Can you help me to identify this car please

[Readie]

I spotted this car recently but, I don't know what it is, make, year etc.
Can you guys help please?
Ta
John

 

[evangilder]

Looks like a 1950 Mercury to me.

 

[mikewint]

Good eye even, I agree

 

[Lucky13]

Lincoln '51 I think....with a, or parts of a '53 DeSoto grill...

 

[Lucky13]

1951 Lincoln Cosmopolitan 2-Door Sedan....

Lincoln was based on, or very similar to Mercury '50 to '54....

 

[Readie]

1950 Mercury.
What motor / transmission would it have had originally?
Ta
John

 

[GrauGeist]

'51 Lincoln Coupe without the stainless trim, including around the grill opening and a little custom work on the OEM grill turn signals. The recessed headlights are factory recessed, not "frenched" like some hotrods. And there's been some "smoothing" on the hood.

 

[Lucky13]

A fattened up Mercury you could say....

 

[Readie]

What motor would it have had? A V8 or straight 8 /6 cylinder with a auto or manual?
Good looking car.
Cheers
John

 

[Lucky13]

337 cu. in. 2 bbl flathead V8 with a 3 speed manual or a 4 speed Hydra-Matic automatic....

 

[GrauGeist]

Yep, a 152 horsepower flathead was standard in both the Lido and Capri (152 horse in 1950)

Funny that Ford offered a GM transmission in thier luxury line

And while the Lincoln did have the same chassis and overall tin as the Merc, it was different as far as fenders and trim

 

[Readie]

Thanks for the info Chaps

 

[Lucky13]

Quite alright old boy....
Time for a cup Joe....black! (oh shut it you PC....censored)

 

[N4521U]

That, my boy, is well known as a Lead Sled!
And that body will fit snuggely on a Buick Skylark, I believe, frame with very little modification!

 

[Lucky13]

Can't beat a good lead sled....

Then again, a perfect replica of something like this, wouldn't be all bad either.... 8)
Recognize Smokey Yunick on the hood of the Pontiac?