Luxury Limousine Service history

Three men in Fort Smith, Arkansas namely Tom Armbruster, Walter Walkford, and Charles Kaiser started Armbruster & Company in 1887 which was in the business of building and restoring horse-drawn wagons.

Horse-drawn Carriage Limousine in the Early 1900’s

When Henry Royce met Charles Rolls in 1904, Henry was already running a successful electrical and mechanical business and had manufactured his first vehicle.

Our 1909 Rolls Royce Convertible rolled off the assembly line just three years after the legendary automaker was founded.

The Berline was a new kind of limousine in 1916 where the driver’s seat was enclosed within the car.

Until the 1920’s, limousines weren’t that large.

According to images stored in the company archives, it was in early 1923 when the first Armbruster stretch unit was completed.

The first actual stretch limousine was created in Arkansas around 1928.

In the 1930′s Limousines really started to take off.

Hand rubbed mahogany shine brilliantly in Elegant Journey's 1932 Cadillac Limousine wedding car.

For about three decades limousines lacked this technology however in 1939 the first Limousine with its air conditioner was built in the city of New York.

By 1940, manufacturers such as Cadillac, Packard, and Lincoln were producing stretch limousines, which were used to transport well-heeled folks from one place to another.

The United States government also commissioned a new armored limousine belonging to the 1942 Lincoln H-series in addition to retrofitting the rest of the existing cars in the presidential fleet with bulletproof glass and armor.

Legend had it that President Truman didn’t like General Motors’ products because the company refused him their use during his presidential campaign (1948). When it was time for the “Sunshine Special” to be replaced, Truman decided to entrust the job to Ford’s Lincoln division.

The “Sunshine Special” continued to be used by successive presidents even after Roosevelt’s death and stayed in service until 1950.

Elegant Journey's own 1956 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud was a favorite of celebrities and dignitaries who enjoyed the car's flash and performance.

In 1974 Armbruster-Stageway Coachbuilders partners with Cadillac to build the first six-door modern super stretch limousine on Cadillac chasses.

The custom automobile was first spoken about by Trump in his 1987 autobiography The Art of the Deal.

And while they’re even better than the Trump Limousine Series of 1988, you won’t have to pay through your nose for it.

A 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood was used by President Clinton as his presidential state car.

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Several new features added to the S-100-X as “Quick Fix” could be called progenitors to what was later used on the state car of President Barack Obama’s 2009 GMC TopKick heavy-duty truck, which was customized to make it appear like a 2009 Cadillac sedan.

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You’ll find depictions of the presidential limos in several movies too (such as White House Down – the 2013 thriller) but the details, though similar to some extent with their real counterparts, would never be the exact versions since the Secret Service releases not many details to the public.

Camryn Limousine has distinguished itself as the limousine transportation company of choice, and was recognized as the National Operator of the Year in 2016 by the industry’s largest magazine.

On September 24, 2018, Donald Trump’s presidential state car called “The Beast” debuted.

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