When World War II stopped all American automobile production in 1942, Lincoln had been producing the Lincoln Zephyr as a 4-door sedan, coupe, club coupe, and convertible coupe, alongside the Lincoln Custom sedan and limousine and the Lincoln Continental cabriolet and coupe. When production resumed after the war in 1946, Lincoln brought back its pre-war models with updated styling. The Continental name returned but the Zephyr name did not, with the former Zephyrs now being identified only by body style. Thus, the car pictured here at the Northwest Car Collectors Association Car Show & Swap Meet at the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center in Portland, Oregon, on October 18-19, 2003, is simply a 1946 Lincoln Sedan. Initially, 1946 Lincolns were powered by a low-compression 130-horsepower 306-cubic-inch V12 with iron heads that had been used for the last month of 1942 production. Later in 1946, Lincoln switched to the 130-horsepower 292-cubic-inch V12 that had been used in 1940 and 1941. Production of these Lincolns would continue with little change through 1948.
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