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The LINCOLN LINK LINKINGThe TOGETHER LINCOLN ALL ELEMENTS OF THE LINCOLN MOTORLINK CAR HERITAGE IN THIS ISSUE 3 Donations to the Foundation 5 “A Rolling Stone”: A New Home for the Lincoln Stonework 10 You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby: Auto Technology Leaps Ahead in the 1930’s 12 Letters to the Editor 14 Meet More of Your Foundation Trustees published semi-yearly Volume iV, number 2 • fall, 2006 ■ Here’s a situation that cries out for a clever caption. What can you come up with? Jerry is also donating his Lincoln FROM THE EDITOR literature to the Foundation, including almost two dozen dealer ■ Foundation President color and upholstery sample Jerry Capizzi is selling his books. Cappy Collection of Ford • Did you like the cover Motor Company collec- painting on the previous issue tor cars at auction. The of the Link? That paint- date is November 11, ing showed Jerry Capizzi’s 2006. The location is 1937 Lincoln Zephyr 758 Annoreno Drive, coupe with its namesake, the Addison, Illinois. Burlington Zephyr train. It Admission is $80, which includes was painted by Foundation member the auction catalog. Bidder registra- and Trustee Jack Juratovic, a former tion is $150 for two to the preview, Ford Motor Company stylist. auction and reception, with the auc- You may buy a poster of this dra- tion catalog included. Go to www. matic painting. The cost is $25.00 rmauctions.com or call 1-800-211- each in a mailing tube, from the 4371. Lincoln Motor Car Foundation. All of Jerry’s cars are superbly Foundation members will have them prepared, many are low mileage, at Hershey. all are desirable examples. Among • The Lincoln Motor Car the twenty or so Lincolns is a mag- Foundation has started a Building nificent 1938 Lincoln K Brunn Fund. The LCOC Regions of semi-collapsible cabriolet, a 1937 Lake Shore, Mid West, Michigan Zephyr coupe, a 1939 Lincoln and North Star have donated the K Willoughby Sport Sedan, a remaining funds from the latest 1951 Cosmopolitan convertible, LCOC Eastern National Meet. a stunning 1956 Premier convert- Moreover, David and Diana Stevens ible in lavender, 1940 and 1941 have contributed to the Building Continental cabriolets, a 1956 Mark Fund. An LCOC member, David II, plus 1958 Mark III, 1959 Mark is the curator of the Pierce Arrow IV and 1960 Mark V convertibles, a Museum at Gilmore. ■ Some of the very fine collectible 1971 Mark III, a 1976 Mark IV, a Lincolns from the Cappy Collection that 1979 Mark V Bill Blass and a 1940 will be auctioned November 11. Zephyr convertible. —CHAD COOMBS 2 volume iv, number 2 What’s Going On in the Foundation ust what, you may ask, some have dimensions; all are is going on within the rare and will be a treasure to Lincoln Motor Car future historians and restorers. Foundation? Quite a lot, The Committee is constantly on is the answer. The most the prowl for donations, espe- visibleJ recent activity was moving cially rare items of literature, to the Lincoln name stones, which be preserved and made avail- had been rescued from the old able to anyone via the AACA Leland plant while it was being Library. razed. Jack Eby tells us about Just before he died, the late the move on pages 6 and 7. Dr. Dale Shaeffer donated his The Foundation’s Lincoln lifetime collection of LCOC advertisement listing project ephemera, including letters, continues apace. Dick Hopeman publications, notes, and any- reports completion of phases thing to do with Lincoln cars 1 and 2. Phase 1 was the early and the Lincoln and Continental Lincolns, Models L, K, KA and information will be a topic of Owners Club. A group of KB, from 1920 through 1939. discussion at the October Board Lincoln Service Bulletins came This listing was published three meeting. from Foundation Lifetime years ago and sent to mem- Donations continue to member and collector Tom bers of the Foundation and the flow to the Foundation, spe- Gerrard. Two large oval Ford Lincoln Owner’s Club. At that cifically to the Library of the neon signs were donated by time there were 2,232 ad list- Antique Automobile Club of Dick Duncan. These impressive ings, contained on 32 pages. America, located in Hershey, historic 1935 signs came from Since then, work has gone on in Pennsylvania, which is the repos- a dealership in Utica, Michigan. Phase 2, which covers Lincoln- itory for the Foundation. Jerry The Foundation has obtained Zephyrs, Lincoln Customs, Capizzi is the Chairman of the a pallet of bricks from the old Lincoln Continentals and post- Lincoln Motor Car Foundation’s Leland Lincoln plant and plans war Lincolns and Continentals Acquisition/Archive Committee, to use them in promoting a during the period of November, and he presented a fine discourse building