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1961 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine SS-100-X Presidential State Car Hess & Eisenhardt

1961 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine in A Decade to Remember: The 1960's, Documentary, 2007

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: US

1961 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine SS-100-X Presidential State Car Hess & Eisenhardt

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stronghold EN

2010-03-19 21:52

Lincoln?

Exiv96 BE

2010-03-19 21:57

Lincoln Continental (presidential limousine).

CougarTim US

2010-03-19 22:11

I wonder if this is Kennedy's famous SS-100-X with one of its removable tops on.

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chris40 UK

2010-03-19 22:24

Looks like LBJ and Lady Bird aboard ...

stronghold EN

2010-03-20 14:30

This is also from the parade for the inauguration of president Johnson

modell US

2010-03-20 20:02

I don't know about LBJ, but I'd feel pretty uneasy about riding in a car that someone was assassinated in.

chris40 UK

2010-03-20 20:37

From Wikipedia: 'President John F. Kennedy's limousine, in which he was assassinated, was a 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible, which also came with a Plexiglas bubble top in the event of inclement weather. The vehicle was custom built by Hess and Eisenhart of Cincinnati, and was known as the SS-100-X. The car was retrofitted with armor plating, a permanent sedan roof, a new interior, an improved air-conditioning system, electronic communications equipment, bulletproof glass, a new paint treatment and cosmetic alterations to remove damage incurred during the assassination, among other changes. The car is on display at the Henry Ford Museum.'
The Johnson administration didn't replace SS-100-X until 1965.

owlman US

2010-03-20 20:46

modell wrote I don't know about LBJ, but I'd feel pretty uneasy about riding in a car that someone was assassinated in.

Yeah, using the car your predecessor was killed in! It does seem a bit strange.

G-MANN UK

2010-03-24 23:51

I know, you'd think they would have considered it bad luck to carrying on using a Presidential limousine that one President got killed in! Maybe they really wanted to get their money's worth out of it :whistle:

skywatcher68 US

2018-04-14 03:48

Per America in Color, the car itself cost nearly 8 grand plus another 200 grand in modifications. That's like 1¾ million today.

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