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The FIRST Custom Built Secret Service Car: FDR’s 1938 Cadillac V16

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The video opens with a man interacting with the 1938 Cadillac Hess & Eisenhardt presidential limousine, indicating that they are at Historic Auto Attractions in Roscoe, Illinois, in the Presidential Car Room. The museum owner, Wayne Lensing, introduces the vehicle, highlighting its significance as a presidential car and its connection to Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration. He presents a 'Certificate of Title of a Motor Vehicle' document, which explicitly states the car's use 'FOR WHITE HOUSE USE ONLY'. This establishes the car's historical provenance.

Goal: Understand the car's origin and historical significance.

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This is a museum, you're not supposed to touch things. Unless you're with the guy who owns it. Today we're at Historic Attractions and this is the presidential car room. >> I'm uh feeling honored to show you some of these presidential cars here because they're very special to my heart. They're hard to find and it's hard to find a museum that has to has these to share with the visitors. >> We're going to start with this one. What is this car here? >> This is a 1938 Cadillac. Um this was used through the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt. >> So dimensionally this does not look like a factory vehicle. >> Yeah, this ain't factory. When you get it from the factory it all gets uh redone. If you look between the front doors here, you will notice this here

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