Did you know Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to have an armored limousine? At the height of World War II, the Secret Service decided that the president needed a safer means of ...
Roosevelt's 1939 Lincoln "Sunshine Special ... steel plate attached to the undercarriage." 1961 Lincoln Presidential Limousine Showing Removable Roof Panels What it did have was a 430-cu.- ...
In fact, the first car modified for Commander-in-Chief-carrying duty was a 1939 Lincoln K-Series called "Sunshine Special" used by Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the last Lincoln used by a president ...