On paper, the posh new Lincoln Capri for 1952 must have been a tempting proposition, offering the division’s first high-compression, OHV V-8 and available as a swanky, pillarless hardtop coupe. It had all the power and flash it needed, it seems, to appeal to the discerning luxury car buyer.
That is, if that discerning luxury car buyer hadn’t already bought a very similar car from
