CELEBRITY RIDES
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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 built…
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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 Essex-Terraplane,…
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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 kept…
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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 it…
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