1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II

The 1956 Continental Mark II was an ultra-luxury personal car manufactured by the Continental Division of the Ford Motor Company. Designed under John Reinhart and Gordon Buehrig, it stood as a handcrafted, understated counterpoint to the flamboyant chrome and tailfin trends of the mid-1950s. Featuring clean horizontal lines, a restrained egg-crate grille, minimal brightwork, and an integrated spare-tire trunk lid contour, the Mark II was nearly hand-built to aircraft tolerances. Priced at roughly ten thousand dollars, it was powered by a 368-cubic-inch Y-block V8 producing 285 horsepower.

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