Beyond its presidential name, Lincoln automobiles lived the tradition of quality and reliability founded by Henry M. Leland when he manufactured the first units back in 1917. This heritage was carried on by Ford Motor Company when it acquired Lincoln in 1922. Lincoln shares the same prestige in the luxury car category with the equally famous Cadillac, also a creation of Leland.
The automobile is named in honor of Abraham Lincoln, the first United States President that Leland voted when he reached the voting age. Since then, Lincoln traveled through history providing limousines used by US Presidents. The Sunshine Special was the first car specially built for the use of a US President. This V12 convertible served Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. In 1950, a Lincoln Cosmopolitan nicknamed Bubble Top toured Presidents Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy. Pres. Johnson used it once before it was decommissioned in 1965.
The 1961 Lincoln convertible used by Pres. Kennedy was in service until 1977. It was altered to become an armor-plated sedan after his assassination. Pres. Nixon used a 1969-model Lincoln, and Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush used a 1972-model...
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