Late-blooming Lincoln

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Ford Motor Company found itself playing catch-up in 1949-50, when General Motors had introduced new "hardtop convertibles" for all five GM marques. The steel-roofed hardtops had convertible styling and no "B pillar" between front and rear side windows. Ford wouldn't have a comparable model before late 1951, so for 1950 they dressed up some two-door sedans with fabric roofs and distinctive side trim: the Ford Crestliner, Mercury Monterey, and Lincoln Lido and Capri. The Capri was based on the Lincoln Cosmopolitan, which, with one-piece windshield and slender chrome window frames, looked more the part. Perhaps 2,000 were sold, in 1950 and '51 only. For 1952, the Capri became a true hardtop on the redesigned Lincoln.

 This 1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Capri was seen in the Car Corral at Hershey in 2009. In addition to the usual Capri features it had a badge from its original Missouri dealer.  (text & photos Kit Foster)

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