Lincoln Custom

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Lincoln Custom
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)
Length:
Width:
Height:
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)
Length:
Width:
Height:
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
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 .