OLD CARS: Remembering the remarkable Continental Mark II
Roughly 3,000 Continental Mark IIs were built for the 1956 and 1957 model years, and today the survivors are highly regarded by collectors and automobile…
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Roughly 3,000 Continental Mark IIs were built for the 1956 and 1957 model years, and today the survivors are highly regarded by collectors and automobile…
But at age 80 Henry was not up to the job. He let Charles Sorensen his loyal aide of 40 years slip away, and came under the influence of the thuggish Harry Bennett, head of the Ford Service Department, a euphemism for the company police force. Ford Motor Co. had many military contracts and the government was concerned about its stability. To rescue Ford and keep a Ford at the helm, Edsel’s eldest son Henry Ford II was released from the navy in 1944 and brought in as Ford’s executive vice-president. Old Henry tried clinging to the presidency but his wife Clara and Edsel’s wife Eleanor...