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    Image of Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car! Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car!
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum
    I'm digging the gloss-blacked-out 57 Caddy. That is a nice, intimidating look.
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    YankBoffin promoted this comment Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car! was starred Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car! was unstarred
    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    11/24/09

    @Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car!: Indeed. It's like a presidential rat rod. It wouldn't look out of place at a Billet-Proof show.
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    Image of Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car! Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car!
    11/24/09

    @YankBoffin: Billet Proof? More like Bullet Proof.
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum
    What the crap is with the painted over chrome?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum
    I think some of these rides have some very, very bad juju. I'd be scared to be near them.
    Bad vibes, man.
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    11/24/09

    @Novaload: More bad ju-ju than an 18th century French castle?
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum

    I want to know who the humble leader was who was chauffeured around in the Chrysler 2L (or is it a mere 1610?) visible in picture #3. Anyone know?
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum
    I'm guessing that's a lockbox on the floor of Ceaucescu's 600. Question is, why did he need one?
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    Image of doug-g doug-g
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum
    Cars of presidents, royalty and heads of state? I don't see one Elvis car in the entire lot. He was THE King. Oh, I forgot. The French worship Jerry Lewis.
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    Novaload promoted this comment Edited by doug-g at 11/23/09 5:07 PM doug-g was starred doug-g was unstarred
    Image of RandRace RandRace
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum
    De Gaulle was a bullet magnet. 31 documented assassination attempts on him. Which Citroen is this? The one that got raked by machine-gun fire in 1962 but escaped due to the air suspension keeping it going on two wheels (fictionalized in Day of the Jackal) or the one he drove through a sheet of napalm after a roadside bomb went off a tad early in 1961?

    They tried to make him ride in an armored Rambler after the 2nd attempt but ole' Chuck refused and stood by the DS. Can't really blame him.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum
    That '57 Fleetwood is the vehicle The Car should have been.

    I want...is gasoline goes back to $4/gallon, it'll just intimidate the pump into filling it up.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum
    If you drive something as awesome as that '57 Caddy limo I believe you are allowed to kick people in the balls instead of shaking their hand to say hello, and they are legally required to thank you for it
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    Image of meatbag_pussrocket meatbag_pussrocket
    11/23/09

    @Cognitive Friction: Half my kingdom to promote this comment.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/23/09

    @Cognitive Friction: This will be making me smirk the rest of the day.

    Clicky for you!

    Thank you sir...eerrrrruuuuuughh...may I have another.
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    11/24/09

    @Cognitive Friction: Wonderful imagery. Thank you. *click*
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum

    Does it have the pair of Citroen limousines that De Gaulle had in the 1950s?
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum
    I'm sure I'd enjoy the museum, as I like that sort of thing. I found it interesting and amusing that the souvenir shop has a box of 1955 Ford Crown Vics for sale.
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum

    Hate to nitpick, but the cars have the wrong flags on the hood...
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    Image of Blue387 Blue387
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum
    "Khruschev" and "Brezhnev."

    Despite being head of a communist country, Brezhnev was a big fan of his Benz 600.
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    tonyola promoted this comment Blue387 was starred Blue387 was unstarred
    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/23/09

    @Blue387: Brezhnev collected all sorts of cars. That snarky old commie was able to wheedle a 1970 Eldorado from President Nixon. So much for identifying with the proletariat.
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    Edited by tonyola at 11/23/09 3:39 PM tonyola was starred tonyola was unstarred
    Image of PHIL PHIL
    11/23/09

    @tonyola:

    It was actualy a 72 Eldorado Nixon took over with him on one of his trip, it was a loaded black on black car with a red pinstripe, the White House factory ordered the car and Cadillac built it in 3 days. Later when the Brezh came over to Camp David in 1973, Nixon gave him a Lincoln Continental Sedan, which the Brezh hooned around Camp David with Nixon in the front seat, loosing hub caps like the Charger in Bullitt.
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    FTGDWolverineEdition'09 promoted this comment Edited by PHIL at 11/23/09 3:46 PM PHIL was starred PHIL was unstarred
    Image of Brian Brian
    11/23/09

    @PHIL: True dat. IIRC, Brezhnev was a real enthusiast and an amateur racer in his youth. I once heard that Nixon was sweating like a pig after the Camp David "spin" they took together. He was scared sh*tless.
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    Image of PHIL PHIL
    11/23/09

    @Brian: Nixon was probably sweating before too....but I have always though about Brezh secret car collection, where did it go? He has a true Jalopnik worth garage, with an SM that was a gift from the Frech prez, the Cadillac and Lincoln, a rummored Ferrari, a Rolls from the Queen, 600's, etc

    #tips
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    Image of meatbag_pussrocket meatbag_pussrocket
    11/23/09

    In reply to France's Amazing Presidential Car Museum
    Lord Vader, your 57 Fleetwood has arrived.
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