Wanted to share some pics of my grandfathers old 1940 or 1941 Lincoln convertible he owned in the late 70s. I noticed 2 sets of tail lights (40-41 and later 40s) and the rear fenders were molded from the looks(maybe?). Maybe caddy bumper? What all do you see? Doubt the car is still around but would be cool if it was and someone had pics, or even old pictures of the car.
That's kinda neat Fast! I'm pretty sure it started as a '40 ('41s were the ones with push*****ons rather than the door handles). I see the "flipper" caps and the heavier rear (don't know if it is Caddy) bumper. Perhaps the front bumper is from the same donor as the rear fenders? Anyway, it would be cool to see/hear more.. -Dave
Very Exotic, Sometimes I wonder how the Deco Design, that grew in the thirties, Would have developed without the interruption of WWII.
Here's what I see: 1941 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet with a '47-ish Cadillac front bumper, '55 Dodge front bumper on the rear, '46-'48 Continental rear fenders molded to the body, and aftermarket '40 Ford/Merc fender skirts. Definitely not a 1940, as they only made 350 cabriolets and they're very rare! Plus, that's a '41 grill- you can tell by the surround...'40 doesn't have an edge around the grill...you can google it. Very neat kustom...where is it now???
It's a 1940 (door handles, push*****ons started in 1941) with a 1941 grille (interchange with 0 modification) and after war (1946-48) rear fenders (also interchange with 0 modifications but come with taillights). The 1940 taillights are still there on the rear panel on either side of the "Continental" spare tire. Also no "Lincoln Continental" script on the cowl in front of the upper door hinge.
I was going to comment on the door handles but I see that was a 1940 thing, makes sense. The rear bumper looks like a '55 Dodge car front bumper. Fits surprisingly well. Really neat car.
It made it to the '70's, it's probably still alive somewhere. Very easily converted back to stock, so maybe a restorer*******ed it up along the line. I've actually seen two '41 coupes in SC that were absolute*****boxes after 70 years.... here's to finding the old girl intact!
I recently discovered this post from October of 2022 with pictures of your grandfather’s much-modified 1940 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet. I own one as well, which I purchased in March 2021. The car is Body Number 06H-56-129, Motor Number H98365. Over the last five summers I have driven the car over 6,500 miles. It’s a dream to drive and I love learning about these beautiful cars: how to operate them, how to maintain them, how to repair them, and why such a large percentage of them still exist today. As a result, I have developed a new hobby, which is documenting the history of the Lincoln Continentals built during the 1940 model year. I have created a website, www.1940lzcc.org, as a registry and to organize and share information about each of the 404 cars built during that model year as well as the general history of the cars. I have photos of more than 150 cars and I know of nearly 100 current owners that I have identified with email addresses and/or physical addresses. Please check it out. I track the cars by the Body Number and Motor Number and have at least some info on more than 200 of the cars. As you can see from a review of the site, there is a page for each car, and it includes current and historical pictures, ownership info, and sale info where it is available. This is a work in progress and is really becoming a “crowd sourced” project as owners and former owners contribute photos, documents, stories about their cars, and point me to other owners and sources of information. I enjoy meeting and talking with owners about these beautiful cars. Your grandfather’s former car’s webpage can be found here: https://1940lzcc.org/id572/. I currently identify it as ID572 in the section “Cars To Be Identified”. I wonder what the Body Number of this car is. A member of the LCOC created a list in the late 1960s of the cars that existed at the time and he described the car with Body Number 30 as "Poor; Merc. eng; post war rear fenders". It was in Oklahoma at the time. The “post war rear fenders” part caught my eye. I wonder if your grandfather’s car was Body Number 30. If you could answer a few questions, it might help me to identify, at least with a little evidence, the car: Where did your grandfather live? (it would be cool if it was Oklahoma!) The pictures show the license plate of the car, but not clearly. If you look at the original photos, can you identify the State of issue? You mentioned that your grandfather owned the car in the late 1970s. Any idea of when he bought or sold it? Would it be possible for you to send me clearer copies of the photos? What was your grandfather’s name? I would like to identify him as an owner of the car even if I can’t identify the Body Number so he can be part of the historical record****ociated with car ID572. I know this effort is a stretch, but I don’t have much to work with and I will grasp at whatever info is available! I would appreciate your help to make this registry website as accurate as possible. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Michael Davis michaeldavis@1940lzcc.org 202-441-4115]
Someone must know "Fred" from Warren Ohio and be able to contact him about this thread...his 51 Ford custom is quite memorable...
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