Lincoln Custom
Lincoln Custom | |
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Production period: | 1941-1955 |
Class : | upper middle class |
Body versions : | Limousine , Pullman limousine , coupe |
Previous model: |
Lincoln Zephyr 1940 Lincoln Cosmopolitan 1954 |
Successor: | Lincoln Capri 1956 |
The Lincoln Custom was a luxury car manufactured by Lincoln in model years 1941 and 1942 . In the 1955 model year there was another series under this name that replaced the Cosmopolitan .
1941-1942
1st series | |
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Production period: | 1941-1942 |
Body versions : | Limousine , Pullman limousine |
Engines: |
Petrol engines : 4.8 liters (88–96 kW) |
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Wheelbase : | 3505 mm |
Empty weight : | 1984-1993 kg |
The pre-war custom emerged from the other two Lincoln models Zephyr and Continental by extending the chassis by 13 "(wheelbase: 3,505 mm). The car received the hood ornament of the Continental and the front of the Zephyr. The luxurious interior was in blue, green or fawn fabric or fawn cord.
The seat 7 only as a sedan, or 7-seater saloon cars available Pullman had, as its sister models, a side-valve V12 engine having 4,785 cc displacement, the first 120 bhp (88 kW) at 3500 min -1 . developed. 1942, the output rose to 130 hp (96 kW) at 4000 min -1 . A manual three-speed gearbox with steering wheel shift and hydraulic brakes on all four wheels were standard.
After the Second World War , the large cars were initially no longer produced. It wasn't until 1959 that a Lincoln Pullman appeared again in the Continental series .
1955
2nd series | |
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Production period: | 1955 |
Body versions : | Limousine , coupe |
Engines: |
Otto engine : 5.6 liters (165 kW) |
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Wheelbase : | 3124 mm |
Empty weight : | 1896-1919 kg |
The post-war custom was the successor to the Cosmopolitan and represented the simpler series of Lincoln vehicles in that model year. The car, available as a 2-door hardtop coupé and 4-door sedan, had a wheelbase of 3,124 mm. They were driven - as her sister series Capri of an overhead V8 engine with 5,588 cc, of 225 bhp (165 kW) at 4400 min -1 . N made. A three-stage automatic transmission was part of the standard equipment.
In the following year, the newly designed Capri took over the role of the simpler series.
Production numbers
Construction year | limousine | Pullman limousine | Hardtop Coupé | total |
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1941 | 355 | 295 | 650 | |
1942 | 47 | 66 | 113 | |
1955 | 2187 | 1362 | 3549 | |
total | 2589 | 361 | 1362 | 4312 |
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- Kimes, Beverly R. & Clark Henry A. Jun .: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 , Krause Publishing, Iola (1985), ISBN 0-87341-045-9 .
- Gunnell, John (editor): Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 , Krause Publishing, Iola (2002), ISBN 0-87349-461-X .