Re: IML: 1964 Imperial Lebaron Limousine, the Kennedy's vs. 1965 Lincoln : T...

[Christopher H <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It was during the Reagan era. Cadillac delivered its new presidential limo
to Reagan in 1983, though the 1970 Lincoln (dressed in 1974 and later 1978
trim) was used starting with Nixon and remained in service into George HW
Bush¹s term in office.

There are several presidential limos on display at the Henry Ford Museum,
one of many reasons to pay a visit if you¹re ever near Detroit! The museum
says that this Lincoln is the last presidential limousine that will be
preserved. All presidential cars are now destroyed by the Secret Service for
security reasons.

So if Chrysler ever builds that Imperial concept into a presidential car,
we'll only get to see it on tv and the Web.

Happy New Year,
Chris in LA


On 12/31/06 7:44 AM, Oneof514@xxxxxxx at Oneof514@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I think the switch over to Cadillacs may have been post Reagan era.
>  
> The 1978 Lincoln Limo that Reagan used is on exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum
> in Dearborn, MI.
>  
> Part of the Kennedy / Lincoln connection was probably due to the fact that
> Kennedy's Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, had been president of the
> Ford Motor Company.
>  
> It is interesting to me that for President Kennedy's own inagaural parade, he
> rode in the early 50's Lincoln Presidential Limo, not the newer, mid-50's
> Cadillac Presidential Limo.
> 





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