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OWNED BY KEVIN LEHSE
                                             PHOTOS BY DAN STEPHENSON
                                             MODELED BY KAYLA BOLLMAN
                                               WRITTEN BY RICK LOXTON




























                    In the most recent installments
                    of Downshifting, I’ve been
                    offering my advice for how to
                         here are several iterations of the song, ‘Hot
                Ikeep things fair when it comes
                         Rod Lincoln’, the main difference being the
                 to your trade, your time, and last
                         use of either a V8 or V12 Lincoln engine stuffed
                 issue, your tools.  This time, I tackle
                         between the rails of a Model A. Fairhaven, Minnesota’s Kevin
                 the only other road-going piece
                T Lehse built a car somewhat along those lines in the form of a ’27
                 of equipment you own that might
                Model T. At one time, Lincoln engines were the hot ticket amongst hot
                 be more important than your rod:
                rodders. The 317-inch Lincoln in Kevin’s car earned a reputation back in
                 your trailer.
                the day as both powerful and durable, having won the top four spots

                in the Stock Car category of the Pan American Road Race in both 1952
                and 1953. Kevin was looking for something different to power his car


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