Ford's Lust for Luxury - The 1931 Lincoln Model K
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- In the midst of the cylinder wars of the late 20s and early 30s, Lincoln needed to prove itself with the luxurious Model K..
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We made a mistake stating that the Model K was a straight 8 and not a V8. Thank you for watching our videos!
The V configuration permitted the use of the ingenious (but expensive) "fork and blade" connecting rod system in the V-8's and first generation (448 cubic inch) V-12's.
It’s great to go back in time for a while thanks for taking us for a ride Donald
Thanks for watching!
What a great car! I love that era in auto design, so beautiful!
Cars of the late 20s and 30s like this Lincoln Model K are my absolute favorites. Thank you for profiling such a beautiful automobile.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Gorgeous! Doesn't get the attention and credit it deserves among the touring crowd. Go Audrain, keep moving forward and sharing with us such incredible machines!
Thank you! New videos every Tuesday and Friday!
Hi Donald, that Lincoln is a true classic! The design ,paint colors, the fit and finish all add up to a fabulous automobile. Thanks for sharing a glimpse of era long gone by !!
Thank you so much!
Thankyouc Donald . Any of the top 3 would knock spots of our RR ! Naturally , any British purist would baulk at the idea ......and quite rightly ......but the build quality of the realtively "mass" produced cars from "across the pond " were production perfection. The Packard "Merlin " exemplifies this. Thankyou Donald . Oh! And you're nearly to 50k subscribers too ! ......Should be 500k !
Thank you for the continued support, John!
Pure Understated Luxury...
So many great cars: this is the place to find a bunch of them!
Imagine what Edsel could have accomplished if not for cancer and his father....
He would have come with more cars with huge vaginas in the front
Definitely truth to that statement. After the end of the 1931 Model A, the FoMoCo lost market share because the new 1932 to 1942 Fords were significantly less popular. The 1928 Plymouth only had a small market share. Henry Ford mocked that car by telling Walter Chrysler that it should not be built. However, sales of the Plymouth grew rapidly during the Great Depression, mostly by erosion of Ford's market share. Chrysler Corporation and General Motors strengthened during the 1930s... while Henry Ford clung to low cost and often uncompetitive engineering.
Very Nice car and well preserved as well I am just glade they are being driven evne if it is once in a while at least there is still some joy coming from them and loved the car and video.
Glad you enjoyed the video! We love getting these cars out on the road, it’s where they’re meant to be! Thanks for watching!
As a young gen Z I am Glade you agree with them belonging on the road and these pieces of history have a great home.@@AudrainMuseumNetwork
I wish Ford's R&D had a Skunk Works" div. for the V12. Nice video.
Thanks Donald!
Very interesting and insightful. You do a great job unpacking the automobile universe to noobs like myself.
Wow! Beautiful vehicle. That steering wheel is huge.
Most pre-war steering wheels are! Gives you more leverage when there is no power steering!
that's the great thing about museums , the intelligence of the curators. Advertising was ford, Lincoln, mercury, combined for so long some people don't look there for prestige
What a wonderful car, along with a great story. Thanks, Donald.
Thank you for watching!
Love the Lincolns!
Shows like this are for me a natural laxative so cheers for that! 😂
Donald, surely you know that Lincoln used a V8, not a straight 8
Of course! Nothing like a moment of brain fade when being recorded… 🤪
The blue oval is special - thanks again!
This fits so well in with this years Cugot prize winning book "Detroit steel artists" which has much on Edsel and the Le Baron design and body works. Looks like a bit of focus required to drive it. Donald behind the wheel of the Model K oozes class, but I prefer the Packards.
It was definitely a bit of a challenge with the crowned roads!
Edsel lived in the shadow of his father for many years , but he perceived in making Lincoln a beautiful luxary car after all.
Thank you for another great video in which you bring us all along, Donald. The Lincoln is a beautiful automobile. I am surprised at how quiet it is, I think it would rival many modern cars! Henry Ford was not a perfect man, far from it, he was a cantankerous but nonetheless creative entrepreneur, albeit up to a point. I think he in many ways misread the automotive landscape whereas Edsel got it just right. For example, he thought mechanical brakes were good enough while many others (Chrysler) had gone on to hydraulic brake systems, or "juice" brakes as they were called.
Do other car museums have great channels like this?
Thank you for the support! The Peteresen Museum also has a great channel
They were V-8's not straight 8's.
See my comment below…. Brain fade happens to us all… thanks for watching!
The American luxury new car market of 1931 had a broad range of prices. Both Packard and Cadillac (excluding LaSalle) sold multiple times more cars than Lincoln in 1931... mostly because their volume models were in the $2,400-$3,500 range. That was considered the low end of the luxury car market. The cheapest 1931 Lincoln was a significantly more expensive $4,400. However, the effects of competition necessitated a somewhat cheaper 1932 Lincoln KA that was priced around $2,900-$3,500. Edsel Ford did not want to cut corners on quality by going too down market. Regardless, the Lincoln Division was a money loser supported by the profitably selling Fords. The Model L and Model K are both rather understated in design for their era which partially explains why the more blingy Packards and Cadillacs of those years command higher prices.
Edsel modestly observed that he wasn’t a great designer or stylist but as Donald observed Edsel DID have great taste and knew something was ‘right’ when he saw it.
Nonetheless, Packard outsold all of the aforementioned, including Cadillac, for most of the 1930s. The one to beat!
Hello.
Hello, Chris!
Lincoln NEVER produced a Straight 8! The first Lincoln engine was a V8, of course. I think it was 357 cubes, just like the Packard engine, which WAS a Straight 8. Later, the Lincoln V8 was enlarged to 384 cubic inches. Ditto the Packard Straight 8.
Wasn't it Henry M. and his son Wilfred Leland? I'm working off memory now because my library is no longer in existence, but I don't think they were brothers as you stated. Mr. Picky is getting grouchy in his old age. 🤔
Within 2 minutes I noticed mistakes. The Leland brothers? No. Leland and his son, Wilfred. The Lelands were out after a few years? No. A little after 4 months. Edsel Ford influenced his father's decision to purchase Lincoln. It would not have been acquired without Edsel's involvement.
You said KA?! Is that where the name of the European Ford KA of the 90's came from?
V8 not straight!
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