Pros and cons of Lincoln flatheads

[Henry Floored]

Originally Posted by tubman

I saw this quoted in the previous post. While there were 337 Lincolns competing in the Carrera Pan America the first couple of years, they never won. I think the best finish was 8th in 1950 or 51. The Lincoln victories didn't start until they started using the 317" "Y"-block.

In retrospect, just finishing that race may be considered "conquering".

Yes that's what I meant. Remember some of the other cars in their class were the new OHV V8's and others were pure sports cars.

There is a picture on the internet of a 337 powered Lincoln racing in the Carrera Americana actually "catching air" going over a rise in the road.

Not bad.