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Ambulance That Carried JFK's Coffin Goes on Sale
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| Jan. 4, 2011
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Posted on 01/05/2011 7:29:43 AM PST by re_tail20
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posted on
01/05/2011 7:29:45 AM PST
by
re_tail20
To: re_tail20
<img src=”Your url here including http, etc”://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Leisure/2009/397/224/jfk1.jpg?
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posted on
01/05/2011 7:31:31 AM PST
by
re_tail20
To: re_tail20
try that picture post again
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posted on
01/05/2011 7:32:56 AM PST
by
re_tail20
To: re_tail20
Cool car.
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posted on
01/05/2011 7:33:39 AM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Political Correctness is mandatory stupidity.)
To: re_tail20
Weird. If I were rich, I could think of lots of other collectables to purchase as opposed to something strange like this.
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posted on
01/05/2011 7:40:01 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Tralala boom-dee-aye!)
To: re_tail20
Not sure why - but this ambulance is an American icon. It should do very well at auction.
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posted on
01/05/2011 7:42:24 AM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
To: Disambiguator
It is definitely a cool car, and it’s been kept in great condition, it appears.
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posted on
01/05/2011 7:47:11 AM PST
by
ScottinVA
(The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
To: Disambiguator
I don’t give a crap about the dopey JFK connection, but that is one bad ass mobile.
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posted on
01/05/2011 7:48:48 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Kind of makes you wonder what was actually IN the coffin because of how low the hearse is riding in the rear. It is made to carry a casket, so why is it sitting that low?
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posted on
01/05/2011 7:50:28 AM PST
by
Jackson57
To: Jackson57
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posted on
01/05/2011 7:58:14 AM PST
by
wxgesr
(I want to be the first person to surf on another planet.)
To: Jackson57
Kind of makes you wonder what was actually IN the coffin because of how low the hearse is riding in the rear. It is made to carry a casket, so why is it sitting that low? I was thinking the same thing . . .
To: Jackson57
It is made to carry a casket, so why is it sitting that low?Two theories
1) Intentionally shorter to allow folks from that era to easily load/unload the coffin.
2) 48-year-old springs. I'm only 41, and I sag in spots, too.
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posted on
01/05/2011 8:03:32 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberalism can be summed up thusly: someone craps their pants and we all have to wear diapers)
To: Charlemagne on the Fox
Guess whoever buys the thing will have to have the rear shocks replaced right away ...
To: Jackson57
I was wondering why it sat so low too, but it probably had 5 or 6 Secret service guys and their weapons riding in back.
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posted on
01/05/2011 8:05:41 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: IYAS9YAS
Presumably, the hearse was relatively new at the time it was used for JFK, so it shouldn’t be sagging so much. Also, I’ve been a pallbearer numerous times and have never seem a hearse that “kneels” for easier access.
To: Venturer
The way I understand it, the coffin they hastily procured in Dallas was extremely heavy. A White House staffer told them to “go out and get the best they could buy”. They got the most ornate one they could find which had a lot of brass and metal on it.
And yes..the Secret Service guys also added weight.
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posted on
01/05/2011 8:14:43 AM PST
by
hoagy62
(.)
To: Venturer
JFK was already dead at that point, so little need for Secret Service protection, plus that is a military hearse, so the body is being moved on a military base.
To: re_tail20
There was a second ambulance.
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posted on
01/05/2011 8:16:57 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Venturer; Jackson57; All
Another image.
This picture shows the ambulance sitting fine.
FWIW
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posted on
01/05/2011 8:17:55 AM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Sitting fine because it doesn’t have a casket in it yet (see it being unloaded).
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