Blogs
on 15 hours ago
The last limo to safely transport President John F.
Kennedy before his assassination is expected to reach up to $500,000 at auction this week. <br>The 1963 Lincoln Continental that JFK and First Lady Jackie Kennedy traveled in on the morning of November 22, 1963, as they went to a Fort Worth Airbase to get a flight to Dallas will go up for <a href="https://jetblacktransportation.com/blog/car-service-in-boston/">JetBlack</a>; sale on October 14. <br><img style="max-width:430px;float:right;padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;border:0px;" alt="" />The 46-year-old president was later shot and killed as he traveled through Dallas in another convertible Lincoln Continental. That car is on . <br>With the transition to all online auctions, some of the most expensive web-based car sales ever have been brokered by the likes of Bonhams in the past few months.<br>They included the June sale of a 2003 Ferrari Enzo sold for $2.6million, completed by RM Sotheby's.<br>At the time it was the priciest car ever sold online but the record was broken again just three months later. <br>In September a 1966 Ferrari was sold through Gooding and Company for just over $3million. <br>The JFK limos are not expected to break any records when they go up for sale as part of The American Presidential Experience <a href="https://www.fool.com/search/solr.aspx?q=auction">auction</a>;. <br>Also up for grabs is a lock of George Washington's hair for $500, a stone from the White House for $1,500 and Theodore Roosevelt's signature for $500, as well as a replica of the JFK-era Air Force One. <br> <img src="" alt="JFK was later shot and killed as he traveled through Dallas in another convertible Lincoln Continental, pictured here. It change the security around a presidential car" class="blkBorder img-share" /> JFK was later shot and killed as he traveled through Dallas in another convertible Lincoln Continental, pictured here.
It change the security around a presidential car<br> <img src="" alt="That car, pictured, is on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan" class="blkBorder img-share" /> That car, pictured, is on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan<br> Kennedy often traveled in an open-top Lincoln Continental but his death transformed presidential cars. <br>They have now been completely redesigned to prioritize safety and security, and to enclose the president in more layers of armor and protection. <br>JFK's successor Lyndon B.
Johnson traveled in an armored Continental. <br>By Bush's era, he was traveling in a Cadillac DeVille that was more like a tank than a car. <br>Current presidents travel in 'The Beast', first introduced for Obama's inauguration in 2009. <br>The Cadillac Presidential Limousine weighs in at a massive 10 tons and comes with a formidable array of weapons and armory, as well as eight-inch walls and five-inch windows that are heavier than a commercial jet. <br>
Topics:
car service in boston