Rare Lincoln Continental Mark II finished in code correct Blackover Ivory/Gray interior! Fitted with all factory options includingair conditioning! All new leather/cloth interior completed in 2018,and fully serviced for immediate road use! Showing only 57,800miles! Much of its ownership history is documented includingoriginal owner! Spent the past 17 years in California! A wonderfulclassic luxury car investment! Lincoln Continental Mark IIBackground: The Lincoln Automobile Company had made great stridesto identify itself as a premiere, luxury brand all through the1920s and 1930s. After World War II, most manufacturers eagerlypursued new innovations and designs to regain the vast market shareof a booming American economy. As the 1950s era rolled in, also didautomobiles with sleeker body lines, more powerful engines,electronic accessories, and much larger price tags. With Cadillacarguably being the front runner on luxury car lists, Lincoln setforth to trump the impressive top of the line Eldorado with acomplete redesign of their Continental model. They featuredterrific long & low body aesthetics, with build qualities second tonone! During production, all body panels were fully test fitted andperfected before being painted with a superb lacquer finish. Onlythe best materials available would be selected to adorn theinterior, along with fully featured power accessories. Each carwould have to pass through 14 quality control stations duringassembly, with each one road tested before delivery. The onlyavailable option would be factory air conditioning. Appropriatelynamed the Continental Mark II, only 2,994 units would be producedduring a 2-year run. Each with an astounding price tag of over$10,000 when equipped with air conditioning! With Lincolnsobsession to make the finest car on the road, it would quicklyattract buyers from all around to own such an exclusive automobile.Some of the most famous names would include Frank Sinatra, DwightEisenhower, Elvis Presley, Howard Johnson, Nelson Rockefeller,among many others! Lincoln Continental Mark II Info: Offered hereis a beautiful 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II finished in factorycorrect Black (01) over White Leather/Deep Gray Matelass Clothseating upholstery with Deep Gray Carpet. Powered by its original368ci V8 engine producing a stout 285 horsepower through aTurbo-Drive automatic transmission. Features on this LincolnContinental include the exclusive, trunk-mounted air conditioningsystem with ceiling ventilation, power windows, power steering,power brakes, power front seat, tinted window glass, drivers sideoutside mirror, wide whitewall radial tires, full wheel covers,Town & Country signal seeking radio, heat/defrost, and more! Thiswonderful, December 1955 production example sold new from SeamanMotors to Howard Zink, a Fremont, Ohio-based Automotive AccessoriesManufacturer from 1917-1966. Originally named the Hodes-ZinkManufacturing Company, it later became Howard Zink Corporation withthe passing of A.K. Hodes in 1938. Specializing in convertible top& side curtains for touring cars & roadsters, they also maderadiator & hood covers. With a copious amount of vehicle patterns,they mass produced their products under the trademark Sure-Fit. Mr.Zink would maintain possession for a number of years, before itwould trade hands to James Miller, another Ohio collector, from1975 through at least 1984. He would have the car listed in theContinental Mark II registry. Fast forward to the year 2000, andthis Continental has now made it way out to Palm Springs,California to join the collection of Herbert J. Lane after hepurchased from The Auto Collection in Las Vegas, NV. Outside of onerepaint to the exterior, the car continued to remain virtually alloriginal! He would finally come to sell it in the summer of 2017when it found its way here to the St Louis Car Museum. Upon arrivalto the Museum, we performed a very comprehensive inspectionfollowed by a thorough servicing of all major components. Thisincluded a complete conversion of the air conditioning system toR134a, new engine valve cover gaskets, fresh engine oil & filter,rebuilt original carburetor, flush & refilled both transmission &rear differential, new brake vacuum reservoir tank, new battery &cables, rebuilt speedometer & tachometer, new heater controlvalves, rebuilt starter, rebuilt fuel pump, new front sway barbushings & end links, all new window weather stripping, radiatorcap, rebuilt vacuum wiper motor, and complete ignition system toinclude new spark plugs, plug wires, cap, rotor, condenser, andpoints. Our biggest and most expensive contribution was thecomplete replacement of the entire interior. This includedeverything from a new headliner down to the padded carpeting! Theseat cushions were rebuilt, all new Ivory Leather hydes suppliedfrom Hirsch, along with new inset fabric and Ivory headlinerprovided exclusively by SMS Auto Fabrics. The carpet was providedby Mark II Enterprises with correct driver heel pad. The paddeddoor panels were hand fabricated. The end result is outstanding,and equal to the quality when delivered new in 1956! For thoselooking for a prestigious automobile that checks all the boxes in aclassic luxury arena, look no further! This remains as exclusive anautomobile today as it did in 1956, perhaps even more so! Pleasecall to visit more about this Continental, or present an offer.Thanks for looking!