2551 - Welcome! Joaquin Nuno-Whelan, President of Ford Lincoln Division

[Pat Marshall]

We are pleased to announce that Joaquin Nuno-Whelan, President of the Ford Lincoln Division has joined the Mark II Forum yesterday and registered his Mark II, #2551, with us.

Mr. Nuno-Whelan assumed leadership of the Lincoln Division last year.

2025 ANNOUNCEMENT FORD MEDIA CENTER

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Joaquin Nuno-Whelan is president of Lincoln, effective May 1, 2025. In this role, he is responsible for leading the brand's global operations and for the continued evolution and growth of Lincoln as a world-class luxury brand. He will continue to advance the brand?s global product portfolio and develop differentiated, connected experiences for Lincoln customers around the world.

He reports to Lisa Materazzo, Ford's CMO with dual reporting to Andrew Frick, president, Ford Blue and Model e and interim head of Ford Pro.

Nuno-Whelan brings more than 25 years of global experience in vehicle and technology development to this role, with a strong focus on luxury brands and premium vehicle development. He joined Ford in 2024 as the Vehicle Program Director for full-size utilities.

Prior to joining Ford, he was the senior vehicle line director for new programs at Rivian and held several leadership roles during his more than 20 years at General Motors where he contributed to the development of premium vehicle lines.

Nuno-Whelan holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from University of Detroit Mercy and a Master of Science degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Please join us in welcoming Mr. Nuno-Whelan to our Mark II Community.

ps. I apologize for not being able to put the proper "tilde" over the 2nd "N" in Nuno.

[jdsnoddy]

Welcome Joaquin. 2551 is a very nice car. I appreciate your being here.
Very best regards,
John

[JNW]

Thanks, Pat! Looking forward to getting my car and attending events this summer. We have some great momentum at Lincoln right now, but I can't even begin to tell you how important the Mark II is to us, both in honoring the history of the brand and inspiring future work. Hope to meet many of the folks on this forum in the future.


- JNW

[JNW]

Thanks, John!

[Pat Marshall]

JNW, we really appreciate your response, and look forward to your participation in our Mark II Community.

The Forum is an outstanding source of Mark II support with over 8,000 searchable technical, historical and informational threads. In addition we have members who are always willing to help other members. The heart of the Forum is our SEACH FUNCTION which is the window to our treasure of information.

You have joined us at a time of upgrade and transition and ironically our SEARCH FUNCTION is, very temporarily, only partially working. Obviously, getting that back on-line is our highest priority.

We try to maintain the histories, as much as possible, of all 3,005 Continental Mark II's.

For example, this is taken from the OWNERSHIP HISTORY of your #2551 in our Registry.

OWNERSHIP HISTORY:
1956 Principal Motors, Inc. Monterey CA
1956-?? L. Selater-Booth
1957-1993 No History Found
1994-?? Elmer J. Davis CA
1996-2001 Paul Haagsman Belleair Shores FL
2002-2004 Charles J. Pickering Germantown TN
2004-2018 Triple F Automotive LLC Fort Worth TX
2018-2019 St Louis Car Museum St Louis MO
c2020-2024 (or later) Sean Rositano Morgan Hill CA
2025 No History Found
4/2/2026 Joaquin Nuno-Whelan Ann Arbor, MI

We always ask new owners to provide any additional (or different) information they may have obtained when they purchased their car.

Do you have a copy of 2551's original Continental Division Invoice to Principal Motors? Also we would appreciate current photos of 2551, so we can add them to the car's history.

Thank you very much. ...And welcome to the Mark II Forum.

Pat Marshall

[Milsteads Garage]

Welcome to the forum! We love questions and everything MarkII.