52 Lincoln

[Adam]

I traded my 72 Ranchero for this. I had the Ranchero up for sale for a few months, mostly I got people trying to trade me for stuff I didn't want (including a '98 Dodge Neon - seriously!?), or lowball offers, but I thought this was cool, so I traded for it.

The insulation on all the wiring is bad. The body is straight, original paint, no bondo, very little rust, no rust at all on the floorboards. The AC was added in '57 (I found a date on the compressor) Power seat, windows, and antenna. Still has the original radio.

It has a 317 V8, and an automatic. '52 was the first year for the OHV V8, the '51 still had the flathead. It kind of looks like the Ford y-block, but no parts interchange with the Ford engines. Lincoln made 3 versions of this engine from 52-57 (317, 341, and 368). 52-55 have this weird arrangement where the exhaust from one manifold is routed through the other through that pipe in front of the engine. I already picked up a set of manifolds off of a '56 so I can do dual exhaust. All the 52's had 2 barrel carbs, and all the 53-57's had 4-barrels. I'm on the lookout for one of the 4 barrel intakes and carbs. The transmission is a 4 speed auto called a Hydramatic with was also used in GM cars.