AT LCW, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING TRENDSETTERS FOR STRETCHING DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN LUXURY CARS, INCLUDING ROLLS ROYCE SEDANS. WE WERE THE FIRST TO DELIVER THE LINCOLN AND CADILLAC LONG DOOR, WHICH FEATURED A STRETCHED DOOR FOR MORE ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE AND EXITS, AS WELL AS THE 6-INCH WIDE-BODY LINCOLN, WITH A DISTINCTIVE RAISED ROOF DESIGN.

BEGINNING IN THE 1960’S KEN BOYAR DEVELOPED A REPUTA­TION FOR QUALITY CUSTOM AUTOMOTIVE WORK, AN EXPERTISE IN HIGH-END PAINT JOBS, WITH A SET OF IMPRESSIVE NEW YORK A-LIST CLIENTS. BY THE LATE 1970S, MACGREGOR (KEN’S CUSTOMIZATION COMPANY) WAS A LEADING NATIONAL INSTALLER OF SUNROOFS, A SKILL THAT BROUGHT THE COMPANY INTO BOYAR’S NEXT FORMULATION AS AMERICAN PULLMAN COACHBUILDERS.

ALREADY HAVING DABBLED IN LIMOUSINES SINCE 1978 AND HAVING DEVELOPED A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH CLASSIC COACH OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA, THE TWO COMPANIES IN 1982 DEVELOPED TOOLING AND DESIGNS FOR A NEW LINE OF STRETCH LIMOUSINES, WHICH WERE THEN COMING INTO GREAT DEMAND IN NEW YORK CITY.

AMERICAN PULLMAN COACHBUILDERS WAS SOON CHURNING OUT 36- AND 46-INCH STRETCH OLDSMOBILE, CHEVROLET, CADILLAC, AND LINCOLN LIMOUSINES TO THE TUNE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED VEHICLES PER YEAR BY THE MID-1980S. DURING THIS TIME, BOYAR DEVELOPED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH CARLOS ALLEN. AMERICAN PULLMAN COACHBUILDERS WAS BUILDING PRI­MARILY ON GENERAL MOTORS CHASSIS, WHILE ALLEN BUILT ON LINCOLNS, WHICH BOYAR SOLD FOR HIM IN THE NORTH EAST US.