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Presidential Limosine Fleet - Whereabouts today?
Category: Sports and Recreation > Automotive Asked by: scm7-ga List Price: $20.00 |
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21 Jun 2005 17:25 PDT
Expires: 21 Jul 2005 17:25 PDT Question ID: 535676 |
I am wondering where all of the old Presidential limosines go once they are taken out of commission (i.e. where is/are the car(s) that Nixon/Carter/Regan/etc.) were escorted around in? Is there a museum somewhere that has them all? |
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Re: Presidential Limosine Fleet - Whereabouts today?
Answered By: easterangel-ga on 21 Jun 2005 18:09 PDT Rated: |
Hi! Thanks for the question. Yes there are three museums that house the limousines used by past presidents. These are the Henry Ford Museum, the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Library and the Clinton Presidential Center. "A display of presidential limousines spanning our nation's history from the New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the assassination of President Kennedy and the attempted shootings of Presidents Ford and Reagan is one of the fascinating features of the automotive collection at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn." "The Henry Ford Museum has one of the truly great automotive collections in the world and the presidential limousines, all Lincolns, is an important component of it." "Presidential limos a hit at Henry Ford Museum" By Richard A. Wright http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/story/index.cfm?id=74 "It includes the last horse-drawn carriage used by presidents, ordered put into service in 1902 by Theodore Roosevelt; the '39 Lincoln "Sunshine Special" presidential limousine created for use by Franklin D. Roosevelt and also used by Harry Truman, and the famed 1950 Lincoln "Bubble-Top" presidential limousine associated most with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, but actually built for use by Truman. It was still in service into the John F. Kennedy administration." "Ford museum preserves greatest moments in automotive history" By Richard A. Wright http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/story/index.cfm?id=392 ---------------- In 1983, 1993 to 2001, Cadillac began supplying the limousines. "Cadillac supplied Presidential limousines in 1983, 1993 and 2001." "Lincoln" http://www.answers.com/topic/lincoln-automobile Such limousines are now housed at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Library & Museum and at the Clinton Presidential Center. "Currently, the 1983 Cadillac Fleetwood limousine resides at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Library & Museum in California while the 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham is located at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas." "The predecessor to the current limousine was the 2001 Cadillac DeVille limousine. The vehicle is still in service." "George's new car - Cadillac ONE" http://www.gizmag.com/go/3642/ Search terms used: "Presidential limousines" "Henry Ford Museum" Cadillac "presidential limousines" museum I hope these links would be helpful to your research. Before rating this answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if you would need further information. Regards, Easterangel-ga Google Answers Researcher |
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Re: Presidential Limosine Fleet - Whereabouts today?
From: easterangel-ga on 22 Jun 2005 09:27 PDT |
Thanks for the kind words, the 5 stars and for the tip! :) |
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Re: Presidential Limosine Fleet - Whereabouts today?
From: reaganlimo-ga on 02 Mar 2006 10:07 PST |
According to the Secret service, all presidential limos post the 1975 Continetal limo, housed at Henry Ford Museum, are blown up. It is hard to believe that the 1983 Reagan Cadillac Fleetwood limo met such a bad end. In keeping with the history and the man underwhich that beautiful car served, it seems too far fetched to belive. of them all, I find it to be the most attractive with it's sleek lines and high roof. It was the most beefy looking of all the limos. They say that it is displayed at Reagan's library in California, but I think it is probably a later prototype, much like the limo used in Clint Eastwood's movie, In The Line Of Fire.esp. if what the secret Service say is true about all limos are now destroyed, then Reagan's and Clinton's limo are not genuine. Yatming has a 1/24 scale diecast replica of Reagan's 1983 Cadillac limo, but it isn't an accurate replica. The roof is standard limo height instead of the tall roof his limo had, and the wheels are too small. The wheels need to be larger and fill the wheel wells more. The other replicas in the presidential limosine line-up, esp. the Kennedy car, are very nice and accurately portray the appearance of those historic cars, but the Reagan Cadillac looks like they took too many short cuts and did not actual research the vehicle in order to capture it's unique appearance. I am disappointed in it; hopefully, they will redesign it in the future. Hope that helps you out. |
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