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Great Lincoln Classic Cars: Lincoln Continental - Lincoln Continental Mark II Click column headers to sort Lincoln
Lincoln History (Continued from top)
Lincoln Logo Lincoln is a brand under the Ford Motor Company. Henry M. Leland left General Motors in 1917 to start the Lincoln Motor Company to build Liberty aircraft engines for World War I. After the war he retooled to make Lincolns, a luxury automobile similar to Cadillac, but he was under capitalized and sold to Ford soon after. Leland named the car after his hero, Abraham Lincoln, and the 1939 V12 convertible, known as the 'Sunshine Special', was the first car to be specially made for a president. Lincoln adopted the greyhound as their logo in 1927 and later replaced it with the diamond used today. The 1936 Lincoln Zephyr was a popular sporty design and the Continental eventually became the most important model under Edsel Ford. in 1998 Lincoln was the best selling luxury car in the U.S. but has lost ground to the competition in recent years. | ||||||||||||||||
