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2 Lincoln Motor Car Foundation: A Vision 3 The Digital Archive Project 4 Lincoln on the World Wide Web O ctober 6, 1930 issue of l’ I llustration (French) 5 When Henry Ford Gave Away Lincolns 6 The Nascent Lincoln Motor L incoln advertisement from the Car Foundation 7 Standout Lincoln 7 The Ford Motor Company Centennial Celebration 8 The Weizmann Lincoln Limousine

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Lincoln Motor Car Foundation: A Vision by John T. Eby obtain a tax free agencies. status. This has • Creation of a he Lincoln Motor Car been done. The web site and a sys- Heritage Museum and foundation is tem to create, Research Foundation is incorporated in the maintain and oper- dedicated to carrying State of Michigan, ate a digital archive forward and sharing the and the United and linkages with Theritage of the Lincoln Motor States Internal other related Car. This effort will involve Revenue Service Internet sites. identifying, collecting, preserv- has granted 501 • Creation of an ■ ing and disseminating informa- (c)(3) tax free sta- John T. Eby is the ongoing process Lincoln Motor Car tion on anything pertaining to tus. Moreover, the with Ford Motor Foundation Chairman. Lincolns and the associated peo- organization has Company and its He is retired from the ple and events. This heritage is collected a dedicat- Ford Motor Company and advertising agen- embodied and preserved primar- ed group of expe- was formerly Executive cies to obtain cur- ily in artifacts and records. The rienced, senior Director, Corporate rent material as it artifacts include, of course, the people to serve as Strategy. John lives in is generated and cars themselves, plus buildings, directors and trust- Michigan and Arizona published. Ideally, tools, models, components, any- ees. Next, the fol- and owns a Lincoln K Lincoln would thing deemed to relate to the lowing steps are and three V-12 Lincoln view the cars. Records are the recorded believed appropri- Continentals, among Foundation as its word along with all manner of ate in order to other cars. permanent images and recordings. Artifacts progress towards archive. can be displayed and examined fulfillment of the • Building facil- and even experienced, by operat- vision: ities and hiring a staff to store, ing the cars. Records, however, • Obtaining the required maintain and allow public access will be the area of greatest licenses to allow the replication to the collections of Lincoln his- Foundation activity and can be of copyrighted material and toric material and vehicles. replicated and shared and images, both physically and digi- • Create ongoing financial enjoyed by scholars and the pub- tally. This is an issue with Ford support to facilitate accomplish- lic for generations to come. The Motor Company. ing the vision. anticipated amount of records • Creation of a system and Every person who reads this will be enormous and will be repository to acquire, catalog newsletter is interested in ever increasing. Organizing and and maintain information and Lincoln automobiles in some managing the records will be an material as it becomes available. manner and is therefore a candi- ongoing challenge. Acquisition of this material date for involvement in the To accomplish its vision, the requires the cooperation of pri- Lincoln Motor Car Foundation. Foundation will create and vate collectors, other museums Recording and preserving the administer an organized system and libraries, Ford Motor rich Lincoln Heritage is vital for of cataloging and preservation to Company and its advertising the inspiration and education of present and widely disseminate future generations of enthusiasts this living history of the Lincoln and scholars. Come help us automobile to the public. make this vision happen. But first, the Foundation had to create a legal entity and

