 Ford probably had bigger things on their plate they wanted to worry about. But nevertheless, it's great marketing for GM and Cadillac. If it's good enough for the president, it's probably pretty darn good. Now, you do bring up an interesting point about the first armored presidential car, which was indeed acquired from Al Capone's personal collection through governmental means. It was first used on December 8th, 1941. That was the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked and when President Roosevelt subsequently took a ride over to the Capitol building to ask Congress to go to war.