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A good thing, then, that the V-8 was bored to 341 cid and gained 20 bhp. Lincoln styling in the late 1950s ushered in a new era. Called Turbo Drive, Advice wanted for my outdated Bangkok condo bedroom it was basically the four-year-old Ford/Merc-0-Matic unit enlarged and strengthened to withstand the greater torque of Lincoln’s V-8. Ads proclaimed them “Unmistakably Lincoln,” but there was scarcely a trace of the trim ’55s. Elsewhere, Cosmopolitan was retagged Custom, and Lincoln finally offered its own auto­matic transmission. The ’56 Lincolns were new — really new.

Also adopted for standard ’68 Continentals, it would remain Lincoln’s mainstay powerplant for the next 10 years. Because of a late introduction (in April), the Mark III saw only 7770 units for model-year ’68. As proof — and despite no major change — more than 23,000 were sold for ’69, another 21,432 for 1970, and over 27,000 for ’71. But there was no question that it was right for its market.

Despite the dictates of war, Ford stylists found time to experiment, making hundreds of renderings and dozens of scale models. Most involved the “bathtub” look that materialized on several makes for 1948-49. Some Lincoln concepts bordered on the grotesque. Many looked as if they’d been “carved out of a bar of soap,” as one stylist put it. Like most other makes, Lincoln resumed peacetime production with warmed-over ’42 models that would not change much through 1948. However, the prewar Customs and three-passenger coupe did not come back, and the Zephyr name was abandoned for just plain Lincoln.

Lincoln then won the 1951 Mobilgas Economy Run with an average 25.5 mpg. All Ford Motor Company cars were completely new for ’52 but though sales rose — to nearly 41,000 by ’53 — Lincoln was still miles behind Cadillac. The totals were just over 28,000 for 1950 and a more gratifying 32,500 for ’51. Neither of these feats helped sales, which were well down from record ’49. One problem may have been sedate, square styling through 1955: again very much like Mercury — and also Ford.