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by Dick Hopeman data is available. The Trustees scanned and converted into digital charged me with the task of devel- archive. This can be Foundation rom the beginning, the oping a website prototype and owned or borrowed material. The Trustees of the Lincoln sample collections of information Ford Motor Company has indicat- Motor Car Foundation on compact discs for evaluation. ed its support and has offered to were concerned about effi- By the end of 2000, a data struc- provide more recent documents. A ciently handling the enor- ture was developed which indicat- significant benefit of the digital Fmous anticipated quantity of ed the types of documents which archive is that the images and printed matter and graphic images would be included in the database. information in the documents can that will be collected by the In addition, an access structure be retained without deterioration Foundation, and getting this was created which provides the over time, once scanned and information into the hands of logic required for users to access stored on CDs or DVDs. users. To their credit, they needed information. Both of these Considering the vast potential embraced my suggestions to uti- documents were necessary before scope of this project, we needed lize the Internet and compact we began the process of computer to start somewhere and decided to discs to provide world-wide access programming to create the proto- begin with the scanning of docu- to this precious Lincoln informa- type. ments for early Lincolns, 1920- tion. They understand the Our ultimate goal is to scan all 1939. Following that, documents Internet would make selected published material pertaining to of the Lincoln-Zephyrs and information available throughout­ the Lincoln motor car from 1920 Continentals of 1936-1948 are the world at any time of day or to the present. Achieving this goal now being scanned. When this is night without the need to physi- represents a huge amount of work finished, scanning will begin on cally travel to a museum or library. and will take several years. Rare information for later model At this point, Internet access to Lincoln photographs,­ promotional Lincolns from 1949. In each case, this kind of information is com- brochures, technical literature and interim CDs are created. When monplace, but limited Lincoln much other material will be additional documents become available, they will be scanned and CDs updated. You might ask, “When can I obtain these remarkable CDs with The Lincoln the Lincoln information?” Not quite yet. We are awaiting copy- right permission from the Ford Foundation Digital Motor Company. We also need to organize the production, handling and distribution of this material. Archive Project The first two modules were dem- onstrated at the October Dr. Richard J. Hopeman is President of the Foundation meeting at Hershey Lincoln Owner’s Club. He was formerly a last year. The first one showed Professor of Management at Villanova Uni­ representative documents, includ- versity, and consulted for many organizations, ing an owner’s manual, service including the Ford Motor Company. Dr. manual, service bulletins, chassis Hopeman lives near Philadelphia in the parts list, body parts list and some Great Stone Barn, which holds his cars, rare sales manuals. The second workshop, collections and living quar- ters. He has organized and directed the showed 180 Lincoln advertise- Foundation’s virtual museum project ments. The assembled group was and contributed most of the effort. impressed. These prototype CDs demonstrate the feasibility of pro- viding vast amounts of Lincoln information (Cont’d on page 7) 3 the lincoln link

tive business starting October, 2001. He previously served as Chairman, Ford of Europe, Lincoln on the CEO of Jaguar, President of Ford of Mexico, and in positions in Ford purchasing from 1966. World Wide Web He was knighted by the Queen. Darryl B. Hazel, President, ou will find Lincoln infor- Automotive Group President, Lincoln Mercury, earned his mation and happenings in Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle, to Linde Bachelor’s degree in Economics two fine club web sites, AG, a leading German engineer- at Wesleyan University and a the Lincoln & ing company, and his replace- Master’s from Northwestern Continental Owner’s ment by Mark Fields, formerly University. He was general sales ClubY site, www.lcoc.org, and the President and CEO of Mazda manager for Lincoln Mercury Lincoln-Zephyr Owner’s Club Motor Corporation, effective starting in July 1995 and general site, www.lzoc.org, plus two July 1, 2002. marketing manager for the Ford comprehensive web sites offered • Under the People category Division starting in 1997. His by the Ford Motor Company. service for Lincoln The two club sites talk about Mercury totals 15 of his events, publications, ads, and the 30 years with Ford cars themselves. The Ford sites Motor Company. are www.ford.com and www. • There are three sep- media.ford.com, and they pro- arate summaries of vide a breadth of information on Lincoln