Mark II once in our family

[lovefords]

In 1969 my mom bought a Mark II (which I discovered), from a used car lot in Westhampton, Long Island. It was light blue with 2-tone blue leather interior. I do not believe it had air conditioning. A year or so later, when it was parked at our family business in upstate New York, it was vandalized and driven into a tree. Although suffering heavy front end damage we got it repaired, and my mom elected to have it painted black. If I remember correctly she sold it in late 1971. I often wonder what ever happened to that car, and hopefully it survives today. Its original color was absolutely drop-dead gorgeous, over-the-top Mark II style.

[Barry Wolk]

Which brings up an interesting point; How many of your families had the kind of money it took to buy a new Mark II? I believe Mad Scientist is recreating his father's Mark II, but I don't know if he bought it new.

In 1956 I was 4 years old. My parents had just purchased a new home in one of Detroit's newest suburbs for $10,000, a princely sum. I think my father was driving a '50 Studebaker. My father's father drove Caddys, but I don't think he even aspired to owning a Mark II.

Looking at the list of buyers they seemed to be corporate giants that bought these things. I wonder how a similar car from Ford would do today?

[Jim Rohn]

VW tried it with their Phaeton ... nice car but no buyer interest

Ford sort of did it with the GT, but that was a sports car, not a luxury car

wildly popular and nearly every one of them now sell for MORE than what they cost new ...

[Barry Wolk]

Glad you could join us Jim. Jim's family had a very special Mark II. It was a pre-production car that his father acquired years later. Jim's father was the HVAC engineer on the Mark II project. I have pictures of him at the Nevada Test Track and other locations. Was his mule brown, or was it always that dirty?:)

[SLK]

Jim's family had a very special Mark II. It was a pre-production car that his father acquired years later. Jim's father was the HVAC engineer on the Mark II project. I have pictures of him at the Nevada Test Track and other locations. Was his mule brown, or was it always that dirty?:)

Jim, did your family sell that car to a museum? My father, Alan Kline, was in negotiations with someone in the early to mid 90's for a pre-production car with a similar story. When he lost out to a museum, he found my car in Chicago.

Barry, do you still have the pictures?

Ben