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◊ 2013-10-20 10:14 |
![[Image: vlcsnap-2013-10-16-23h26m45s166.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/17160/vlcsnap-2013-10-16-23h26m45s166.jpg) ![[Image: vlcsnap-2013-10-16-22h39m26s17.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/17160/vlcsnap-2013-10-16-22h39m26s17.jpg) Too bad we lost Commander's explainations on this car and the fact it's a Continental and not a Lincoln. |
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◊ 2013-10-20 13:44 |
Will try to recall what I said. Believe the conclusion we reached was that there is no definitive way to tell EVERY 1956 Continental from EVERY 1957. Not sure any specific change was made right at the serial number break and Ford did not advertise a "new for '57" Continental. There was a seamless movement between model years. However, from reviewing what there is available, it appears that when first introduced, the '56 Continental did not have the front bumper overriders. I believe they were added during the '56 run and therefore feel comfortable listing overriderless models as 1956's. The only other exterior change I know of is the removal of the A/C duct openings in the leading edges of the rear fenders. Exactly when this occurred I don't know and not all Continentals had A/C anyway. Did early Continentals without A/C still have the duct openings? Additional info of a definitive nature would be greatly appreciated as I have aways wondered about exactly how to ID these interesting cars. Any Continental/Lincoln club member on the site who might have more details? -- Last edit: 2013-10-20 13:47:12 |
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◊ 2013-10-21 20:41 |
^![[Image: scaled.php?server=717&filename=page300.jpg&res=crop]](http://imageshack.us/f/717/page300.jpg/ "http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg717/scaled.php?server=717&filename=page300.jpg&res=crop") A scan of page 300 from the Cars of Lincoln-Mercury by George H. Dammann & James K. Wagner When you do a image search you also find a lot of 57 Mark IIs with the air inlets mounted in the rear quarter panels for the A/C, but 57s used a different duct system that made it the only production car ever to have a front air intake for a trunk mounted A/C system. The problem is that there never was an "official" model year. This extended to the VINs that all began with C56. C5661001-C56K3413; June 55-Sep. 56 and those considered 1957 models C56K3414-C56T3989; Oct. 56-May 57. So basically whenever the car was first titled, (sometimes after they sat around the dealer's lots for months) what ever was put down became the model year. If you wanted to we could do away with the model year entirely. Technically there was none and the site is never going to have that many examples. |
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◊ 2013-10-21 22:26 |
I say we simply list all as 1956 models unless we know of a car with a specific serial # in the 1957 sequence. We normally use first year of a known range. |
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◊ 2023-03-25 16:53 |
Actually, there were few change for the 1957 Mark II : engine power boosted to 300 HP, carburetor modified, speedometer modified (140 MPH to 120 MPH), air cleaner modified. I had owner one of the very first production and first exported Mark II, and I own now a very late production. |
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