history in the the eight Ford product brands Ford web sites. The best plus Services, the Company, is found under News, Environment, Investor Lincoln/History, Info, Policy, Facilities, and entitled “Lincoln: 80 Personalities—even a bit of his- Years of Luxury and tory. Performance.” Another, • Under News, Ford Motor at media.ford.com, is a Company announced that Darryl succinct listing of major B. Hazel will succeed Brian Lincoln milestones, enti- Kelley as President, Lincoln tled “A History of Mercury, effective August 1, were profiles of major Ford per- Lincoln.” A third, at Lincoln/ 2002. Kelley becomes President sonalities: News, is entitled “Lincoln and CEO of SIRVA, a relocation, William Clay Ford, Junior, Celebrates 80 Years of Luxury.” moving and logistics company. Chairman of the Board and • If you have not browsed • Ford announced a reorgani- Chief Executive Officer. He is these sites, you will enjoy doing zation of its luxury lineup, mov- 47, joined the Company 23 so. Work your way through the ing the Lincoln and Mercury years ago, and has successfully menus and you will find a cor- brands into the company’s served in a variety of manage- nucopia of information and North American Consumer ment tasks. He has an impressive Lincoln images. Certainly, many Business Group. Volvo, Aston record in labor relations and other references to Lincoln auto- Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover environmental improvements mobiles may be found on the will continue to operate under within the Company. web, including museum sites, the company’s Premier Nick Scheele, 58, President parts vendor sites and many pri- Automotive Group. and Chief Operating Officer, vate sites by Lincoln enthusiasts. • The departure was Ford Motor Company, is respon- Have fun! announced of the Premier sible for Ford’s global automo- 4 volume I, number 1

radford Minners, of but he rarely gave Lincolns. His knots. They each held the ‘Blue Pebble Beach, California, gift of a Lincoln to each of the Riband’ for a time and matched submitted and translated ship captains was magnanimous, Cunard’s popular Mauritania in the following paragraph, especially for a German citizen at prestige as well as speed. During which appeared in the that time. Germany was recover- the early 1930s, each ship also BAugust 20, 1932, issue of Le ing from a post-World War I briefly hastened trans-Atlantic Fordiste. This was a French publi- depression. Although the Lincoln mail service by launching a cation dedicated to Ford issues of selected is not known, it could Lufthansa mail floatplane 500 the day, but independent of the have been the “low price” KA miles from New York or Ford Motor Company, S.A.F. Lincoln V-8 for 1932 ($3000), Bremerhaven destinations, thus “A MORE THAN PRINCE- introduced as a companion model saving a full delivery day. LIKE GIFT” to the superb Lincoln KB V-12. After successful service during “One remembers that Henry Henry Ford admired German the 1930s, the ships were caught Ford has just gone on a voyage to efficiency, which may have influ- up in World War II. When Poland Europe. For his two trans-Atlan- enced his decision to travel in was invaded, the Bremen sailed tic crossings, he used ships from a these two North German Lloyd without passengers from New German company, the Bremen ships. The Bremen and Europa York and took four months to and the Europa. twins were large, fast and luxuri- reach Bremerhaven, evading the “Upon his return to America, ous. Both were launched in English. It was destroyed by fire he offered to each of the captains August, 1928, each at 50,000 in March, 1941. The remaining of these ships a gift to tons, carrying over 2000 passen- Europa then became the world’s thank them for their car- gers, and with a speed of 28 third largest liner. It was unused ing watchfulness and by Germany dur- excellent voyage con- ing the war. At ditions. Do you know surrender, it was what he sent to each of taken over by the these men?­ A Lincoln U.S. for troop- Automobile, quite simply. ing, then given to “This must give to the the French to two mariners an impatient become the desire to become terrestrial Liberté. She sank beings on firm land.” upright in In comment, Henry December of Ford gave away many cars, 1946 at her Le Havre pier after being blown onto the sunken Paris liner wreck dur- ing a gale. She Henry Ford so much was then raised, enjoyed his voyage on moved to St. Nazaire, thor- the Bremen (above) that he presented its oughly rebuilt, and resumed captain with a Lincoln, luxury service until dismantled perhaps like this 1932 KA Sedan (left). in Italy in 1962. When Henry Ford Gave Away Lincolns

