[Auto] LBJ's 1964 Lincoln Continental Convertible Is Our Bring a Trailer Auction Pick of the Day

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This white-on-white Lincoln was former president Lyndon B. Johnson's personal car, used to drive around his Texas ranch.

• A highlight of 1960s American automotive design, the "suicide door" Lincoln Continental was the choice of transport for many a famous person.

• This all-white convertible, up for auction at Bring A Trailer, was the personal vehicle of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States.

• It was used by LBJ to tour around his sprawling Texas ranch, making this Continental both a mid-century icon and a rolling piece of presidential history.

Politics aside, there are plenty of reasons to admire what a character President Lyndon B. Johnson was. Especially when it came to cars: he owned an Amphicar and was known to terrify unsuspecting passengers by pretending to lose control and "crash" into a lake, where the car simply floated off. He was a big man with a Texas-sized personality, and when he needed something to drive around his 1500-acre ranch, LBJ went big there too.

Delivered in October of 1963 to the LBJ Corporation of Austin, Texas, this 1964 Lincoln Continental is currently up for auction at the site Bring a Trailer—which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos. Bidding sits at $75,000, with the auction slated to end on Wednesday, November 16.

What you get here for your money is both a part of history and a truly elegant machine. LBJ himself could be a bit crude—the recording of a phone call where he orders a pair of pants is legendarily crass—but his taste in

automobiles can't be faulted here.

The fourth-generation Lincoln Continental was the Ford Motor Company's broadside against Cadillac, and it hit home. Beautiful in the simplicity of its design, it was finished to a very high quality, and it immediately found favor with the nation's elite. The convertible version was the first four-door convertible offered by an American manufacturer in the post–World War II period.

 

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