1926 LINCOLN MODEL L

The Lincoln Motor Company was founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland and acquired by Ford in 1922. Leland, one of the founders of Cadillac, had left Cadillac during the First World War to form the Lincoln Motor Company, which was intended to build Liberty aircraft engines. He had left Cadillac due to a disagreement with General Motors boss William C. Durant. When Leland left, he was 74 years old, and chose the name Lincoln after the President he had voted for in 1864. At the conclusion of the War, Leland was faced with the decision to close the plant, or try to find another business for the 6000 employee's and the factories. The factory was retooled to accommodate luxury automobile manufacturing and Lincoln was launched and is still making cars today.

The Model L series Lincoln came with either a 7 passenger sedan or Limousine body depending on your preferences. Most people who owned these cars didn't drive them themselves so it could be purchased with a chauffeurs window compartmentalizing the driver away from the passengers. A rack for luggage could be added to the rear and there were two windable clocks on board, one in the front and one in the back.

The engine for the 1926 model year, a 358 cubic inch V8, produced about 90 horse good enough to power this 4800 pound automobile up to 80 mph. Certainly plenty for highway motoring in the finest of elegance and refined taste in the flapper and art-deco era of motoring.