Classic Lincoln Continentals

1947 model. It has a V-12.

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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.

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They are nice but nothing beats a 61 drop top Continental for me.

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

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