The badge on this car says V8, but the Lincoln-Zephyr that defined the late 1930s never came with one from the factory — it ran a smooth, compact V12 unlike anything else in Lincoln’s lineup before or since. Edsel Ford personally championed the design, and it helped save Lincoln during the Depression. Here’s the real story behind the engine that made the Zephyr famous, and what a V8 badge on this example likely means.
