It is too bad it is leaving the family as the 56 coupes are totally cool and unique.  However like John hinted at, they apparently are an unbelievalbe pain in the rear to work on.  Bill was trying to tell me something about the way the transmission and dual drive shaft layout went, making a transmission pull a VERY expensive project if you werent doing it yourself.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

I didn't think much of the engineering when I was a line mechanic at an L-M dealership.  Had to remove the dash to change a dash light bulb.

John

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

In '56, what impressed me (a 10 yr. old kid) most about these cars (other than their looks/price, and the fact that Elvis had one), was the 150 MPH speedometer in a luxury car!

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA

Your relatives are very lucky to own one of these cars.In many respects they are probably the best car that has ever been built in this country by Ford or anyone else,for that matter.Also ,I and many others think the MarkII is one of the most beautiful.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

Google search resulted in information which has the production numbers for 56 and 57 at 2994.  Price was 10,000.  Quality exceeded everything in the US, rivaling RollsRoyce. 

And now I have a tiny piece of the '56 Continental on my truck, kind of .  Went to Bill's yesterday for help with my distributor.  The rotor would not go down onto the shaft all the way and kept chewing itself up.  After a little filing and fitting, Bill took the rotor from the dizzy he withdrew from the '56 and installed it.  Works much better.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

That is a Continental Mark II.I'd love to have one also,but as they are so rare,they will always be out of my price range.They were only built 2 years,56 and 57.I don't remember the exact production figures,but it was somewhere around 6000.The only option available was air conditioning.Everything else you could think of in 56 was standard equipment.The engines were hand built,balanced and blueprinted and so well built and tuned that they put out about 20% more H.P. and torque than a standard 368 Lincoln.Fantastic car!!!!!!!! 

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

Beautiful, Continental Coupe! One of the prettiest cars Ford ever built! Probably a collecters item too. I've wanted one since 56 but will never be able to buy a good one. Wow! Chuck in NH

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Here they are.

http://www.fordmotorforum.com/forums/attachments/f25/3711d1185168771-1956-lincoln-my-mechanics-

Maybe this will work?

and this: 

 

and one more: 

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Paul, you could very well could be correct.  I havent seen this style before.  Two door, short looking top/passenger compartment, would love to have one.  I will try one more time on the pictures.

Nope, it says I have already exceeded my alloted space.  368 KB with this little bit of typing?

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

It sounds like the car you're describing is not exactly a Lincoln.You probably are looking at a Continental,which in 56 was a seperate entity from Lincoln,although it used a lot of Lincoln parts.They were in essence hand built and were without question the best built cars of the era,bar none.Cadillac was not even close to the quality of these cars.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO