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- Photograph of Automobile with Brunn Body in Progress, circa 1938 -
- circa 1938
- Collections - Artifact
Photograph of Automobile with Brunn Body in Progress, circa 1938
- 1939 Lincoln Presidential Limousine Used by Franklin D. Roosevelt - This was the first car built expressly for presidential use. It was nicknamed the "Sunshine Special" because President Franklin Roosevelt loved to ride in it with the top down. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 the car was returned to the factory where it was equipped with armor plate and bullet-resistant tires and gas tank. The "Sunshine Special" was retired in 1950.
- 1939-1950
- Collections - Artifact
1939 Lincoln Presidential Limousine Used by Franklin D. Roosevelt
This was the first car built expressly for presidential use. It was nicknamed the "Sunshine Special" because President Franklin Roosevelt loved to ride in it with the top down. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 the car was returned to the factory where it was equipped with armor plate and bullet-resistant tires and gas tank. The "Sunshine Special" was retired in 1950.
- Brunn & Company Catalog, "Designs from Which Bodies Were Made, 1939 to 1941" -
- 1939-1941
- Collections - Artifact
Brunn & Company Catalog, "Designs from Which Bodies Were Made, 1939 to 1941"
- 1937 Lincoln Brunn Touring Car - This Lincoln Model K is one of ten 1937 cabriolets with a body built by Brunn & Company of Buffalo, New York. It's distinguished by the tinted glass skylights above the windshield, and by the convertible rear roof section that folds down to expose rear passengers to the sun. Inside, a hand-cranked divider window separates passengers from the driver.
- 1937
- Collections - Artifact
1937 Lincoln Brunn Touring Car
This Lincoln Model K is one of ten 1937 cabriolets with a body built by Brunn & Company of Buffalo, New York. It's distinguished by the tinted glass skylights above the windshield, and by the convertible rear roof section that folds down to expose rear passengers to the sun. Inside, a hand-cranked divider window separates passengers from the driver.