GM’s head of design, Bill Mitchell, was angry. He wanted to put some salt on the tail of the 1958 Ford Thunderbird, the new and very successful four-seat model. But what kind of car would do it? The answer came while Mitchell was in Europe, gazing upon a Rolls-Royce. He decided that his car would [...]
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There are no reliable production numbers for the various Lincoln body styles built in 1949, Hoines is pretty sure his ’49 is quite rare. “I’ve never seen another ’49 Lincoln and I’ve never seen another Lincoln coupe,” he says. He has heard that about 10 percent of Lincolns built in ’49 were two-doors, which would [...]
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