It was a sleek and glamorous new body style when delivered for duty as the Presidential Limo in '61, and it fit the style of the new President
If only they had left the roof in place that morning in Dallas, 50 years ago....
R.I.P. JFK
(For many years, it was a project in my mind to build a replica of the X-100. I searched for years to find a couple of decent & affordable '61 Lincoln models, and even traveled to the Henry Ford museum to view the real car and take photos & notes. Then "Yat Ming" came out with their Presidential series in diecast and I kinda lost my momentum in the project; bought the diecast)