1921 Lincoln Model L Phaeton

Henry Leland, a former manager at Cadillac and his son, Wilfred formed The Lincoln Motor Company in August of 1917. It was acquired by Ford in 1922, but this 1921 Model L prototype was manufactured while Leland was still at the helm. It was styled by Hermann A. Brunn, who was retained as the in-house designer to transform the somewhat unsuccessful early Lincoln models. As such it is the forerunner of the subsequent touring-bodied Lincolns of the early 1920s. Due to its uniqueness, it was sent to the Henry Ford museum in Detroit in 1929, where it remained until J.B. Nethercutt purchased it in 1982.