Lincoln Locksmith

1. The Lincoln Motor Company was founded by Henry Leland in collaboration with his son Wilfred Leland in August 1917. He was an admirer of Abraham Lincoln, the first president he cast his vote for in 1864, and named his company after him. Besides being an inventor of a motor company, Leland also invented machineries such as the Leland-Detroit Monorail toy train and the electric barber clippers.  Unfortunately, even though Lincoln’s founder, Henry M. Leland was a design genius; however, due to his lack of business and manufacturing prowess, his company was sold to the Ford Motor Company for 8 million dollars in the early 1920s. 

2. Lincoln has a long history of supplying limousines for use by the United States presidents.  The Lincoln Model L was President Calvin Coolidge’s favorite car and the first motor car used by a U.S. head of state. The 1939 Lincoln model K V12 convertible, nicknamed “Sunshine Special,” followed suit as the first custom-made car for presidential use. President Franklin D Roosevelt rode in the “Sunshine Special,” an armored Lincoln that remained in use until it retired in 1950. The 1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan, nicknamed “Bubble Top,” picked up where the “Sunshine Special” left and remained in use by Presidents Kennedy, Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson. George H. W. Bush used the last presidential Lincoln in 2004. 

3. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy took place in a 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible. Kennedy was alongside the company of first lady Jackie Kennedy and the then-Texas governor, followed by a presidential motorcade. Following Kennedy’s assassination, the Lincoln Continental — code-named SS 100X — was remanufactured, and new security modifications. As a result, it ceased being used on the front line of a presidential motorcade in 1967 and was retired entirely in 1977. The Henry Ford Museum currently displays the SS-100X. 

4. Offering a Ballistic Protection Series, Lincoln cars are ranked near the top in the Middle East and the US for the armored vehicle market, beating out Mercedes, BMW, and Audi repeatedly.

5. By the 1980s, the Lincoln Town Car had been a thriving, popular Lincoln vehicle for three decades. Featuring top speeds of up to 112 miles per hour with a V8 engine and a four-speed automatic transmission, it stole the show in its early days and continued successfully for many years. This iconic model was associated with American luxury for decades, serving as a mainstay in America’s limousine industry, shuttling brides, VIPs, and prom parties. In addition, it was an icon for comfort and style for everyday drivers. The Lincoln Town Car still brags as one of the coolest cars.