1963 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE JFK AMBULANCE

The Superior Coach Corporation converted 15 1963 Bonneville chassis into ambulances for the Defense Department and this cars Navy Data Plate shows that it was assigned to Bethesda Naval Hospital. Following President John F. Kennedys assassination on November 22 1963 ambulance 94-49196 met Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base. It was used to transport President Kennedys flag-draped casket as well as members of the Kennedy family from Andrews to Bethesda and later to the U.S. Capitol. Following the Naval service the ambulance was mothballed and eventually sold as surplus. Its history after that is somewhat murky. A letter from the Surgeon Generals office obtained via the FOIA links the Navy Registration number to this cars VIN number but others believe the original car was destroyed at the request of the Kennedy family. More recently it was used in the 2015 biopic Jackie starring Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy. Automatic transmission.

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