It doesn't appear that 1001 being the first production Mark II was of any particular significance to Continental. Since the cars were the same in all respects I don't think that they saw any difference between the 11 Pre-Production cars and the subsequent Regular Productions.

Several of the first ones were put in Company Service. 980 went to a dealer in San Jose and 981 to one in Englewood, NJ. 983 to Buffalo, NY, 984 to Tacoma, 985 to Hempstead NY.

1002 Went to the New York District Sales Office and then they went as follows: 1003-Flushing NY, 1004-Albany NY, 1005-NYC, 1006-Johnstown, PA, 1007-Brooklyn, 1008-Bronx, 1009-Brooklyn, 1010-Brooklyn, 1011-Jersey City, 1012 Hicksville, NY, 1013-No Record, 1014-Forest Hills, NY, 1015-Rockville Centre, NY, 1016-Brooklyn, 1017-Bronx, 1018-Montclair, NJ.

It wasn't until 1019 that Mark IIs began to be sent West. 1047 was the first Export.

I think they were just trying to fill the pipelines.