Henry Leland , founder of Cadillac, also founded Lincoln in 1920. He later sold it to Ford in 1922 making this a pre-Ford Motor Company Lincoln.

This example is serial number 960, reported to be the second oldest known surviving Lincoln. The oldest known, number 904 is in the Nethercutt Collection in California This vehicle was originally a seven-passenger touring sedan (engine #899, body #508), according to the owner and research completed at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The information was able to narrow the build-date between November 20, 1920 and March 8, 1921. It is reported that no records exist to close this time-frame.

The current owner purchased the Lincoln in February 1999 from the Vintage Motors of Sarasota, Inc., Museum of Cars and History, which bought the car in the mid-1960s. It is thought that the car was restored in the mid-1960s to early-1970s.

The owner believes that various dealer bulletins and magazine articles indicate that this was converted in the 1930s – 1940s to its current configuration; this happened to numerous luxury cars of the 1920s with good, strong engines and frames. According to the books, the Lincoln has a 358-cid with 36-hp V-8 engine with a lot of torque. This is mated to a three-speed manual transmission. The Lincoln has an electric starter, been converted to a 12-volt electrical system and has wood-spoke wheels with steel rims. There is no spare tire.

The Lincoln is finished in maroon with black fenders; the paint is said to be decent with some chips at the hood and door edges, along with some checking. It has a black, fixed vinyl top and a black vinyl bench seat, neither having any tears. The windshield folds out and there are no side-curtains. There is a lockable compartment in the passenger door. The cowl marker lights are missing their insides. The bed rails are steel pipe and the bed floor is wood. It has the foldaway “fat man” steering wheel with the throttle and timing advance on the steering wheel. There is one gauge missing inside the speedometer/odometer cluster.