“A few years back, among a pile of yellowing old records in the Ford Motor Company’s archives, a researcher came upon a large old fashioned scrapbook in which he found an unusual collection. On the first page was an illustrated catalog for a 1911 foreign car, called the Continental Peumatik. Flipping the pages the researcher found many pictures and advertisements. The significant thing about the book was that marginal notes in the handwriting of Edsel Ford were interspersed among the pictures. This was the beginning of the idea from which the Lincoln Continental was to come many years later.”
The above was written in the pamphlets that accompanied the sale of Lincoln Continentals back in the 1960's. The Ford family had purchased Lincoln in 1922, and Henry put his son Edsel at the helm. The Continental was both a manifestation of Edsel's sense of style and his own personal dream car. Read more about it in the Lincoln Now article above.
To become part of the singular legacy Edsel Ford began creating years ago, come out to Napleton Lincoln in Glenview at 1610 Waukegan Rd. and pick out the perfect new Lincoln model for you.
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