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The Presidential Limousine may appear same a new invention, thing that came nearly inside the recent few Presidential vocabulary. This, however, is a misconception. Officially, the original President to drive in what has become famous as the Presidential Limousine was Woodrow Wilson. Taking the streets during a procession celebrating the US finish in World War I, he was conformation the end of the war and, unknowingly, starting the instigation of a facility cognitive content.

Following Wilson, Calvin Coolidge in use a 1928 Cadillac municipality car during his administration, but due process presidents had thing even larger. In 1938, the US political affairs accepted two Cadillac Convertibles, which stretched 21.5 feet lifelong and weighed about 8 a thousand pounds. They were titled after the deep liners and called the "Queen Elizabeth" and the "Queen Mary." These vehicles built-in most failsafe generators, two way radios, and a satiated armory or implements of war. Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, mistreatment these two Cadillacs during their several reigns, were the early Presidents to ride in both flamboyance and heightened safekeeping.

After the denunciation on Pearl Harbor, the heightened safety got even taller and an armor-clad limousine that was primitively closely-held by Al Capone was used. The Department of Treasury took possession of this auto after Capone was found fineable of tax deception and settled it in an attach lot. Amid the horror of the Harbor attacks, it was believed to be the safest way to bring FDR to congress, allowing him to verbalize his "Date that will in concert in infamy" proclamation to the thousands of Americans listening at address.

Once Al Capone's car was put to rest, a 1939 Lincoln V12 convertible titled the "Sunshine Special" was reinforced for Roosevelt. Used until 1950, it is now on showcase at the Henry Ford Museum.

Another purposely planned limo, called the "Bubble Top" was utilized by Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. After xv years, it was retired in 1965 and - tailing in the ring tracks of the "Sunshine Special"- is now likewise on display at the Henry Ford Museum.

While the limos were more and more proper more than secure, they were definitely fallible, even more when the roof was abstracted. This brings us to JFK.

Arguably the peak noted Presidential machine was John F. Kennedy's. A 1961 Lincoln Continental Convertible, notable as a X-100, provided JFK beside his concluding drive on November 22, 1963. Known for withdrawal of air conditioning, the top was abstracted during the Dallas parade (and masses modern times formerly) to kind the passengers more than warm. This conspicuously provided a great financial guarantee risk, one that did not go ignored by the murderer.

During Lyndon Johnson's term, a threesome of 1965 Lincoln Continental Executive Limousines was nearly new and Richard Nixon rode in a varied X-100 as powerfully as a 1969 Lincoln car next to a sunroof, which he requested.

Near the mid-1970's, a 1972 Continental with bulletproof plates, bullet substantiation glass, and a V.8 was specified to the US affairs of state and used by Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan and eventually found its way into the Henry Ford Museum. George Bush (the original one) rode in a varied 1989 Lincoln Town Car.

Reagan was too fixed a Cadillac Fleetwood limousine during his incumbency and Bill Clinton was given a Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Presidential succession during his. These vehicles were designed to present optimal security

The Cadillac Fleetwood given to Reagan is now in the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in California and Clinton's 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham is situated in the Clinton Presidential Library in Arkansas. These are the final of the Presidential Limousines that will of all time be put on retrospective. The remains will be extinguished by the Secret Service.