Lincoln Cosmopolitan

Lincoln Cosmopolitan sedan 4 doors (1949 )

The Lincoln Cosmopolitan was a luxury car that was manufactured in the model years from 1949 to 1954 by Lincoln.

Year by year

9EH Series (1949 )

1949 sparked the Cosmopolitan from the Continental as the top model. The cars were presented for the first time in a pontoon with integrated front and rear fenders. The Cosmopolitan series was somewhat smooth-surfaced kept than the simpler Lincoln series and had a solid windshield. There four-door sedan with levels and fastback, two-door coupe and two-door convertible were built.

Like its sister models had the Cosmopolitan a side-valve V8 engine with 5,518 cc displacement, 152 bhp developed (112 kW) at a speed of 3.600/min. The engine power was routed through a manual three-speed gearbox (also with overdrive ) to the rear wheels. For an additional charge there for the first time at Lincoln also an automatic transmission. It is resorted to for lack of a own with derHydramatic of General Motors.

A special production on the basis of the Cosmopolitan 9EH originated in Raymond Dietrich Inc. in Detroit for the White House. It was a four-door convertible as a prime vehicle. It was built on an extended chassis and was long with a wheelbase of 3683 mm over 6 feet. The weight was around 3 tons. The equipment included the flag holder on the front bumper, a red warning light, one outside of the rear mounted spare wheel ( " Continental Kit" ) and pull-out treads under the rear fenders for accompanying CIA agents. At the request of President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 equipped with a Plexiglas cover on the Creative Industries of Detroit -made.

Series 0EH (1950 )

Bodies and engine remained in the following year, only the hatchback sedan was no longer offered. This requires an additional, better -equipped coupe came (not to be confused with the Lincoln Capri subsequently produced ) by the name of Capri.

Series 1EH (1951 )

Little changes were also 1951. Ledig Leich the motor increased by 2 bhp to 154 bhp and now made ​​(113 kW). The heavy chrome strip above the front wheel arches gave way to a narrower over the entire car length.

Series 2H (1952 )

1952 Lincoln bodies have been completely revised. The pontoon was replaced by a slight tail fin. The previously rear-hinged rear doors of the four-door model was replaced by the front -hinged copies. The Cosmopolitan there was next to the 4-door sedan only a new, 2 - door hardtop coupe. His role as a top model, he handed over to the new Capri series. Also new was the top -driven V8 engine of 5,201 cc using a Holley carburetor double scooped a power output of 160 bhp (118 kW) at 3.900/min. The manual transmission were gone; there was only the Hydra-Matic.

8H Series (1953 )

While no changes were made to the bodies, the engine received a significant performance boost: A Holley four -barrel carburetor enabled him to deliver 205 bhp (151 kW) at 4.200/min.

9H Series (1954 )

In essence, the bodies remained in the last year of production unchanged, but increased by about 25 mm in length. The belt slipped slightly higher and was again characterized by a chrome strip on the entire length of the vehicle.

In the following year the Custom replaced the Cosmopolitan.

Production figures

  • = Contains the number of Capri sedans in 1952
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