1972 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine Used by Ronald Reagan
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President Ronald Reagan was getting into this car when he was shot by John Hinckley on March 30, 1981. The car carried Reagan to the hospital. Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, and George H.W. Bush also used this car. In 1982 the front sheet metal was updated, but since a 1982 grille no longer fit properly on the 1972 body, a 1979 grille was used.
President Ronald Reagan was getting into this car when he was shot by John Hinckley on March 30, 1981. The car carried Reagan to the hospital. Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, and George H.W. Bush also used this car. In 1982 the front sheet metal was updated, but since a 1982 grille no longer fit properly on the 1972 body, a 1979 grille was used.
Artifact
Automobile
Date Made
1972
Subject Date
1974-1987
Creators
Ford Motor Company. Lincoln-Mercury Division
Ford Motor Company. Research and Engineering Center
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
United States, Michigan, Wixom
Creator Notes
Original vehicle was manufactured by the Lincoln-Mercury Division of Ford Motor Company at the Wixom Plant; Ford Motor Company's Special Vehicles Engineering Department of Ford's Car Research customized the vehicle at the Research and Engineering Center, Dearborn, Michigan. PPG created the bulletproof glass (the delaminating glass was un-laminated (split) and scraped to remove the foggy degraded plastic coating that held the thick panes together in 2008).
Keywords
United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Lincoln Continental automobile
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Presidential Vehicles
Object ID
92.104.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Armor plates
Bullet-resistant glass
Glass (Material)
Leather
Plastic
Plexiglas (TM)
Steel
Vinyl
Technique
Customizing
Color
Black (Color)
Gray (Color)
Medium gray
Dimensions
Length: 259 in
Wheelbase: 161 in
Width: 79.6 in
Height: 61.1 in
Weight: 10440 lbs (This weight measurment was acquired during the 2008 window project that took place at Prestige Advance. The vehicle was weighed by Reliable Carriers, Inc. of Canton, Michigan. (DEM, 2008))
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