hispeed
08-22-2007, 08:22 PM
While checking out Lennon's Rolls, I wandered around the Ford museum site, and ended up at the Presidential Limos.
I was dumbstruck when I read this:
"Reagan Presidential Limousine
On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan took refuge in this limousine's interior to escape would-be assassin John Hinkley's gunfire. Going into service under President Nixon, it is also the car in which President Ford was riding when an attempt was made on his life. This is the last presidential limousine that will be preserved. All presidential cars are now destroyed by the Secret Service for security reasons."
Henry Ford Museum at The Henry Ford (http://www.thehenryford.org/museum/presidentiallimos/reagan.asp)
I'll buy a beer for anyone of you who can convince me that the destruction of a limo is integral to "Homeland Security". To me it is just another example of government secrecy run amuck.
I was dumbstruck when I read this:
"Reagan Presidential Limousine
On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan took refuge in this limousine's interior to escape would-be assassin John Hinkley's gunfire. Going into service under President Nixon, it is also the car in which President Ford was riding when an attempt was made on his life. This is the last presidential limousine that will be preserved. All presidential cars are now destroyed by the Secret Service for security reasons."
Henry Ford Museum at The Henry Ford (http://www.thehenryford.org/museum/presidentiallimos/reagan.asp)
I'll buy a beer for anyone of you who can convince me that the destruction of a limo is integral to "Homeland Security". To me it is just another example of government secrecy run amuck.