15th May 2018, 16:48
"'Mark I'? No such vehicle."
Actually, there was although it was not called Mark I at the time, it was made from 1939-1948, just the Continental Mark. It is the reason that the 1956-1957 version was called Mark II. The subsequent Mark III/IV/V produced from 1958-1960 were such dogs that Lincoln wanted everyone to forget they were ever built. So when the Continental Mark series was revived for 1969, it was called the Mark III, instead of Mark VI.
15th May 2018, 08:15
"The Mark II sold for $10,400, the equivalent of a new Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud or two Cadillacs (at least until the $13,074 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham out-priced it in 1957). In spite of this, Ford estimated they still lost over a thousand dollars per car on the 3,000 that were built." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Mark_II#Sales
If you see one, you definitely see a lot of the 55-57 TBird styling in it, even if not a 2 seater or removable top. I cannot see anyone disliking the styling of this one, but to each his own.