Celebrity Rides
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Henry Ford’s wife Clara drove a $3,730 1914 Detroit Electric, not a Ford, into the 1930s
Clara Ford, the wife of Henry Ford, drove a 1914 Detroit Electric Model 47 Brougham. It cost $3,730 as outfitted, and she kept driving it…
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Franklin gave Charles Lindbergh a 1928 Airman, the air-cooled sedan it launched after his flight
Charles Lindbergh owned a 1928 Franklin Airman sedan, but he did not shop for it. Franklin gave it to him. The Syracuse, New York, company…
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Amelia Earhart christened the new Essex-Terraplane at Hudson’s Detroit launch in July 1932
On July 21, 1932, Amelia Earhart stood on a stage beside the Hudson factory in Detroit and christened a brand-new car. That car was the…
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Nancy Reagan gave her husband a 1962 Willys CJ-6 for Christmas 1963, and he drove it on his ranches until 1997
Ronald Reagan’s favorite ranch truck started life as a Christmas present. In 1963, Nancy Reagan bought her husband a used 1962 Willys CJ-6, and he…
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Lyndon Johnson faked a brake failure to roll guests into the lake at his Texas ranch in a blue Amphicar
Lyndon B. Johnson kept a small blue car at his Texas ranch, and he liked to use it on guests who had no idea what…
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Ralph Lauren’s Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic is the last of just four built and a two-time Best of Show winner
Ralph Lauren’s black Bugatti Atlantic is chassis 57591, the last of the four Type 57SC Atlantic coupes Bugatti built. It has also taken the top…
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Steve McQueen sold his Jaguar XKSS to Bill Harrah, then bought it back and kept it until 1980
The McQueen Jaguar XKSS is a 1956 road car built from Jaguar’s D-Type racer, and it is one of only 16 XKSS roadsters. Steve McQueen…
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The Le Mans-winning 1967 Ford Mark IV has a bulge in its roof built for Dan Gurney’s head
The Ford Mark IV that won the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans has a bump in its roof above the driver’s seat. It isn’t…
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Richard Petty won his 200th race with President Reagan watching, and the car went to the Smithsonian that year
On July 4, 1984, Richard Petty took his 200th win at Daytona with the President of the United States in the crowd. That Richard Petty…
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9 Elvis Presley cars in Graceland’s automobile museum, from the pink Cadillac to a Stutz Blackhawk
Elvis cars at Graceland fill their own museum in Memphis. Graceland opened its automobile museum on June 12, 1989. By its 25th anniversary in 2014,…
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