1939 Lincoln-Zephyr Coupe | Amelia Island 2020 | RM Sotheby's
Not unlike Packard with its One-Ten and One-Twenty series and Cadillac with the LaSalle, Lincoln introduced a lower-priced line to help it endure the tough times following the stock market crash in 1929. Debuting in November 1935 (as a 1936 model), the streamlined Zephyr shared its name with the newfangled diesel trains on the Burlington Railroad. Helped by Edsel Ford and a young designer, Eugene T. “Bob” Gregorie, John Tjaarda of the Briggs Body Company is credited with the advanced design…
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