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Dan Magathan was looking for something with a little more room and plenty of style when he found his 1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan. The car, which handily fills the bill, is often mistaken for a Hudson or a Packard.

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Looking a little like a cross between a customized 1950 Mercury and a Ford of the same vintage, Dan Magathan's Lincoln Cosmopolitan is a mostly stock, fully functional street car.

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The massive front bumper, frenched headlights and curved sheet metal give the Cosmopolitan a unique appearance.

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Rolling contours define the rear deck lid and fenders, which carry custom-looking round taillights frenched into the sheet metal.

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The chrome dividers in the three-piece rear windshield are reflected in the external chrome trunk lid hinges.

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A closer look reveals how stylists tucked the single headlight buckets into the gently curved front fenders.

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One of the subtle period-correct custom touches on the Cosmo is a set of "crab claw" hub cabs borrowed from a mid-'50s Dodge Lancer.

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What makes the big Lincoln go? Just the biggest flathead V-8 available at the time, a whopping 337-cubic-inch engine. The canister-like device in the foreground is a hydraulic pump that provides power to the power window system.

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Another look at the 337-cubic-inch flathead reveals the side draft carburetor/air cleaner setup. The Cosmo has been converted to a 12-volt electrical system.

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A hefty steering wheel was needed to guide the Cosmo around corners. The column-mounted shifter controls a new-for-1950 Hydra-Matic transmission supplied by General Motors.

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The rear seat offers plenty of leg room and a full-sized fold-down center armrest. The Cosmo now features custom gray-and-white tuck-and-roll vinyl.

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Not only is there room for plenty of passengers, the doors open in opposite directions, providing easy entry and exit for guests.

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The power window controls look like fairly modern pieces, but actually operate hydraulic actuators to raise and lower the glass.

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Peggy Sue, a fully-equipped car hop mannequin, right down to her roller skates, will appear with Magathan's Cosmopolitan at car shows this season. The basement of his home is awash in '50s memorabilia.

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