{"id":302,"date":"2020-03-26T16:51:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T22:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tluke.com\/?page_id=302"},"modified":"2026-10-18T10:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T16:36:21","slug":"mark-ii-original","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tluke.com\/?page_id=302","title":{"rendered":"Mark II Original"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xjr.ung.mybluehost.me\/tluke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MIIBannerImagenAluminumBG.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"207\" data-attachment-id=\"1215\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tluke.com\/?attachment_id=1215\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tluke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MIIBannerImagenAluminumBG.png?fit=4200%2C850&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4200,850\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MIIBannerImagenAluminumBG\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tluke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MIIBannerImagenAluminumBG.png?fit=1024%2C207&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xjr.ung.mybluehost.me\/tluke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MIIBannerImagenAluminumBG-1024x207.png?resize=1024%2C207&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tluke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MIIBannerImagenAluminumBG.png?resize=1024%2C207&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tluke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MIIBannerImagenAluminumBG.png?resize=300%2C61&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tluke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MIIBannerImagenAluminumBG.png?resize=768%2C155&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tluke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MIIBannerImagenAluminumBG.png?resize=1536%2C311&amp;ssl=1 1536w, 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2 door coupe at 18 ft long barely fits&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;div class='clear_description'&gt;Fits in the garage with at least 10 inches to spare front to back&lt;\/div&gt;\" class=\"lightbox_rel6adcddc12d2f6\"\n                                                                                                                                    href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tluke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/continuous-image-carousel-with-lightbox\/Image20_MIFront.png?ssl=1\"\n                                                                ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"objFit_cont center\" style=\"border-radius:10px !important;max-height:100%;max-width:100%;width:auto;height:auto;\"  onclick=\"return clickedItemfunc_6adcddc12d2f8();\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tluke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/continuous-image-carousel-with-lightbox\/Image20_MIFront_240_320_no_crop.png?w=1100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mark II backed in my garage: this 2 door coupe at 18 ft long barely fits\" 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Ford&#8217;s  (grandson of Henry Ford) Mark II<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My car was painted many years ago from original medium blue iridescent (below) to something close to this color on the left,  which Bill Ford made popular.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Original Color: Medium Blue Iridescent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">The car on the right (above on mobile screens) shows the original color of my Mark II. It was a special order color (D19). Only about 20 cars were sold in this color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">The wheels still sport this color as does the inside of the engine compartment. 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