The U.S. president has been riding around in Cadillacs since 1993, but the official state car used to be named after a president.
From 1939 through 1983, Lincoln was the White House’s brand of choice and sometimes that extended to the president’s personal life.
That includes a 1962 Lincoln Continental that was kept at the Kennedy compound in Palm Beach, Fla., for John and Jackie Kennedy to use, which was sold at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction on Friday.
The four-door features a Sultana White over Persian Aqua color scheme that looks straight out of a 1960s Florida lifestyle magazine. The car was used for Sunday trips to church and shopping around town, according to Barrett-Jackson.
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A photo of JFK with the car was included in a 1965 Life magazine spread about his thousand days in office. It is equipped with a 430-cubic-inch V8, three-speed automatic transmission and thin-rimmed wood steering wheel. The spacious cabin with dual bench seating is accessed through suicide-style doors.
The car was purchased from the family in 1963 and has been displayed in several museums, most recently the World Museum in Spokane, Wash. It showed 52,522 miles when it crossed the block in Scottsdale and received a high bid of $100,000, which translated into a $110,000 sale once fees were applied.
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It’s not the only car with a Kennedy connection that’s been sold recently. A 1964 Imperial Crown Ghia limousine that was part of the White House motor pool and used by Jackie Kennedy was auctioned last March for $181,500. The car was a proper custom limousine, however, and one of 10 like it that were designed and built in collaboration with Ghia.