1956 Continental Mark II Interior, Showing Steering Wheel and Instrument Cluster
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Artifact Overview
The dashboard of the 1956 Continental Mark II featured an instrument panel inspired by airplanes, with a pushbutton radio, watch-dial gauges, and throttle-style climate control levers.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1955
Subject Date
1955
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.182.P.833.107399.64
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 9.938 in
Inscriptions
Printed on attached press release:
RELEASE A.M. OCTOBER 5, 1955 / The simplicity of the interior design of the Continental Mark II, Ford Motor Company's new prestige automobile to be introduced this month, is heightened by the functional arrangement of the instruments. The cluster at left has four indicators -- for fuel, oil pressure, temperature and battery. Next is the speedometer-odometer. Third from left, an electric clock with sweep second hand. At right, a tachometer. The dashboard and the hood over the instrument cluster are trimmed in imported leather dyed to harmonize with the interior color scheme. The floor of both the interior and the luggage compartment is covered with deep-pile carpeting. Just above the tunnel housing and convenient to both driver and front-seat passenger are throttle-type heater and air controls. Each rear-seat passenger has an individual heater outlet. The safety steering wheel is a new feature on all Ford Motor Company passenger cars. / Public Relations / CONTINENTAL DIVISION / Ford Motor Company / DEARBORN, MICHIGAN
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