The Sunshine Special was the official state car used by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States. It is said to have been the "First Presidential car to acquire its own personality". It was a 1939 twelve-cylinder engine, four-door convertible originally built by Lincoln and was specifically modified for the president by a speciality coach builder, Brunn & Company, Inc., in Buffalo, New York, at a cost of $4,950 ($96,430 in 2021 dollars ) (the original cost of the car was $8,348.74 ($162,646 in 2021 dollars )). Initially called "Old 99," in reference to a number on its first license plate, it was later nicknamed the "Sunshine Special" (the exact origin of the nickname is unknown, but it was most likely first used in a photo caption) as a reference to its retractable ro
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