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Re: Mystery Limo> [andys120]
by kyfdx HOST
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Dec 01, 2008 (6:04 am)
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Re: Slopeback> [andys120]
by stephen987
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Dec 01, 2008 (6:38 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Dec 01, 2008 6:04 am)
Sunbeam Harrington. With Japanese-market mirrors???
EDIT: Judging from the outsize script on the front fender, it's a Sunbeam Harrington Le Mans. More info at the Sunbeam Harrington club site.
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