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Stagecoach Porn

06 Jan 2009 02:30 pm

For those, like me, who can't get enough of these things, the Detroit News has spy photos of the 2009 presidential limousine, codenamed "Stagecoach,"  which will debut on inauguration day.  Sign of the times: the armored plating seems even thicker then the five-plus inches that the current limousines use; as armor-penetrating ammunition becomes more deadly, armored limos become thicker. Somehow, though, the manufacturer -- GM -- has managed to enlarge the windows, too.

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