Big Old Car Number Three

[kbobam]

I have no idea what this car actually is.

In the show I'm watching, it was originally referred to as a 1939 Lincoln.

Then a few moments later it was called a 1928 Cadillac.

Very bad 'editing' on someone's part.

But the 'story' is pretty cool!

And a good example of how some of us who struggled with it in school

later come to find 'history' one of the most interesting and fun things there is.

The attack on Pearl Harbor happens.

I have to assume that the entire country was having a similar 'stunned' reaction

that many of us here probably had on 9-11.

Also, similarly, was an immediate sense of need for 'improved security'.

President Roosevelt needed to be transported from the White House to the

Capitol in order to address the nation on this issue. And suddenly it became

obvious that there was no particularly secure vehicle with which to do this.

I guess word travels quickly on Capitol Hill.

Someone at the Treasury Department called the White House and said that he

was in possession of a car that had been confiscated from gangster Al Capone.

It had one inch glass all around, and thousands of pounds of body armor.

And that wound up being the car FDR took to deliver his famous

'a day that will live in infamy' speech. ( :

[kbobam]

Whoops.

The famous quote should have said "date" instead of "day".

[Steph]

thanks for the history lesson

appropriate for a 4th of July weekend

[lstmmrbls]

1928 Cadillac 341A Town Sedan. History is wonderful. Thanks Bob!!

[kbobam]

Thanks for clearing that up!

All I can think of at this point is that maybe a '39 Lincoln went on to become

an official armored car for the President. It's 'mention' just came out of nowhere.

That would be interesting. Given the way things played out here, I'd have to

guess that it would then be the first of many presidential vehicles to have been

custom modified to specifically address personal security issues.