According to its build record at the Benson Ford Research Center, this 1930 Lincoln Model L was one of 79 delivered as the Sport Touring style number 177.

A late-production 1930 model, it was originally finished in Sage Brush Green with Eagle Ottawa leather interior, with the chassis, fenders, wheels, and splash aprons all painted body-color, an option that cost an additional $100.

The car was delivered either via the Miami dealer or the Ford branch in Havana, Cuba, to become part of the fleet of the island nation’s president, Gerardo Machado.

Reportedly the unusual single-tone green livery was inspired by the president’s military past.

President Machado fled the country in 1934, when General Fulgencio Batista came to power.

His Lincolns stayed behind, and in 1958 Adam Wantuck, visiting the country on a winter cruise, encountered this one, which was by then in service, like so many vintage cars in Cuba, as a taxi.

Wantuck bought the Lincoln, had it loaded onto his cruise ship (so...