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by John T. Eby or many years, wherever The Nascent Lincoln Lincoln automobile col- lectors and enthusiasts have gathered, the con- versation invariably Motor Car Foundation Fturned to such topics as: “Can’t we do a better job of of Directors member, suggested tributors to take federal tax organizing and sharing all of the that many of the opportunities deductions for donations to the Lincoln automobile material that to preserve and share the Foundation. exists?” Lincoln motor car heritage The corporate structure now “Where can I find informa- could be realized if a non-profit exists that will allow all interest- tion on X, Y or Z?” foundation were created. Jerry ed in the Lincoln motor car to “I don’t know what’s Capizzi, a fellow LCOC meet a variety of objectives asso- going to happen to my Board member, agreed ciated with preserving and dis- collection and cars after Cal and put Cal in touch seminating the living history of I pass on.” with Richard Sills, the Lincoln automobiles and the “My heart breaks Beauregard took president of the people who have created them. when I think of all Cadillac LaSalle It is up to us, as Lincoln enthu- the Lincoln materi- the initial steps to Club, who had siasts, to shape the organization al that is being lost create and incorporate just created a in a manner that will be of the or destroyed every foundation for greatest benefit to our various day.” the Lincoln Motor Car Cadillac and publics. “Some of the LaSalle collec- Lincoln material is Heritage Museum tors. so expensive, rare and Research The Lincoln or in private collec- and Continental tions that the rest of Foundation Owners Club, the us can never hope to Lincoln-Zephyr have access to it.” Owners Club and the “If Lincoln information Lincoln Owners’ Club was more readily available, more enthusiastically supported the people would become interested effort and provided the essential and more vehicles would be pre- early funding and support. Cal, served or kept running.” using Richard Sill’s experience, “Why isn’t there a collection and with the endorsement of of Lincoln vehicles that is regu- William Clay Ford, Sr., took the larly available to the public?” initial steps to create and incor- “I wish that there was a con- porate the Lincoln Motor Car venient way for me to share my Heritage Museum and knowledge of Lincolns with Research Foundation. other people.” Subsequently the And so on. Internal Revenue A few years ago, Cal Service granted the Beauregard, a retired Ford Lincoln Motor Motor Company Public Affairs Car Foundation a executive and a Lincoln and 501 (c) (3) status, Continental Owners Club Board which allows con- Cal Beauregard 6 volume I, number 1

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ven in a cursory glance, tion of King Edward VIII. The The Ford Motor Company the eye is drawn to the throngs of British citizens are svelte shape of the light- outside the House of Commons Centennial Celebration colored Lincoln in the on the afternoon of the abdica- ■ June 16, 2003, is the date upper center of this pic- tion, waiting for a speech by Ford Motor Company will have Eture. A dip in the rear bumper Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. completed its first full century of tells us this Lincoln-Zephyr is a Police loudspeaker vans drive operation. The Company is plan­ 1936 model, likely right-hand slowly among the people, ning a joyous four-day celebra- drive. It begs to be noticed requesting them to disperse. tion at Dearborn to commem­ among the staid vehicles in this Clipped from the December 19 orate this century milestone. Parliament Square setting in issue of The Sphere magazine and Lincolns will be represented in London during December of submitted by Derek Brown of Ford’s extensive activities by par- 1936. The event was the abdica- London. ticipation of the three Lincoln clubs, the Lincoln and Continen­ HOPEMAN (cont’d from page 3) in Lincolns 1920-1939 tal Owner’s Club, The Lincoln- an easily used and stored format. • Advertisements for Zephyrs/ Zephyr Owner’s Club and the Scanning is labor intensive, but Continentals 1936-1948 Lincoln Owner’s Club. They will we have been able to generate the • Factory photos and “How the be issuing details shortly. following CDs by the end of Lincoln is Made” Meanwhile, log on to the 2001: We have been helped in com- ford.com website, click 100 Year • Prototype demonstration disc puter programming and some Centennial, register your atten- • Early Lincoln photographs scanning by Villanova student dance and participating car, and • Lincoln interior photos Vik Pant. enjoy the 100-year information. • Advertisements for L & K 7 the lincoln link

