CELEBRITY RIDES
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Harry Truman’s last car, a 1972 Chrysler Newport, wore plate 5745 for V-E Day and shows under 19,000 miles
Harry Truman’s last car was a light green 1972 Chrysler Newport, and it still sits in the garage behind his house in Independence, Missouri. The former…
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Friends bought Woodrow Wilson’s 1919 Pierce-Arrow when he left office, though he never had a license
Woodrow Wilson never had a driver’s license, yet his 1919 Pierce-Arrow limousine became his favorite car. When he left the White House in 1921, friends bought…
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FDR’s hand-controlled 1936 Ford Phaeton was driven 19,143 miles before Eleanor gave it to his library
Franklin D. Roosevelt could not use his legs to drive, yet he drove himself around Hyde Park in a 1936 Ford Phaeton fitted with hand controls.…
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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 into…
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