Lincoln Cars of the 1940s and The Lincoln Town Car

Dearborn’s original ’49 planning called for a 118-inch-wheelbase Ford and a 121-inch Mercury. What emerged as the Cosmo­politan was conceived as a Zephyr. At the last minute, Ford’s policy committee, led by Ernest Breech and Harold Youngren, mandated a smaller 114-inch-wheelbase Ford, so the proposed Mercury became the ’49 standard Lincoln and the 118-inch Ford [...]

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