Founder William Clay Ford, Sr. Trustees Robert J. Anderson Earle O. Brown, Jr. Jerry Capizzi Norman C. Collingwood The Weizmann Lincoln Limousine Chadwick A. Coombs wo Presidents received Lincoln lim- Institute sought help in restoring the car to its Robert H. Davis ousines in 1950: President Harry S. former elegance. In April, 2000, a three-way John T. Eby Truman of the United States, and partnership of the Weizmann Institute, Delag Darryl B. Hazel Dr. Chaim Weizmann, the first Motors (the Ford & Lincoln importer-distrib- Richard Hopeman President of Israel. Eighteen of these utor in Israel since 1999) and the Ford Motor John Magill Tspecial, lengthened seven-passenger limou- Company took the responsibility of restora- Douglas W. Mattix sines were produced by the Henny Motor tion. They selected the well regarded company Allen R. McWade Company, of Freeport, Illinois, in 1950 for of RM Classic Cars, Inc., Ontario, Canada, to Jack Shea Jack Telnack the Ford Motor Company. Nine were leased undertake the task. Roy N. Thorson directly to the White House; eight were scat- The restoration required considerable tered throughout the United States in cities research. The car was completely disassem- Lifetime Founding likely to be used by the President, and the bled and mechanically rebuilt with new parts, Members eighteenth went to Israel, where Dr. some having to be manufactured as needed. Robert J. Anderson Harry Bernardon Weizmann used it until his death in 1952. It Chrome and gold plating were renewed. All Bob Boos was subsequently used by his wife, Vera, and the accessories and systems were overhauled Earle O. Brown, Jr. in later years it was put on display at the and made operable again. It received new Jerry Capizzi Weizmann house in Rehovet, near Tel Aviv, paint and a complete new interior, all cor- David L. Cole which had been turned into a museum to rect. The high quality of the restoration Doug Courtney memorialize Dr. Weizmann’s life and work. brought acclaim when it was presented at the C. Joel Dickson Over the intervening years souvenir-hunters 2001 Pebble Beach Concours­ d’Elegance Michael D. Dingman and harsh weather took a toll on the during a Lincoln-sponsored reception of the Betsy T. Dingman Weizmann limousine; it was eventually Automotive Fine Arts Society. Patrick M. Dingman removed from the museum, but not After other showings in David R. Dingman from the minds of the people. this country, it has Chris W. Dunn The Weizmann returned to James I. Dunne house was Israel to assume John T. Eby restored in pride of place Leon B. Flagg the mid with the W. Jake Fleming 1990s, and Weizmann William T. Gerrard Keith H. Gornick the Weiz­ house exhibit. Gordon D. Harbuck mann Judith A. Herrmann C. Manley THE LINCOLN LINK is the official Newsletter of The Lincoln Motor Car Heritage Museum and Research Foundation, Inc., 565 Haverhill Road, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304. Opinions expressed herein do Wendell Mathis not necessarily represent or reflect Foundation policy. Newsletter contributions should be sent to: John R. McNabb Chadwick Arthur Coombs, Editor, 7482 Kennedy Road, Nokesville, Virginia 20181. James G. Milne III Lloyd E. Pearson David Petit David Roycroft Membership IN THE LINCOLN MOTOR CAR FOUNDATION Stephen F. Sauer Jim Schmidt Name ______Address ����������������������������������������������� Jack E. Shea Charles A. Steward City/State/Zip ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Charles E. Taylor Roy Thorson Telephone______E-mail ������������������������������������������������ Russell Upton Craig M. Watjen ■ ■ ■ Annual $25 Annual Sustaining $100 Lifetime $1000 Bernie Wolfson ■ Annual Corporate $1000 ■ Memorial ($500 minimum, please provide name) Tim Yeomans Certificates suitable for framing will be provided for each membership category. Contributions to Robert W. Young The Lincoln Motor Car Foundation are fully tax deductible. Please make checks payable to The Lifetime Member Lincoln Motor Car Foundation. Mail to: Jack Shea, Treasurer, 5022 Harbortown Lane, Fort Alan S. Berg Myers, FL 33919-4651. Allan Kammerer