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May, 2012

COMING UP ON AUTOMOTIVE MILEPOSTS:
The 1956-57 Continental Mark II

Ford was determined to take on its competitors by creating the most exclusive, most expensive production car ever in the mid-fifties. And that was the Continental Mark II. With nearly every luxury then known provided as standard equipment, extreme care was exercised in its construction. This care carried through to shipping, with each car being transported in a protective cover.

Loved by celebrities and the world's wealthiest people, the Continental Mark II didn't last long, and neither did its reign at the top of the market, as Cadillac's Eldorado Brougham appeared on the scene for 1957, just as the Mark II exited production. Priced higher, and with even more luxuries, the challenge was on. It was an incredible time in motordom, and the Mark II remains a favorite among Lincoln enthusiasts today.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012 8:40 AM

Over the last few weeks, we've been working on a site update that we plan to roll out in the months ahead. The new look will include increased functionality for you as well as a change in appearance. All pages will share a common header and footer, which means it will be easier for you to navigate through the site. You will be able to search the site from most pages so you can easily find what you're looking for, and we are incorporating social media buttons to make it easy for you to share articles and pages of interest with your friends and family.

As part of this update, we will be reconfiguring our pages to display better on mobile devices. While most of this work goes on behind the scenes, we're still making updates to the site. Over the last couple of weeks, we've added new information to many of our Cadillac options pages, including expanded production and accessory codes for optional equipment, as well as updated pricing of options to reflect early production and late production pricing.

Additionally, we discovered and documented new interior trim codes for the 1964 Lincoln Continentals, including two special order interiors, and have added those to the Interior Trim page for that model.

These changes take time, as our pages are created individually, to reflect the design and era of the car they represent. We don't mass generate pages using a database, as we feel that's somewhat impersonal, and that the classics we include on our site deserve more respect than that.

We'll provide more information as we get closer to making changes that you can see. Thank you for visiting, we're honored that you spend time on our site. Have a great Tuesday!