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{{Infobox automobile engine |
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|name=Lincoln Liberty V8 |
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|manufacturer=[[Lincoln Motor Company]]<br>[[Ford Motor Company]] |
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|production=1920–1931 |
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|successor=[[Lincoln L-head V12 engine|Lincoln L-head V12]] |
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|class=60° Flathead [[V8 engine|V8]] |
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[[Henry M. Leland|Henry Leland]]'s [[Lincoln Motor Company]] was formed with the sole purpose of building the [[Liberty engine]]. |
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As the United States entered [[World War I]], the [[Cadillac]] division of General Motors was asked to produce the new Liberty aircraft engine, but [[William C. Durant]] was a pacifist who did not want General Motors or Cadillac facilities to be used for producing war material. This led to [[Henry Leland]] leaving Cadillac to form the Lincoln Motor Company to make Liberty engines. He quickly gained a $10,000,000 government contract to build 6,000 engines.<ref>[[#Weiss|Weiss]] p. 45.</ref> Subsequently the order was increased to 9000 units, with the option to produce 8000 more if the government needed them.<ref>[[#Leland|Leland & Millbrook]] p. 189.</ref> Other manufacturers in the program included Packard, Ford and Marmon. Lincoln had delivered 6500 of the 400-hp, V-12, overhead camshaft engines when production ceased in January 1919.<ref>[[#Leland|Leland & Millbrook]] p. 194.</ref> Although it's widely reported otherwise, a few Liberty engines did see action in France as power for the American version of the [[Airco DH.4|DeHaviland DH4]].<ref>[[#Vincent|Vincent]] p. 400.</ref> |
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With no more government contracts forthcoming, Leland announced plans to build a luxury automobile. The Lincoln Motor Company was reorganized, investors put up $6.5 million, the aircraft plant was retooled for auto production and design work commenced. The narrow 60-degree angle between cylinders of the side-valve V8 auto engine may reflect experience with the Liberty.<ref>[[#Barker|Barker & Harding]] p. 105.</ref> Output was 81 hp (60 kW), a figure that was increased to 90 hp (67 kW) in 1929, and 120 hp (89 kW) for the 1931 Model K and 1932 Model KA. |
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The [[Lincoln L-series]] was launched in September 1920. Sales were slow and the board of directors put the company up for bids on February 4, 1922. It was purchased by the [[Ford Motor Company]], which invested in the L-series, giving the engine and car a firm footing. The car was redesigned for 1931 as the [[Lincoln K-series|Model K]], with the V8 engine lasting two more years before being replaced by a [[Lincoln L-head V12 engine|L-head V12]]. |
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==Notes== |
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==References== |
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*{{ cite book | title = Automotive Design: Twelve Great Designers and Their Work | editors = |last1 = Barker | first1 = Ronald |last2=Harding |first2=Anthony | publisher = SAE | year = 1992 | ISBN= 1-56091-210-3 |ref=Barker |lastauthoramp=&}} |
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* {{cite book | last1 = Leland | first1 = Mrs. Wilfred C. |last2=Dubbs Millbrook |first2=Minnie | title = Master of Precision:Henry M. Leland | publisher = Wayne State Univ. Press | year = 1996 | ISBN= 0-8143-2665-X | ref=Leland |lastauthoramp=&}} |
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* {{cite book|title=100 Years of Ford| last=Lewis |first=David L. |isbn=0-7853-7988-6|publisher=Publications International|year=2005}} |
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.lincolnanonymous.com/|title=Lincoln Anonymous|accessdate=August 22, 2006}} |
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* {{ cite book | last = Vincent | first = J.G. | title = The Liberty Aircraft Engine | 1900020 | publisher = Society of Automotive Engineers |ref=Vincent}} |
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* {{cite book|title=Chrysler, Ford, Durant and Sloan: Founding Giants of the American Automotive Industry|first=H Eugene|last=Weiss|isbn=0-7864-1611-4 |ref=Wiess}} |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of Ford engines]] |
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[[Category:Lincoln engines|Liberty]] |
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