Dude, take in the design aroma of 50's and 60's Chevrolet and Cadillac. Haha.
"I grew up Ford-based and still love them. But funny is I have never outright owned one myself. So far it is all GM."
I had a 1954 Ford Mercury that had much better lines than a '54 Chevy Bel Air. I also had a 1956 Ford Victoria with better design than the all popular '56 boxy Chevy. So yes, Ford did some good stuff.
"For ‘50s, a great all-too forgotten one is the great Continental Mk II. THAT is a beautiful line."
Absolutely. However, I still think the '58 Cadillac eldorado was the better design and wasn't as boxy. Plus it had suicide doors the Lincoln didn't include until later in '60's. Ever watch TV show or the movie, "Entourage"? It has an early convertible Continental with suicide doors. Just gorgeous. I'd trade our my Impala for that car any day. Obviously, I'm not a hotrod guy. I grew up cruising the Blvd's like in American Graffiti. Of course I enjoyed the speed of my friend's hotrods. "I got the need, the need for speed!"
You do know the Continental, right? It’s not really Lincoln (although I grew up on Town Cars and adore Lincoln’s of the past). It was’56 and ‘57 and only a coupe. Hardly any cars of the ‘50s were really “boxy”. Definitely the ‘60s, though I far prefer that to the plump little blimps of the last 30 years.
Cadillac got ridiculous with the fins. They are iconic but the hype from that leads to overrating. Some of the ‘57 are nice, but some did not look right. I’d prefer the earlier. The ‘59 I hate...but of course that is most hyped! My mom grew up mostly on Cadillacs, but she loved her brothers’ c.50 Crestliner!