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1961 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine SS-100-X Presidential State Car Hess & Eisenhardt Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: 
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◊ 2007-07-31 20:59 |
That appears to be a customized Continental. |
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◊ 2007-07-31 21:02 |
Looks like Kennedy's "assassination" limousine. If so, it was built in 1961 (Hess and Eisenhardt?) but updated each model year through 1963. -- Last edit: 2007-07-31 21:03:24 |
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◊ 2007-07-31 21:10 |
It is the 1961 Continental X-100 but it's the "Quick Fix" version used by Johnson and later presidents. "This presidential vehicle earned the name "Quick Fix" because it was built and put into service just five months after the Kennedy Assassination. The "Quick Fix" was actually the Lincoln X-100 - the same car President John F. Kennedy (JFK) had been riding in the day he was shot. The X-100 began as a stock 1961 Lincoln 4-door convertible and was converted into a parade vehicle. The X-100 had no armor plating or bullet-resistent glass because its primary purpose was to make the president more visible and keep him dry in bad weather. Immediately following the assassination, the government decided that it would more time efficient and less costly to rebuild the X-100 from the ground up rather than creating a totally new vehicle from scratch. Passengers in the "Quick Fix" were protected by a "glass house" made of transparent armor (bullet-resistant glass). The large glass panel directly above the rear seat weighed 1500 pounds and in 1964 was the largest piece of curved glass ever made. After receiving a new engine, titanium armor plating, and an updated 1964 grille, the "Quick Fix" was given a fresh coat of midnight blue paint and returned to the White House in May 1964. However, President President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) refused to ride in the car. Midnight blue was a color associated with JFK and LBJ did not want people saying he was riding in JFK "death car" every time it went on the road. The car was repainted black. It was used by Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter before being retired in 1977." (text taken from the Yatming website - they made a 1/24 die-cast replica of that car) |
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