24 Aug 01
This specially modified - by coachbuilder Hess and Eisenhardt - Lincoln Continental toured the world with President Kennedy. Sadly it was also the car in which he was shot in Dallas in 1963. It was a major piece of evidence in the Warren Commission's investigation - its cracked windscreen still sits in the American National archives - but amazingly it was put back into service after a complete re-fit which included extensive bulletproofing that added a ton to its weight. Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Ford used the car until it was finally taken out of service and returned to its owner, Ford, in 1977 (Ford rented it to the White House for $500 a year). You can see it in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
