JFK Remembered: The Quick Fix

26 artifacts in this set

Meeting to Discuss the 1961 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine "Quick Fix," 1963

Photographic print

After President John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963, a panel of experts from the Secret Service, the Army Materials Research Center, Hess & Eisenhardt and Pittsburgh Plate Glass met to discuss a new presidential limousine. Because of the pressing need for presidential transportation, the panel recommended that the 1961 Lincoln Continental limousine be rebuilt as an armored car.