1965 Lincoln Continental Limo From the LBJ White House Up For Auction on Bring a Trailer

• Most White House limousines end up in museums, but this is a rare exception.

• This 1965 Lincoln Continental is one of 500 limousines converted by Lehmann-Peterson in Chicago between 1964 and 1970.

• The Federal government bought 15, and this one saw duty during the Johnson Administration.

For the last half-century, ex-Presidential limos have been locked up, destroyed, or donated to a museum. But this 1965 Continental, all 21 feet of it, is up for auction right now on Bring a Trailer.

Unlike the standard-grade Continental that LBJ drove at his Texas ranch, and which also sold on BaT not too long ago, this is one of 500 Executive Limousines that were stretched and strengthened by Lehmann-Peterson in Chicago between 1964 and 1970. The federal government bought 15, and of those, the Lincoln here is likely the only one that's in private hands. The seller, John "Bugsy" Lawlor, has stewarded this timepiece for 22 years and, with a Massachusetts "LBJ" plate, comfortably driven it several thousand miles. There's but 37,000 and change on the clock.

"The car goes down the road like it's carved out of a block of stone," Lawlor says. "It's pretty peppy, too."