This striking car was the seventh of just eight Brunn Convertible Victorias built on the Model K chassis in 1938. Its original owner specified it without the common side-mounted spares, instead having a single spare enclosed in the tail, an unusual feature that results in the car having a much cleaner, neater, and low-slung appearance. In addition, the car was outfitted with a dashboard-mounted radio, with a handsomely designed Art Deco speaker face beneath. Per the Benson Ford Research Center’s original ledgers, the Lincoln was originally finished in Traymore Green and delivered in January of 1938.

In 1961 the car was listed with the Antique Automobile Club of America by Dwight A. Smith Jr. of Charlestown, New Hampshire. Mr. Smith advertised it the following year with the Classic Car Club of America, describing it as having been repainted but, at the time, retaining its original leather interior. The Lincoln was later acquired by collector Dale Fowler, in whose ownership it participated in CCCA events in the early 1990s. From Mr. Fowler it passed into the large collection of the late John O’Quinn, then was purchased in 2011 by respected enthusiast Ross Myers of Pennsylvania.

Terence E. Adderley, a longtime appreciator of classic Lincolns, purchased the car in 2013, adding it to his own stable where it has since resided as one of several magnificent twelve-cylinder models. An older restoration, it is still highly attractive and retains its original engine, its original serial number tag, and the original floor wood, stamped with the Brunn body number 2698 in the sills and bearing the original Lincoln-applied body tag distinguishing it as the seventh Brunn body built of this style. Overall, the presentation is one that feels very honest and the car will have much appeal to any enthusiast of these last of the true coachbuilt Lincolns.