1950s Lincoln1950s Lincoln cars especially the Continental are amazing examples of 1950s automobiles. Lincoln are attached to the Ford Motor Company and a responsible for making the group's luxury models. Lincoln was formed in 1917 by Henry Leland and after suffering severe financial difficulties suffered bankruptcy, being bought out by Ford five years later. The 1950s Lincoln brand won renown as the provider of vehicles for the United States president. In 1939 it produced the “Sunshine Special” a Lincoln V12 convertible for President Franklin D Roosevelt. The vehicle was to outlive the president and remained in use to the beginning of the 1950s. When the Sunshine Special was decommissioned in 1950, Lincoln were once again responsible for the replacement with President Truman taking use of a Cosmopolitan, nicknamed the “Bubble Top.” The Bubble Top was also used by Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson before being taken out of commission in 1965.
1955 saw the reintroduction of the Continental, which had been Lincoln's most renowned car before it ceased production in 1948. It was re-launched as the Continental Mark II and the revived model was initially built by Ford's Continental division before switching back to Lincoln. The Continental Mark II (below) was anything but cheap. At $10,000 it was the same price as a Rolls Royce.
photo by Morvan used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license The 1950s Lincoln brand introduce several “concept “cars. The start of the decade saw Lincoln roll out the Continental 1950-X. 1953 saw the launch of the Anniversary, Maharajah and XL-500. The following year the Mardi Gras became available, followed by the trio of the Premiere, Futura and Indianapolis in 1955. At the beginning of 1958 restructuring saw Edsel merged with Lincoln Mercury to become the Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln division. The Edsel tag was dropped two years later. Related Articles |
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