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Bombero1956 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-11 12:01 AM
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Should this car be in a museum?
For sale tomorrow night at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction.

This 1963 Pontiac ambulance was used to transport President John F. Kennedy's body from Air Force One following his assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/currentcarlist.aspx?aid=403&sd=01%2f17%2f2011&ed=01%2f24%2f2011
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-11 12:12 AM
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1. probably not...
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Bombero1956 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-11 12:33 AM
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2. the reason I ask is because
the limo he was riding in when he was shot is in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan. A vehicle like this is too historic to be sold and kept in a private collection.
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bluedigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-11 12:24 PM
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4. I think a private collection is a good place for it.
If a museum wants it, they'll find it, and it is taken care of in the meantime. Barrett-Jackson is awesome! I watch it all the time.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-11 01:13 AM
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3. It seems a bit tangential to me - ghoulish trivia at most
I wouldn't consider it a particularly interesting museum artifact (I'd say the same about the limo, actually)...
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