Tag: 1956 Continental Mark II

The Car That Outlived Her Clarice had been gone three months. Heart gave out in her sleep, quietly, without fanfare. The mail still came, the wind still blew, and the Continental sat there, bearing witness like it always had. Her nephew, Travis, came down from Midland to settle the estate. He was the kind of…

When they saw this, everyone in Fort Stockton thought this was the Continental Mark II out near the back row of Earl’s Salvage Yard and Formalwear.  That damn thing is legendary. Folks had pretty much forgotten about it the last decade or two, but for ever and a day it was known as “Larry Ludlow’s…