fund. A Lincoln Motor 1935, through February of on some of the latest donations Company stock certificate also 1948. Including the original to the Foundation, at the Board came from Dick Duncan, origi- Phase 1 listings and updates, the of Trustees Meeting in April. He nally purchased by Dick’s uncle combined Phases 1 and 2 now tells us the Foundation has pur- for his aunt. Also from Dick is require 54 pages, for a present chased forty-two Lincoln custom a treasured donation, a fifteen- total number of ad listings of body drawings of the 1930s era, inch bronze bust of Abraham 3,348. Five contributors were from Ross Stone. These include Lincoln sculpted by Edwin involved in the original docu- drawings done by famed body George Bissell. The Foundation ment; to date a total of seven- builders Willoughby, Brunn, Le has accumulated a collection teen contributors from around Baron and Derham. They came of documents pertaining to the world have been involved. out of the old Ford Highland Presidential limousines, starting The principal compilers of these Park plant. Many are one of a with Eisenhower. We are actively listings are Zeb Conley and Karl kind. Some of the drawings are continuing to collect Lincoln Zahm. How to disseminate this renderings, some are blueprints, showroom color and upholstery 3 the lincoln link albums. Altogether, the donations have been varied and are worthy of preservation. The Foundation is in discussion with Ford Motor Company to receive for preservation the files from the Wixom plant, which is scheduled to be closed. With fifty years of history during its operation, many of the records, such as build records for individual cars, would be invalu- able. We will keep you informed of the progress of this possibility. Many other Lincoln car-related documents exist which should be preserved. All we have to do is find them and ask for them. Have you thought about ■ The first vintage Lincoln donated to the Foundation is this donating some of your effects to very fine 1979 Continental Town the Foundation for preservation? Car from Tom Minton. Tom You say you have nothing worth purchased the car from LCOC preserving? How about Lincoln member John Plzak in 2002, Club records? Or interesting showed it at the Eastern National correspondence with Lincoln Meet in Detroit in 2003, and took home the Lincoln Trophy for Best dealers of the factory? Or in Primary Class at the Branson Lincolns associated with famous meet in 2005. people? Or—well, you get the accepted our first auto- idea. Remember, Jerry Capizzi mobile, a 1979 Lincoln and staff will provide you with Continental Town Car, Best in Primary award at the a Deed of Gift document which the last year for these large col- Branson LCOC meet. Thank identifies your donation and onnade-styled cars. The donor you, Tom. verifies that the Lincoln Motor is Tom Minton, from Chicago, The Foundation is now study- Car Foundation has accepted Illinois. The car is presently on ing ways to acquire a facility to it. Here is a new address for display at the Gilmore Museum. house its increasing quantity Jerry Capizzi: P.O. Box 31637, The color is a dramatic turquoise of Lincoln-related artifacts for Chicago, Illinois 60631. in both the paint and the cloth preservation. This subject will be Telephone 630-628-7850, fax interior. It is equipped with a further addressed in the October 630-628-7851. moon roof and every Lincoln meeting of the Board of Trustees Although the Foundation accessory except the CB radio. at Hershey, Pennsylvania. Stay is not yet ready to accept any Even though the car has covered tuned! donation that does not fit into 120,000 miles, it is a show win- a library environment, we have ner, having earned the LCOC 4 volume iv, number 2 New Home for the Lincoln Stonework ■ With the sale of the Jerome-Duncan Ford dealership in Sterling Heights, Michigan, it was necessary for the Lincoln stonework exhibit, taken from the old Lincoln Administration Building in Detroit, to find a new home. You can see it now on an outside wall of one of the historic red barns at the Gilmore Car ■ With the assistance of a forklift, a pair of seasoned artisans begin the arduous task Museum in Hickory of installing the heavy stone letter blocks from the Lincoln Administration Building at their new home at the Gilmore Museum. The historic red barns at the Gilmore, Corners, Michigan. See scattered over 90 beautifully landscaped acres, are home to nearly 200 extraordinary vehicles spanning more than 100 years of automotive heritage. story on next page. 5 the lincoln link ■ Wally Tennyson of Dick Duncan’s group gets a bird’s-eye view as he dismantles the backdrop of the stonework display for relocation to the Gilmore.

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