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How the Kennedy assassination totally transformed presidential cars

One of US President Barack Obama's armored limos outside a home where he was fundraising for Democratic US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton August 1, 2016 in College Park, Georgia.President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in November 1963 while riding in an open-topped Lincoln Continental.

The assassination on November 22, 1963, shocked the world — and also led to a total rethink of how the presidential cars are designed. At the request of Kennedy's White House successor, Lyndon Baines Johnson, the color of the car was changed from midnight blue to a more sombre black. President Richard Nixon and his wife, Cynthia, ride a Lincoln Continental on a re-election tour in October, 1972The next major redesign took place during the presidency of Richard Nixon, with the new model of Lincoln Continental unveiled in 1972.

With the days when presidents travelled with open roofs long gone, this sealed off vehicle had its own air supply, 5 inch armor, andIt also boasted "a big 454 cubic inch truck engine so the 14,000-or-so pound monster could push through any obstacles."The presidential limousine carrying U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump turns onto Pennsylvania Avenue during the Presidential Inaugural Parade on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC.

 

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