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Feb 27, 2005 | 08:56 AM

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1956MarkII

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Hey 1956MKII, speaking of image cars, take a look at Ebay item number 4530246802&rd=1 and tell me what you think. Can you estimate the value of this work of artistic genius? This must be the Mona Lisa of automobile design.

Oh...my...Lord! The Mark II always looks best in black or dark blue. What's downright amazing is that car is an identical twin to the only one I know of in the Rochester area, right down to the 2-tone cream-and-green leather interior. Every Mark II was custom-ordered, so the odds of finding 2 with the same unusual color combination is unbelievable. When you consider what most other cars looked like in 1956 (Buick, Rambler, Cadillac, etc...), the beauty of the Mark II is just that much more remarkable.

Feb 27, 2005 | 09:19 AM

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DeckedoutF150

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1956MarkII,

are you going to the NY auto show to see the new mustang SVT on march 23rd??

Feb 27, 2005 | 07:48 PM

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Who is the designer credited with the '56 -'57 Mark II? Was it Delarosa - I think he's the guy who did the '61 Continental / T-Bird. I heard that Bill Ford was influential in the retro design of the new Mustang, and I'd like to see the company produce a new Mark IX with strong retro styling to the '56 -'57 Mark II.

Feb 28, 2005 | 02:08 PM

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Who is the designer credited with the '56 -'57 Mark II?...

I'll have to look it up. I can tell you this: the man in charge of the whole project was William Clay Ford, Sr. That's right: Ford's current chairman's father! I also know that a competition was set up for the design, including outside designers, the first time in Ford's history. There were 4 or 5 designs submitted, and the drawings had to be a certain size, all in black and white. A member of the Ford board was taken into a room, one at a time, to look at the drawings. None of them were labeled, and no one was told who did the individual designs. They talked later and were surprised to find out that they unanimoulsy agredd on the winner. It was the design submitted by Ford's own Lincoln stylists! The outsider's proposals were good, but Ford's own team came up with the best design. Another proud moment in Ford's amazing history.

Mar 1, 2005 | 01:48 AM

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The design is remarkable when one considers the totality of other designs pervading the market at the time. There was nothing like it -- it was a pure mental creation with a minimum of influence from what had gone before. In fact, it resisted the very strong trend of the day to move towrds "jet aircraft" and "rocket" designs. It predicted the '61 Continental, and it navigated the "rocket" look into something tasteful in the '61 T-Bird. It was a revolutionary (as opposed to evolutionary) expression of the design elements of the Continental that preceded it. I want one!!