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Originally Posted by 450SEL 6.9  MikeJ, did you say that old Finnish government Cadillac limousine is available for rent? Do you know where I can find more about it?
It looks like a factory-stretched Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine or, perhaps, Fleetwood Formal Limousine. If it is armoured, and the glass looks as if it is, it is probably an O'Gara Hess & Eisenhardt modified car, but I'd like to confirm that somehow. |
Here's a link, unfortunately only in Finnish:
http://www.jarimaki.fi/Default.aspx?id=442951
What it says is that the car was ordered and specced by long-time Finnish President
Kekkonen, with black leather for the front and plush velour for the rear seats. There are jump seats for interpreters and a separate climate control. It doesn't mention anything about the car being bulletproof but apparently the whole rear compartment is completely soundproof.
As presidential limo 1979 to 1996, it has served three presidents until being replaced and sold to Jari Mäki who imports and sells all sorts of Americana in his shop in the small town of Koskenkorva.
Here's an interior pic:
I doubt those mats are original.
When looking for information about that car, I found out that there are at least three more presidential cars available for rent (at the
Helsinki car museum), including these 1952 and 1969 Cadillacs:
...and this 1938 Buick:
