Introduction to the Presidential Limousine

Now, normally when you're in a museum, you can't touch stuff. You can't go in the car, nor should you. But when you're with the guy who owns the thing, we get to see stuff that nobody ever gets to see. >> Now, here, I'd say something that I think really special about this car, but they took this and opened it up. Now, they opened this up so the president could stand up when he was in a crowd and waved to the people. >> There was a handle in front of it so whoever was standing up out of it could hang on to that while the car was moving. They want the people to see them and love them. So they, you know, they're out there waving and they're showing. >> Hessen Eisenhard got a little tricky with this. They cut the roof off when they added that sunroof on there and they replaced the back section of the roof and back window. They put a rear window in it from a series 62 coupe Deville to get rid of the thick pillar in the back to give a better view of the president, his wife, occupants inside. That's the only reason they did that. So they played a little Frankenstein with the Cadillac parts bin on this one. >> This car also was done in Hezen Eisenhart. Most everything that I got right here, a lot of them it seems like they were done at Hessen Eisenheart because they were the customizers to modernize to the president or the administration's wishes. >> Hston Eisenhard's best known for building the Lincoln Continental JFK was riding in in Dallas [clears throat] in 1963. I think that's where most people have heard this name from. And Wayne has a handful of presidential cars in here that were built by Hess and Eisenhart.