Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed In Dallas, Texas, while riding in a 1961 Lincoln Continental limousine, code-named X-100.ifty years ago, President John F.
Ex-Secret Service agent Clint Hill speaks Nov. 19, 2013, at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., near the car that President John F. Kennedy was shot in. Hill stood for his presentation and never turned to look at it. (Photo: Jarrad Henderson, Detroit Free Press).  Following Kennedy's assassination, the car received significant armor and a bullet-proof hardtop and was painted black. It resumed its role as a presidential limousine for President Lyndon Johnson until 1967 and remained in service until 1978, when it was sent to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. SS-100-X is the U.S. Secret Service code name for the Presidential limousine used by the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. The limousine is the one that Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy were riding in when the President was assassinated in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. The car is a 1961 Lincoln Continental four door convertible (model 74A) with suicide doors (rear-hinged doors) and a retail price of $7,347 Limo that JFK was riding in when he was assassinated went on to serve three other presidents... 1  Following the Kennedy assassination, the Presidential limousine was put back into service. 2  It was completely armored and a roof was added. 3  The 1961 Lincoln limo served Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter. When President John F Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, he was riding in a motorcade through Dallas in the 1961 Lincoln Continental four-door convertible. Historic artifact: The Kennedy Presidential limo is now drawing crowds at the Henry Ford Museum. When President John F Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, he was riding in a motorcade through Dallas in the 1961 Lincoln Continental four-door convertible. Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed In Dallas, Texas, while riding in a 1961 Lincoln Continental limousine, code-named X-100.  This frame from the Zapruder film shows the presidential limo right after Kennedy was shot. First delivered to Kennedy in June of 1961, the Lincoln Continental convertible was originally painted a deep shade of midnight blue and given the code name of X-100 by the Secret Service. The 1961 Lincoln’s incredible history continued long after the tragic events that unfolded in Dallas. Only five months after Kennedy’s assassination, the car was fully rebuilt, upgraded with bulletproof armor, and returned to the Presidential motorcade. It would remain in service for another 13 years. No other vehicle is as seared into the memory of a nation as the Lincoln limousine President John F. Kennedy rode in during his assassination on November 22, 1963, in Dallas. Five decades after those gunshots forever changed a nation, that same limo remains on display at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The 1961 Lincoln’s incredible history continued long after the tragic events that unfolded in Dallas. Only five months after Kennedy’s assassination, the car was fully rebuilt, upgraded with bulletproof armor, and returned to the Presidential motorcade. It would remain in service for another 13 years. Check the following clips and photos to see what actually happens: 1. One theory that keeps coming up is that Secret Service Agent William Greer, the limousine driver, actually shot President Kennedy with a handgun. Proponents of this theory claim to show he reaches back with his right hand and simply shoots JFK in the head.  The JFK limo is parked behind the 1972 Lincoln Continental limousine that Ronald Reagan was stepping into when he was shot in 1981. (The museum's collection of presidential limos also includes Dwight Eisenhower's 1950 Lincoln Bubbletop convertible sedan and Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1939 Lincoln Sunshine Special.). The JFK limo was assembled at the Lincoln plant in Wixom, Mich., in January of 1961. Then, an Ohio customizing house, Hess and Eisenhardt, modified it by literally cutting it in half, extending it by three-and-a-half feet, re-assembling it, and reinforcing the middle section where that extra sheet metal had been added.
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