The FIRST Custom Built Secret Service Car: FDR’s 1938 Cadillac V16

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  @Stapleton42 · 1 month ago (edited) · pinned

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• JA

  @JamesAllmond · 1 month ago

  Believe it or not, that car was involved in an accident during WW2 in DC, with a Taxi. My mother was the passenger of the taxi. <br>She said FDR was very polite, nice and had his folks check on her, brought her up to the door so they could speak. She worked in the War Dept then Pentagon during WW2, quartermaster corp.

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• JE

  @jeremybayles · 1 month ago

  I bet if you checked those American Flags attached to the front they would only have 48 stars. Would let you know they predate 1959 at the very least. The curator of that museum is a treasure. Seems like a great fella.

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• DM

  @dmnewlin · 1 month ago

  The Secret Service moved all the Presidential cars by special end-door baggage cars on trains, rarely driving them long distances.

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• JI

  @jimshulman9221 · 1 month ago

  FDR likely rode in the right side rear seat for two reasons: he would have been closest to the crowds during a parade, and it would have made entrance and egress as simple as possible, given his paralysis.

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  @georgehansonjr57 · 1 month ago

  beautiful car...thank you for sharing 👍

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• BA

  @Baileeeeey · 1 month ago

  Incredible piece of history. Thanks for capturing this &lt;3

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  @thepaulhenderson · 1 month ago

  Thanks for going that extra mile and climbing under the beefy dash. Cars like this need to be documented and that menagerie under the dash as probably never been videoed. Liked &amp; Subscribed.

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• JE

  @jec1ny · 1 month ago

  What a wonderful relic from a bygone era. Hard to imagine an age when presidents routinely rode in open cars.

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  @g_men2121 · 1 month ago

  This will be a fun series!

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• JO

  @JohnWayne-d6y · 1 month ago

  love the lines on this car... its a work of art...

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• WO

  @Wooley689 · 4 weeks ago

  Very, very interesting video. Thanks to the gentleman telling the great history of these Iconic vehicles.

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