000. I wonder what a Rolls costed back then, whatever it was there is no way they could compete with the Mark II.
You're correct. it was a part of the Ford motor company's Continental division. The Continental's star ornament was later integrated into the Lincoln marque.
These MK11 are wthout dought one of the most beutiful automobiles to come out of the US,
I can't believe I just saw this. What a treat, what a pleasure!! Thank you so much.
May I be a bit picky and point out that the Continental Mark II wasn't officially a Lincoln. It was the only product of the very short lived Continental Division, shot down with the whole project by HFII which caused bad blood between him and brother his Bill Ford Sr. HFII needed resources for the rolling disaster that the E car (a.k.a the Edsel) would turn out to be.
Great job and thanks again!!
the car is in houston, texas, at gallery furniture. it was bought by the furniture store owner and is on display there.
Imagine, they did all this without the aid of computer modelling too. Notice the masculine pronouns used throughout. Car making sure was a boys club back then.
A very enjoyable video clip!
wow. this was a nice video. i owns a 56 continental who is been build up from a wreack. alot of work, but its fun to see it lokks like a car again:) so i hope it will look like this one soon. my car is a late 55 mod and black with white and blue inside:)
@315tomr Thanks for the comment. In answer to your question archive.org is where I found this gem. Check it out, they have all kinds of fantastic old films.
I liked this car ever since I saw it in a movie re-run from about 1957. The Mark III was also nice and both looked good in the high-gloss black finish.
Just saw this video, absolutely magnificent. Where did you get it ?
I'd love to have seen what this car looked like in it's "blackout disguise" when it traveled coast-to-coast early in '55 (10:38). When they talked about the leather interiors (12:32), they didn't mention that the leather came from a particular breed of cattle, grown only in Scotland, because it was the finest leather in the world. Jayne Mansfield had the only pink Mark II ever made, but it was destroyed in a fire before she ever got to enjoy it. I've dreamed on owning one since 1955.
@save16thave Great comment, I had never heard that before. Thanks for sharing!
now that is a coupe
Imagine the value of the model they were using.
I wouldn't blame Henry The Deuce for stopping production on this car. Most of the blame should go to Robert McNamara who was a "one marque" guy and a notorious bean-counter. Big Mac tried to kill off the Mercury and Lincoln lines completely but the Ford bros. stopped him. He did however kill the two-seat T-Bird even though it was outselling Corvette by a huge margin. He didn't like sporty cars. If Mac had his way Ford would have sold only Falcons because they were cheap and easy to make.
Bet he guys who painted them had their health wecked,spraying that paint giving off strong fumes in a confined space.
I recognize the narrator's voice, but I can't place the name. Anyone know who it is?
I think a Rolls at that time was less than 5,000!
The Rolls Royce was a comparable price in 1956
I wondereded what it costed to have one restoreded? I would like to driveded one!
While a very clean design, the Mark II, even today, has only a limited appeal. It is not a car which has people lusting after it. During the early parts of the film I was thinking of the 1953 Studebaker coupes and how elegant that design was.
I'd love to have seen what this car looked like in it's "blackout disguise" when it traveled coast-to-coast early in '55 (10:38). When they talked about the leather interiors (12:32), they didn't mention that the leather came from a particular breed of cattle, grown only in Scotland, because it was the finest leather in the world. Jayne Mansfield had the only pink Mark II ever made, but it was destroyed in a fire before she ever got to enjoy it. I've dreamed on owning one since 1955.