That’s why my car has a 302 in it! Insane!
Dutch, the V12 Lincoln motors are pretty rare. Based on the Ford flathead engine design with 4 extra cylinders attached, they weren’t very good engines when new. They had a tendency to overheat and crack the blocks, even worse than the flathead Ford. Although they were huge, they had tiny pistons and the largest one was only a 305 cu in. Most of them never made it to 50,000 miles. A lot of them were replaced with flathead Ford V8’s until the OHV engines came out, then Caddy and Olds engines were often swapped in. There are a few of the V12’s that have survived in well kept or restored cars, and they turn up also every so often in old barns and shops. They are sweet sounding engines when in good shape, there is a guy close to here has one in a homemade roadster pickup. Parts are hard to find as well, some Ford stuff swaps over, but not all.
After perusing all the other ads listed on that page from the NY and NJ area, I'd say there are no deals to be had in that area at all!
thanks Bama. Sounds like a great livingroom engine. They look beautiful...
I guess if you have a high end classic Zephyr to restore, you need one so there will always be a market for expensive stuff like this.
Dutch, the V12 Lincoln motors are pretty rare. Based on the Ford flathead engine design with 4 extra cylinders attached, they weren’t very good engines when new. They had a tendency to overheat and crack the blocks, even worse than the flathead Ford. Although they were huge, they had tiny pistons and the largest one was only a 305 cu in. Most of them never made it to 50,000 miles. A lot of them were replaced with flathead Ford V8’s until the OHV engines came out, then Caddy and Olds engines were often swapped in. There are a few of the V12’s that have survived in well kept or restored cars, and they turn up also every so often in old barns and shops. They are sweet sounding engines when in good shape, there is a guy close to here has one in a homemade roadster pickup. Parts are hard to find as well, some Ford stuff swaps over, but not all.
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