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Mystery Limo> by andys120
Nov 30, 2008 (1:47 pm)
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Besides the make/model/year of this Presidential Limousine, do you know which President used it?
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Re: Mystery Limo> [andys120] by kyfdx HOST
Nov 30, 2008 (4:25 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (Nov 30, 2008 1:47 pm)

It looks like a mid-'60s Mercury, so I'm going with LBJ.
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Re: Mystery Limo> [kyfdx] by andys120
Nov 30, 2008 (5:23 pm)
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Replying to: kyfdx (Nov 30, 2008 4:25 pm)

Sorry Kyfdx, you're wrong on all counts, wrong make/year and wrong President.
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Re: Mystery Limo> [andys120] by tmart
Nov 30, 2008 (5:23 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (Nov 30, 2008 1:47 pm)

It's a Lincoln.
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Re: Mystery Limo> [andys120] by scscars
Nov 30, 2008 (5:23 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (Nov 30, 2008 1:47 pm)

The limo is a 1969 Lincoln Continental that was used by President Nixon. It seems to me that I've seen this limo "in the flesh" at Greenfield Village (Henry Ford Museum) outside of Detroit.
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Re: Mystery Limo> [scscars] by karsick
Nov 30, 2008 (9:00 pm)
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Replying to: scscars (Nov 30, 2008 5:23 pm)

Yes, it was Nixon's limo......... which was also the very same (infamous) Lincoln in which JFK was killed (from what I've read).
 
The roof was added and the paint color changed to lower the creepiness factor.
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Re: Mystery Limo> [karsick] by wgrafer
Dec 01, 2008 (5:46 am)
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Replying to: karsick (Nov 30, 2008 9:00 pm)

Well, while the Kennedy limo (known as X-100) was rebuilt with a new solid roof and interior, this is not it. As stated, this is a 1969 used by Nixon and 'retired' to Greenfield Village in 1977.
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Re: Mystery Limo> [andys120] by lostwrench1
Dec 01, 2008 (5:58 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Nov 30, 2008 1:47 pm)

It is not the car in which Kennedy was assassinated. Kennedy's was a 1961 Lincoln, the "X100". After the assassination, it was rebuilt, making it armored, and used by Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter. It is on display in Dearborn, Michigan. I stood next to it.
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Re: Mystery Limo> [scscars] by andys120
Dec 01, 2008 (6:01 am)
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Replying to: scscars (Nov 30, 2008 5:23 pm)

Yep, it's Nixon's '69 Lincoln Continental.
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Slopeback> by andys120
Dec 01, 2008 (6:04 am)
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