The Last Judkins Custom Body

The Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar, California contains many prize-winning restorations of noteworthy luxury cars, mostly from the 1920s and 1930s.  One such is a 1938 twelve-cylinder K series Lincoln Touring Coupé built by J.B. Judkins Company of Amesbury, Massachusetts.

According to the link, Judkins built more custom bodies for Lincoln than any other coachbuilder.  The example at Nethercutt was Judkins' final car body, and was made for J.B. himself.

Unless otherwise noted, the color photos below were taken by Yr. Humble Blogger in June, 2019.  Click on images to enlarge.

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1938 Lincoln K coupé by Judkins.

Plaque describing the car and its history.

Showing more detail of the "pillarless" passenger compartment.  This design was not original to Judkins.  It was borrowed from a series of custom bodies on Delage automobiles.

This c.1934 Delage Conduite Interieur Sport has a body by Letourneur et Marchand.  Because its B-pillar is truncated at the car's beltline, the design can be classed as "pillarless" even though that's only in a visual sense. This early example does not match the Judkins body shown above.

But this 1936 Delage D8-120 Aérosport Coupé by Letourneur et Marchand is an example of the design that inspired the 1938 Judkins Lincoln.  Photo via Hyman, Ltd.

Bonus image: Featured are Lincoln'e greyhound mascot and the round, blue, Art Deco style badge.