VT eyes car with possible Coolidge link

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The state of Vermont is considering buying a 1923 Lincoln believed to have been used by Calvin "Silent Cal" Coolidge, the native son who became president. The state wants to display it at Coolidge’s boyhood home, now a museum, in Plymouth.

While flashier Pierce Arrows dominated the White House fleet of vehicles in his day, Coolidge was the first president to have a Lincoln, an understatedly elegant car fitting for a modest president.

There’s no official documentation that the maroon-and-black passenger sedan, with its white wall tires, nickel plated instruments and walnut window trim and steering wheel was in fact Coolidge’s. But there’s a lot of evidence pointing that way.

Officials say the car will draw more visitors the 30th president’s boyhood home and build up the state’s Coolidge collection.

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