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Lincoln Cosmopolitan - a beauty queen awakens from a deep sleep

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Created on April 19, 2012

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Written by:

Bruno von Rotz

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Daniel Reinhard

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - der Kühlergrill hat viel von seinem früheren Glanz verloren

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Der heutige Besitzer des Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan von 1949 beim Nachstellen der damaligen Aufnahme von 1949

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - die nur ein Jahr lang gebaute Fliesshecklimousine, hier an der Schönheitskonkurrenz von Luzern im Jahr 1949

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - nur fünf Jahre gab es den Lincoln Cosmopolitan, den Town Sedan sogar nur ein Jahr lang

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - viele Anbauteile fehlen

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - die Fliesshecklimousine wurde nur 7'302 Mal gebaut

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - 5,6 Meter lang war die stattliche Limousine

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - "streamlined elegance and maximal comfort" - stomlininienförmige Eleganz und maximaler Komfort

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - der Fahrerarbeitsplatz

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan (1949) - Interieur und Armaturenbrett

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - Armaturenbrett

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Lincoln (1949) - Lenkrad und Armaturenbrett im "kleinen" Convertible

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - im Grossen und Ganzen ist noch alles vorhanden

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - Drucktasten für die Einstellung der Heizung

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - oben das historische Radio

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - die Inneneinrichtung hat sich teilweise aufgelöst

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - der stolze Besitzer heute

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - die einstige Eleganz ist auch heute noch gut nachvollziehbar

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - die Spuren der langen und nicht immer sachgemässen Lagerung sind gut sichtbar

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan (1949) - Town Sedan bei der Einfahrt zum Genfer Automobilsalon von 1949

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - einzeln aufgehängte Räder vorne

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - fast 1,6 Meter hoch, was wegen der Länge kaum erahnbar ist

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - gegenläufig öffnende Türen

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - Blick in die Innereien der Beifahrertüre

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - immerhin die Weisswandreifen sind ihm geblieben

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan (1948) - das Modell 1949 mit der neuen Kühler-"Sprache" und in die Kotflügel integrierten Lampen

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - die Plaketten der Schönheitskonkurrenz von Luzern

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - die Plaketten der Schönheitskonkurrenz von Luzern

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - die Plaketten der Schönheitskonkurrenz von Luzern

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan (1949) - Aschenbecher für den Rücksitz

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan (1950) - das massive Chassis

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Lincoln (1949) - der V8-Motor mit 152 PS - Prospektillustration

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan (1949) - Prospektillustration

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan (1951) - Abbildung aus einem Faltprospekt

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan (1951) - in seiner ganzen 5,6 Meter langen Pracht - Prospektaufnahme des Jahres 1951

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan Coupé (1949) - auch mit sechs Sitzplätzen, aber nur mit zwei Türen

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Lincoln Convertible (1949) - Interieur

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan (1951) - die stattliche Limousine mit gegenläufigen Türen

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan (1951) - geglättet, aber immer noch sehr stattlich

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Lincoln (1950) - die zweitürige Variante

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Lincoln (1951) - der kleine Bruder des Cosmopolitan

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Lincoln (1951) - immer noch mit gegenläufigen Türen

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Lincoln Cosmopolitan (1950) - die zweitürige Coupé-Variante

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Lincoln Convertible (1949) - etwas kürzer als das Cosmopolitan Cabrio

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Lincoln (1952) - Interieur des kleinen Lincoln mit neugstaltetem Armaturenbrett und neuen Einrichtungen

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Delahaye 135 (1949) - von Ghia Aigle karossoriertes Delahaye-Coupé an der Schönheitskonkurrenz von Luzern im Jahr 1949

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Bentley Mk VI (1949) - mit Farina-Karosserie an der Schönheitskonkurrenz von Luzern im Frühjahr 1949

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Summary

The Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan was only built for one year, with 7,302 examples built in 1949. One of them was purchased by the Swiss Carl Bucherer, who won his category at the Lucerne beauty contest in 1949. 63 years later, the car stands before us, unrestored but still largely complete, in anticipation of another future. This article shows the vehicle, which is probably unique in our part of the world, as it was found, and retraces the history of the Cosmopolitan series with many historical pictures and brochures.

This article contains the following chapters

A new beginning with the Cosmopolitan
Four model variants
With simple but effective V8 power
Pure luxury
Not cheap and rare
At the 1949 Geneva Motor Show
Sleeping beauty?
Lincoln Cosmpolitan production figures from 1949 to 1951
Further information

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

60 years ago, Concours d'Elegance were "en vogue", just as they are again today. The only difference was that back then, you didn't enter an old car in the elegance competition, but a new car, preferably a vehicle with a customized special body, or rare and luxurious series-produced cars. Carl Bucherer did just that in Lucerne in 1949, entering his Lincoln Cosmopolitan Town Sedan in the category "Private cars - production cars in original factory design, class 2 - closed cars" and coming out on top! The fifth beauty contest in Lucerne was so important that the prestigious Automobil Revue magazine devoted almost an entire page of coverage to it. A stroke of luck, as we shall see later.

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