
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- As a featured marque honored for its custom coachwork, Lincoln threw a grand party here at the swank Pebble Beach Beach and Tennis Club Thursday. Ford's luxury brand, which has fallen on hard times in recent years, wants to resume its onetime place in the upper tiers of the auto world, and there's no better place to start than Pebble Beach, the annual Woodstock of the high end auto world.