For the last time, Gordon Buehrig did not design the Mark II!

The Continental Mark II was already designed by the time Gordon Buehrig came along and was hired as body engineer for the fledgeling Continental Division, announced at the first LCOC meeting in late 1953. The design is oft misreported as his.

When the Continental Division was disbanded in November of 1956 GB went on to Ford Engineering while all but the plant workers disbursed to other jobs within Ford. William Clay went to Ford Styling and Doug McClure, sales manager, and his staff, went to Lincoln sales. The HVAC engine Elmer Rohn went to Engineering. The plant workers stayed until May of 1957 to build out the remaining bodies from Owasso. The building they built to build the Mark II was now Edsel's headquarters. The Continental Division left no forwarding address.

The guy with his hand in the roof is Gordon Buehrig. That's William Clay behind the wheel. Anyone know who the third man is?

Gordon Buehrig was responsible for making the Mark II buildable. The pillar he's near is the smallest seen at the time. If you open the door on a Mark II you can touch your thumb tip to your middle finger tip and touch both sides of the glass. Anyone interested in seeing the cross-section drawing of the A-pillar?

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