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I went to Minnesota and Missouri on my recent vacation.
We visited with family in both places. One of the folks my son and I spent time with was my Uncle Mike.
Uncle Mike turned a spry 75 while we were there. This guy used to wash cars in the 50s at a car wash called Mike's, somewhere on Gratiot Avenue in Detroit. He's been a car guy all his life, the proud owner of everything sporty coming out of there; Toronadoes, Corvettes and the like. He invented (and probably still holds the patents on) the rolling automatic overhead brushes in many American car wash joints. He's a smart dude.
A very long time ago, his departed father, my Grandfather Joe (whom I never met) left him a 1942 Lincoln Continental.
It was among the last of the "wasteful, tasteful" Lincolns, in my view, with a 12-cylinder engine. Unless I miss my guess, the war effort probably killed the program that brough that tank into the world. Of all the cars he could have hung onto over the years, he chose to hold onto the Lincoln.
Since we're all car-people here, I thought I'd post a few photos.

He has decided to do something with it this year; he'll either start a resto-mod, or sell the car. Maybe some of you guys remember seeing critters like this when they roamed the earth? I especially like the third brake light, right behind the spare tire cover.

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I went to Minnesota and Missouri on my recent vacation.
We visited with family in both places. One of the folks my son and I spent time with was my Uncle Mike.
Uncle Mike turned a spry 75 while we were there. This guy used to wash cars in the 50s at a car wash called Mike's, somewhere on Gratiot Avenue in Detroit. He's been a car guy all his life, the proud owner of everything sporty coming out of there; Toronadoes, Corvettes and the like. He invented (and probably still holds the patents on) the rolling automatic overhead brushes in many American car wash joints. He's a smart dude.
A very long time ago, his departed father, my Grandfather Joe (whom I never met) left him a 1942 Lincoln Continental.
It was among the last of the "wasteful, tasteful" Lincolns, in my view, with a 12-cylinder engine. Unless I miss my guess, the war effort probably killed the program that brough that tank into the world. Of all the cars he could have hung onto over the years, he chose to hold onto the Lincoln.
Since we're all car-people here, I thought I'd post a few photos.

He has decided to do something with it this year; he'll either start a resto-mod, or sell the car. Maybe some of you guys remember seeing critters like this when they roamed the earth? I especially like the third brake light, right behind the spare tire cover.

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Cory wrote: "Unless I miss my guess, the war effort probably killed the program that brough that tank into the world."

Not true!

That was the basis for the famous "Liberty Engine" used in aircraft and (believe it or not) the Anglo-American tank. Those V-12 engines were one hell of a power plant and successfully used in a LOT of different aircraft. HUGE power to weight ratio.

Ford produced all of the cylinders for those engines (something like 2,000 per day at their peak), and Lincoln did the assembly on a lot of them, along with several other auto manufacturers.

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Very cool, Syl! Next time you're up Severn-way, give a yell! I live minutes away!
So do Bruce and Norma, Kelly and Barbara ... Lots of us, come to think of it!

Gordon, that's cool and good to know. I'll pass on any info folks add to this thread to my own research, in hopes that Uncle Mike decides to dive into the car.

He'll appreciate hearing supportive comments, as well as potential land mines. Bill, if you could put me in touch with the 'vert owner, I'd love to pass his info along to Mike.

Lane, I dig it, too! Value aside, and most importantly to me, he wants to drive it again.
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