317.5ciPushrod Overhead Valve V-8 Single 4-Barrel Carburetor 205bhp at 4,200rpm Hydra-Matic Automatic Transmission Coil Spring Independent Front Suspension, Leaf Spring Live Rear Axle 4-Wheel Hydraulic Drum Brakes * The only known survivor of Lincoln's 1954 Carrera Panamericana team * Restored by its original builder, Holman and Moody-Stroppe * Finished in the unique livery of class winners, Ray Crawford and Enrique Iglesias * Preserved for over half a century in Harrah's Collection/National Automobile Museum THE LINCOLN CAPRI Having completely restyled the Lincoln lineup in 1952 and equipped it with a good-performing 317 cubic inch overhead valve V-8, Ford's senior marque sought to prove that performance went with handsome design.

To do it they turned to competing in the famed Carrera Panamericana.

Lincoln was not alone in seeing the Panamerican road race, 1,908 miles from Tuxtla Guitterez on the Guatemalan border to Ciudad Jaurez on the Rio Grande, as a promotional opportunity.

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