Sunday, November 6, 955

Sudy oe,95THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seventeen

The Continental MksaCmbc
Mark IllIs An Attempt to Recreate A Classic of The Automobile World
By JOEL BERGER model produced for the late Edsel ao a work of art and f or mechani-1 country, the Continentals are erill, both being uaed on the Lin-
Ford. cal performance meeting the high- !cherished by car lovers who have coins of that time.
ONE OF the finest cars ever pro- While the new Continental Is ettcnlgclsadrs" O kept them in peak condition, A With the ceasing of Continental
uc e InuAevric anillisoo be ing produced by a separa te di- good 1941 model sells for $2,000 production in 1940, a twvo-decade
bako h olvrsadhe-vision of the Ford Motor Coin-theitcasoexbtnyis' or more. period which saw some of the
sy nanwfr.pany, the origina1wa crafted by t r ee rca-h spr world's most distinctive cars pro-
Anouncement of the Continen- Lincoln. It bore the title of Lin- charged Cord convertible and the' W/HAT DO the connoisseurs ad- dcdi hscutycm oa
tal-Mark II by the Ford MotorconC tie.1 World War II Jeep. mire about this car? The an-en.Drgthtim mors
company recalls a car that is well Conceived by Fdsel Ford in 1939. swer is -simply that it was distinc- s aw the r.acc models produced by
remembered by classic car lovers. T HE FIRST Continental was a the Continental w.a firs't produced tire, and resembled nothing ever Cord, Packard, Auburn and Due-
Toe original Continerntal was a work of art. It hxa been dis- in 140. Durnng the war years none produced before or since. A long, senburg, among others.
beautiful car-a long, low automo- played at the Mu.srum of Modern were produced, low appearance was given by its
bile inspired by a one-of-a-kind' Art in New' York for its 'excellence Still in evidence throughout the long hood, compact passenger THOSE were the days sshen somae
K Mi2125 Vromp artment, short, almost close- L' manufacturers, especially Dues-
coupaled rear deck, a closed rear- burg, never put ts'o cars on the
quariter roof panel and the outside road exactly alike. Dssesenberg of-
ar ar oie-tire mouint. ten shipped the chassis out to in-
Only black nmark associated sith idu1bdycalmewhwod
11he Continental was its pitifully hand fas'hion the body accordills
snadosite nghe--aV-i exct-to the customer's 'pecificAiona,
:.,.H C.:. .r.ly like those ini the stock Lincolna.
"r > aEach of these cars was a ma.s-
As aesut, hisis he nlyclasicterpiece ini its say. The Cord, from
r' ci in the world saorth more fol- its low' slung, open fender start in
lowing the installation of a new- teL2 hog t umnto
er, imore potent engiine. intesprhgd81cov-
._..«~. Cha racterized by an almost to ntespecagd81-ovr
i tible with dasappainlis headlights,
1atlack of chrome trimi, ti's aci c oo es sahafot
substituted beaity of form foirsawheel daise
ostentation of 'litter. In the eon- Aabusaasasupercharged speed-
s ertible version, the rear se althss a si us
arere totally enclosedawithinas est ih the batmansnosis induesin
ltsp, oly the fr'sat seat le gaoa ai oail irsg
ing eals.ed. The car was alsotfeautioaomeoad stethrouwas
- a'roducedas -a atwo-s usr larsdtopIfordrseatopaonws
coiie, tha' sty'le used ina the a i prssb'abaly the most elegsant, and
-, II. crtainly sale of the most expen-
sivee cass eserh and-ecrailed in
.~ F OLLOWING the sac years, the Amesica.
alsa pe of the atoroohile Ciansi- Witha but tw550osorIlasas sa-
ed s', nsls at.Haeehaag thae same Isslas tlese ensanasta sara's! ase
body'de'sign, ti-acContlinen-tal bioc- faded froai sight. << Hasi ir a ds-
TI1lE0RICINAL CONTINENTlAL-LO,'G LOW' AD DISTLNCTIVEL' somsed fots with straight-contoura awar ihves on is tsc occassosealltd-
fnder' and amas'sire honeycomb !sen movinng sculptures is steel,
each classical sad distianctive iii
Experi ental~-' ' i OWnaatheFocal con-cerna las
attempated to reituranthae in as-
Film s teripiece to producetioan. Tise Mark
I is long, lay, somsewhastdstinha-
__...___ ytive (bat not oscrly ss)alad even
re te a ass+e1 has a stamped outlinse of the rear
is ,ears eis pi-lire msnst pressed itste uslt-
masl si n the shortsubjtas. To-' 'ide of its trunk.
iaorrsoar eaenansa pao"sam an-' Soarsetos'it's iaot use saare casr.
,eudes Picnicby sarils Hrrng-*Truseit will be iarosmt ia'eliaonly
ton. limised quantities fore collaclas
Shoswin'gyata 1 esa urC~ticsl a ~,and millioniaaires whso canasasffrd
Nor. 28 sill be Sa iv clue rDali's anad' its $i0,0t0 pr'ice tg
Luis Huntiel's ' tass o 1 aani Hut ina rreatiaaa. Mark 51 is sot
arde fls, Le ChBico Andalou. A a the ca r its predcec(o was. Styles
clhaotic shocker, in-t toroe'an 'in -alto de'siian hasye chansgedl sdage
nothing, tshefilm 'containsathl a _ 1948.Is.tead of 'sort, cliipasecifea-
'lnoss scenra at aswoans's eyebal des's the Mark II h-as ass entire
hem, i-alt i asifnd acesila 'body panel 'ith no differentated
m.aking love in ti- am111 lhil-a fende'r-sectioi.
'aom 'ith ti- arasas of a musle.
It i' equipped with aeaecy con-
Guets re dmitedat chrge ., . ; " § ceirable option except a ir conchi-
of 50 cents to all Gothaic flm. ex tioning, which can be bouaght as
e .p tho' frm tie Mues man extra. Hut ltar styling of the
Modern Art. Members'hips for the y rgnlwsisieFr a t
ca flm', including the orgn1asYn'ie.Fr a t
manng1 tempted to bring back something
Ihree silenat movies, sr still avail
abea r ola. orts ,'-. which has vanished from the
They ay cpur h, td51 to T~l' iTS 'ONHNEN''AL ARK 9 T~l SI IIT I WILLN BU T~lEmerSicISnEAK.eAmeesanscene tbstiitl'illsasn'
Theymay e puchasd atto- HE 156 CNTINNTALMARKII--THE PIRI IS ILIING B1 T~E FmatchedEA."thech original.nal

