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The 1961 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL - X100 in front of the White House in Washington
In 1961, a LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 4-door convertible rolled out of FORD's Michigan factories for use as a presidential limousine for parades.
President EISENHOWER having just arrived by plane and riding in a 1950 LINCOLN Cosmopolitan
It contrasts with the ten LINCOLN COSMOPOLITAN of the 50's that the former American presidents, Harry TRUMAN and Dwigth EISENHOWER owned.
President TRUMAN in a Lincoln V12 Sunshine in the late 1940s
Previously, American presidents used to travel in 1939 LINCOLN V12 SUNSHINE.
1956 Cadillac Parade Car in front of the White House
Or with two 1956 CADILLAC PARADE CARs.
Members of the US Secret Service on the CADILLAC Parade Car of 1956 in the streets of New York in 1962
The code name of one of them was "HALFBACK", and they accompanied the President's limousine during his domestic and foreign trips.
Visit of the Pakistani President on 11/07/1961
This 1961 LINCOLN was sent to a tuner in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hess & Eisenhardt, to prepare it as a parade car. This photo shows the arrival of Pakistani President Ayub KHAN in the USA with US President John F. KENNEDY in the X100 in July 1961.
and here when US President JFK greeted the President of Guinea Toure at Washington DC airport in October 1962.
and here with the Indian President outside the White House during a visit to Washington on June 04, 1963.
Members of the US Secret Service on the steps of the X100
The vehicle has as denomination for the agents of the "US Secret Service", the protection services of the President of the USA, the code name "X-100".
Interior of the 1961 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL - X100
This vehicle is filled with innovative equipment: a pair of radiotelephones, interior spotlights and flagpoles illuminated by small spotlights on the wings.
Driving position of the 1961 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL - X100
Visit of the American President JFK on 18/11/63 with the rear seat in raised mode
It also had a rear seat that could be raised 10 inches off the ground...
Presentation of the X100 with the light metal roof and the Bubbletop in June 1961
But its great particularity is the set of its removable roofs :
Presentation of the X100 with the light metal roof
A light metal roof
Presentation of the X100 with the Bubbletop
A transparent plastic roof called "Bubble Top"
American presidential car LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 1950
This principle of transparent roof « Bubble Top » was also used on one of the 1950 LINCOLN COSMOPOLITAN limousines of previous American presidents...
The X100 in open top mode
The X100 in open mode
The X100 with a standard fabric roof
Preparers removing the light metal roof from the X100
Depending on the weather and the type of encounter, the roofs were selected and installed before the convoy left. The lightness of the parts allowed only two people to handle them...
President JFK's visit
The purpose of this "Bubble top" was to make the President of the USA as visible as possible to the spectators along the route.
The X100 with the canvas top version
Something that now would be inconceivable, the car was not designed against the risk of terrorist attack: no special armor and no bulletproof windows...
Visit of the American President JFK in Tampa, Florida on 18/11/1963
During the President's travels in the different American states, this one was transported by plane shortly before the President's arrival.
Visit of the American President JFK in Hawaii on 09/06/1963
One can realize that very often the crowd was close to the presidential car. Indeed, no barrier prevented the spectators to advance...
Visit of the American President JFK in Berlin on 26/06/1963
This limousine was transported to Berlin, during the visit of JFK, on June 26, 1963 and strolled in the Berlin streets with the German chancellor Konrad ADENAEUR and the mayor of West Berlin Willy BRANDT.
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Escort training of US Secret Service Members around the X100
Franklin.D ROOSEVELT's trip in 1936
US President JFK's visit to Dallas on November 22, 1963
On the day of JFK's assassination, November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, it had been decided not to put on the « Bubble Top » due to a bright sky.
US President JFK's visit to Dallas on November 22, 1963
By knowing that even if this one had been put, it was not armoured...
US President JFK's visit to Dallas on November 22, 1963
One can see on many photographs that the spectators were very close to the Presidential Limousine.
US President JFK's visit to Dallas on November 22, 1963
When the car was slowing down, a member of the US Secret Service, here Agent Clinton HILL, the bodyguard who will rush to the limousine during the shooting of President JFK, was very close on the back step.until the tragic moment
The plot: Frank HORRIGAN (Clint EASTWOOD), an American secret service agent close to retirement, is haunted by the memory of a painful failure thirty years earlier: he was part of the squad in charge of protecting JFK on the day of his assassination on 11/22/1963.
A mysterious killer has decided to attack the current President. Agent HORRIGAN, taking the case to heart, will do everything to join the presidential protection service...
The escort going towards the hospital of Dallas shortly after the shooting of President JFK on Novembrer 22, 1963
Back to the aftermath of this tragedy, JFK was quickly taken to the nearest hospital: PARKLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL in Dallas,
The X100 limousine in front of the Dallas hospital shortly after President JFK was shot on 11/22/1963
Inauguration day of President Lyndon B. JOHNSON in January 1964
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The X100 in front of the Hess & Eisenhardt tuner's factory in 1964
Indeed, after the assassination of JFK, the LINCOLN returned to the preparer Hess & Eisenhardt to be modified.
The 1965 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL - X100 reconfigured by Hess & Eisenhardt in front of the White House in Washington
More than 80% of the vehicle has been replaced with armor, bulletproof glass and special anti-puncture tires.
US President Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to Melbourne, Australia in 1966
President Lyndon B. JOHNSON used this car again in official visits, like here in Australia.
Visit of the American President Lyndon B.JOHNSON to Melbourne in Australia in 1966
after having been shot at by demonstrators against the war in Vietnam
During this visit, demonstrators threw projectiles on the limousine.In 1967, the car had a second overhaul, which included a color change. The president of the time did not like the navy blue color and preferred black...
Inauguration of President NIXON with the X100 in january 1969
The successor of President JOHNSON, President NIXON, also took it, as here, during his inauguration in January 1969.
He used it during official visits to American cities.
The 1961 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL - X100 at the Henry FORD Museum in Dearborn
The 1961 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL continued to be used in presidential parades until 1977. It is currently in the Henry FORD Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
The 1969 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL at the White House
Another limousine was ordered in 1968: The 1969 LINCOLN Continental...
The 1969 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL
Armored, with puncture-proof tires and bullet-proof windows, the President of the time, Richard NIXON, asked to have an opening roof through which he could greet the crowd.
President NIXON in the 1969 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL in November 1971
A rear handle allowed members of the US Secret Service to stand in the back when the car was moving at low speed...
1969 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL escort convertible
The presidential limousines that will follow will be more and more armored and will have strong armed protection around it.
Here are several scale models of this X100 :
Here the 1/24 model of LUCKY DIE CAST / YAT MING
Brand : LUCKY DIE CAST / YAT MING Scale : 1/24
Reference: 24048
The model in 1/43 of the brand MINICHAMPS with the characters the day of the assassination of the president JFK
Marque : MINICHAMPS Scale : 1/43
And the model in 1/43 of the mark MINICHAMPS with the characters during the visit of JFK in Berlin in the presence of the German Konrad ADENAEUR and Willy BRANDT
Brand : MINICHAMPS Scale : 1/43
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