An armored vehicle maker that customized the limousine in which President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 will shut down its operations. The O’Gara Hess Eisenhardt Armoring Company filed a notice last week that it will layoff all of its employees in Fairfield, Ohio, and close permanently. The military contractor with a long history of building armored cars for…
Published 37 mins agoAn armored vehicle maker that customized the limousine in which President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 will shut down its operations.
The military contractor with a long history of building armored cars for world leaders and celebrities traces its roots back to the late 1800s. The company said it had been trying for months to raise enough money to stay open but no longer has enough capital to keep paying its workers. The limousine was cut in half and extended by 3 1/2 feet at Hess & Eisenhardt's factory in Cincinnati, according to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, where the car is on display.
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