1acka m phitheater.
Cham-nber Music:
High-Brow Jam Session
(Cniudfo sass e 6) goa tshas- comiass What is mo015 here
as iso aie lass-at, aich you ela' i
rests of the Stanley Qusatet. They. say of combos. I don' no kifa
ae relaxed sad concentrated. these as a arads' schaool sira1a, n,,qa
They docal seam conaceraied avith let het ti-asi ae tasais "d; 155l ones
awh-al paeni-lt thin they asre tink TI-ac as a anaiasathrae,: quri-ala-a
asag. Thecy aren'at wrriaed ahou Theia s a.5 faculiyv scasa'son's
getting thirs money'ls otha Tahey IYouadont cve 'ao In all - a ale
permitl ti-a lvs nasa e a sore ber mustc nsa.
arnd for a few m aomentas lirt thir
hares within ama ideaa .tono of Jj EOt LE don't play stcring guar-
tine lets au-i far li-a iahyaicali sac-
It wsthis intimatIs huana cx- cise 001 for liar social eveninagI
pesra sc of lame thaat led levee a i the music. Nothinsg easelsI
rad T. S. Eliot to think of elan- charober inuale literatlure, perhsapas'
ber music sod the qusartet whe ba usas t awas snever writtens Ins
they wrote thtir ipaetr shoew but for the starer lore of
Now, the expessence of charobes mousict
music is net limited te tile conce"t Virgil Thosonsas has said tha
hlsh indetd, t vwa-a never intended IIthe cratest waork sat Ameiean
Sr the large concerat hall. Ciam se aomoes has heen otsr tihe aten
cc masiaas a hag-bros -isass- caqualrlet. Tihs is as euciosas oa-~sa
k~sen. Perhaps ass siory' I iae t, iaeasor It seems lake suet anr
on. thr ise cambla a aas.lut-.aInachrisman wisen slag casasis
'Tlaese ipeuliacrapsasile ~(,1 saud a- 'hasiabat lhen~ perapts, ca)naim
ciplay an a st l clst lisasa esalissa do-esn't diomsinate ltse
c at I bet ti-are al o0101'; aaa tistic scgsae a msuchis wae sea-ale
t'a.r strcng quarlt a n thiss es-ala Iiaes th 1,iwk

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