Automotive Forums .com - the leading automotive community online!
Become a fan of Igor Sushko on Facebook!
-
Please Register or Login to access: DriverSide DriverSide Home | Service & Repair | Car Prices | Parts & Accessories | Reviews & Advice | My Garage
Google  
Web AF
See Latest Posts
Access AF from your phone - point your mobile browser to http://m.automotiveforums.com
Go Back   Automotive Forums .com Car Chat > Classic Cars
Classic Cars Do you just love the classics?
Reply Show Printable Version Show Printable Version | Email this Page Email this Page | Subscription Subscribe to this Thread
 
Thread Tools
Old 05-13-2005, 08:16 PM   #1
Jaguar D-Type
Banned
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 2,543
Jaguar D-Type Normal reputation
Classic Lincoln Continentals

1947 model. It has a V-12.

Jaguar D-Type is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-14-2005, 12:12 AM   #2
MagicRat
Double Bass
 
MagicRat's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Kingdom of Saguenay
Posts: 7,165
MagicRat +50
Re: Classic Lincoln Continentals

Most of those V12's were 292 cid. However, about '47 or '48 they were enlarged to 305 cid. However, these engines were so unreliable, they later went back to the 292 design.
All these V12's had crankcase ventilation and oil contamination problems and usually wore out relativel quickly. Many, many for these Lincoln engines were replaced with the Mercury side valve V8 (239 cid , I think) which were actually faster, more powerful, lighter and more fuel efficient than the V12.
If this car still have the original engine, its pretty rare.
__________________
"We' re all here because we're not quite all there."

I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence
MagicRat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-20-2005, 07:03 PM   #3
Jaguar D-Type
Banned
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 2,543
Jaguar D-Type Normal reputation


Jaguar D-Type is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-24-2005, 05:18 PM   #4
Filthy Sanchez
AF Enthusiast
 
Filthy Sanchez's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Fremont, California
Posts: 337
Filthy Sanchez Normal reputation
They are nice but nothing beats a 61 drop top Continental for me.
Filthy Sanchez is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-30-2005, 03:33 AM   #5
Jaguar D-Type
Banned
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 2,543
Jaguar D-Type Normal reputation
The Continental, built from Lincoln's Zephyr platform, was the first automobile to be honored for design excellence and placed on display by New York's Museum of Modern Art. To promote its stunning new car, Lincoln offered free cars to prominent Americans like Frank Lloyd Wright, who had called it the most beautiful car in the world. But Wright demanded two cars, one for each of his homes. They agreed, and gave him a coupe and a convertible, each one painted in his signature color--Cherokee red.

In 1947, the convertible was rolled in an accident and instead of simply repairing it, Wright decided to redesign the car, penning a town car roof with half-moon shaped opera windows, piano hinged at the bottom, and no rear window. His wife referred to it as his "love wagon."

- motortrend.com



Jaguar D-Type is offline   Reply With Quote
 
 
 
 
Reply

POST REPLY TO THIS THREAD


Bookmarks
Go Back   Automotive Forums .com Car Chat > Classic Cars

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:28 PM.

Google  
Web AF
Community Participation Guidelines | How to use your User Control Panel

Powered by: vBulletin | Copyright Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
no new posts